TLETA Week 2 Exam SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• Self referential language -✓✓ Challenging words taken personally
• rhetorical triangle -✓✓ Ethos, logos, pathos
• Persuasion is better than -✓✓ Ask, tell, make
• Police are... -✓✓ Guardians of the peace
• Pre attack indicators -✓✓ Blading off, getting close, pacing, stretching, etc.
• Empathy -✓✓ See the world through eyes of others
• Civil rights act -✓✓ Signed by president johnson (1964) outlawed discrimination
• Gov. Tort liability act -✓✓ Allows suing of gov. for injuries or damages caused by
negligence/wrongdoing.
• TN v Garner 1974 -✓✓ ruled the use of deadly force against a non-dangerous, fleeing
suspect is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
• Graham v. Connor 1983 -✓✓ Established objective reasonableness for use of force.
• Rodney King 1991 -✓✓ Violation of civil rights and 4th amendment. Excessive use of
force.
• Result of Ferguson, MO -✓✓ Triggered further police reform in US.
• When to use deadly force? -✓✓ Anytime there is an imminent threat of death or severe
injury.
• T.C.A. 39-11-620 -✓✓ Use of deadly force by law enforcement.
• Shooting at moving vehicles -✓✓ Don't do it.
• T.C.A. 38-8-113 -✓✓ Chokeholds- only for deadly force authorization.
• Use of Force (non deadly) -✓✓ Only what is reasonable to stop fleeing and effect
arrest.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• Self referential language -✓✓ Challenging words taken personally
• rhetorical triangle -✓✓ Ethos, logos, pathos
• Persuasion is better than -✓✓ Ask, tell, make
• Police are... -✓✓ Guardians of the peace
• Pre attack indicators -✓✓ Blading off, getting close, pacing, stretching, etc.
• Empathy -✓✓ See the world through eyes of others
• Civil rights act -✓✓ Signed by president johnson (1964) outlawed discrimination
• Gov. Tort liability act -✓✓ Allows suing of gov. for injuries or damages caused by
negligence/wrongdoing.
• TN v Garner 1974 -✓✓ ruled the use of deadly force against a non-dangerous, fleeing
suspect is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
• Graham v. Connor 1983 -✓✓ Established objective reasonableness for use of force.
• Rodney King 1991 -✓✓ Violation of civil rights and 4th amendment. Excessive use of
force.
• Result of Ferguson, MO -✓✓ Triggered further police reform in US.
• When to use deadly force? -✓✓ Anytime there is an imminent threat of death or severe
injury.
• T.C.A. 39-11-620 -✓✓ Use of deadly force by law enforcement.
• Shooting at moving vehicles -✓✓ Don't do it.
• T.C.A. 38-8-113 -✓✓ Chokeholds- only for deadly force authorization.
• Use of Force (non deadly) -✓✓ Only what is reasonable to stop fleeing and effect
arrest.
