VA DCJS COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Proportionate, Legal, Accountable, Necessary, Ethical -✔✔What does PLANE stand
for?
✔✔active resistance, passive resistance, aggressive resistance -✔✔Types of
Resistance
✔✔Intent.
Ability.
Means.
Opportunity.
Legal criteria. -✔✔Factors affecting the use of deadly force?
✔✔are the kinds of filters that the brain uses to collect and make sense of information -
✔✔What are schemas?
✔✔Detect, diffuse and defend -✔✔Defensive reaction cycle?
✔✔To prevent crime and disorder -✔✔The basic mission for which that police exist is?
✔✔Public approval of law enforcement actions -✔✔The ability of the police to perform
their duties effectively is dependent upon?
✔✔Willing cooperation if the public in voluntary compliance of the law -✔✔In order to
secure and maintain the respect of the public, Law enforcement must secure?
✔✔Incidents of physical force -✔✔The degree of cooperation of the public that can be
secured diminishes proportionately to?
,✔✔Demonstrating absolute impartial service -✔✔LEO agencies acquire respect and
support of the public, not by catering to public opinion but by?
✔✔Persuasion, advice, and warning prove ineffective -✔✔LE must use only the amount
of physical force necessary to gain control over a situation or restore order; and use
force only when?
✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial -✔✔What are the branches of government?
✔✔LE, courts and corrections -✔✔What are the elements of the criminal justice
system?
✔✔Ethics, selections process, training and oath of office -✔✔What are the principle
components of a LE profession?
✔✔to maintain public trust -✔✔What is the role of ethics in Law Enforcement?
✔✔The act of using race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or age as the
basis of making enforcement decisions. -✔✔What is bias-based policing?
✔✔the rapid collapse and death of an otherwise healthy person; can be caused by
drugs, psychiatric break, positional asphyxia or positional restraint -✔✔sudden death
syndrome
✔✔Total Appendage Restraint Position -✔✔What does TARP mean?
✔✔An item that an officer can place themselves behind that has the capability of
stopping a threat directed at them -✔✔What is cover?
✔✔An item that an officer can use to conceal -✔✔What is concealment?
✔✔the search that is conducted when the initial entry is made to clear an area of
potential threats -✔✔Primary Search
✔✔Slow, thorough search to ensure that no occupants were overlooked during the
primary search; conducted after the fire is under control by personnel who did not
conduct the primary search. -✔✔Secondary Search
✔✔An area that has yet to be searched or cleared -✔✔What is a hot spot?
✔✔weapon held with two hand arms extended muzzle depressed pointed at the threat -
✔✔Ready gun?
, ✔✔weapon held with two hands pulled into chest muzzle pointed towards threat -
✔✔Tac ready?
✔✔weapon held in strong hand covering fingers of strong hand. Thumbs are touching
and muzzle is pointed at the ground -✔✔Modified ready?
✔✔No longer actively resisting, no longer verbally or non-verbally communicating,
appears to be sleeping or resting, usually occurs just before death -✔✔What is sudden
tranquility?
✔✔Deter, detect and apprehend -✔✔Within society it is Law Enforcement's role to?
✔✔Use of Force Case Law Reference
CONSIDERATIONS:
-Severity of crime
-Subject poses immediate threat
-Subject actively resisting
REASONABLENESS:
• Judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer
• W/O 20/20 hindsight
• Based on facts/circumstances confronting ofc w/o regard
to the ofc's intent or motivation
•Based on knowledge ofc acted properly under est law @time -✔✔Graham vs. Connor
✔✔when LE is pursing a fleeing suspect they may use deadly force to prevent escape if
the officer has probable cause the suspect poses a significant threat -✔✔Tennesee vs.
Garner (1985)
✔✔Random/Sporadic, Stationary, Saturation, Determined/ Selected -✔✔Patrol Patterns
✔✔Law enforcement must keep strictly focused on their law enforcement functions and
never? -✔✔Assume the powers of the judiciary
✔✔Peelian Principles -✔✔the absence of Crime and Disorder
✔✔Universal Precautions -✔✔actions taken to prevent the spread of disease by treating
all blood and other body fluids as if they contained pathogens
✔✔Va. CODE 18.2-414.2 -✔✔Crossing Established police lines, perimeters or
barricades. Gives Officers the Authority to arrest.
✔✔Va. Code 15.2-1714 -✔✔Establishing police lines, perimeters or barricades. Gives
Officers the Authority to protect the scene
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Proportionate, Legal, Accountable, Necessary, Ethical -✔✔What does PLANE stand
for?
✔✔active resistance, passive resistance, aggressive resistance -✔✔Types of
Resistance
✔✔Intent.
Ability.
Means.
Opportunity.
Legal criteria. -✔✔Factors affecting the use of deadly force?
✔✔are the kinds of filters that the brain uses to collect and make sense of information -
✔✔What are schemas?
✔✔Detect, diffuse and defend -✔✔Defensive reaction cycle?
✔✔To prevent crime and disorder -✔✔The basic mission for which that police exist is?
✔✔Public approval of law enforcement actions -✔✔The ability of the police to perform
their duties effectively is dependent upon?
✔✔Willing cooperation if the public in voluntary compliance of the law -✔✔In order to
secure and maintain the respect of the public, Law enforcement must secure?
✔✔Incidents of physical force -✔✔The degree of cooperation of the public that can be
secured diminishes proportionately to?
,✔✔Demonstrating absolute impartial service -✔✔LEO agencies acquire respect and
support of the public, not by catering to public opinion but by?
✔✔Persuasion, advice, and warning prove ineffective -✔✔LE must use only the amount
of physical force necessary to gain control over a situation or restore order; and use
force only when?
✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial -✔✔What are the branches of government?
✔✔LE, courts and corrections -✔✔What are the elements of the criminal justice
system?
✔✔Ethics, selections process, training and oath of office -✔✔What are the principle
components of a LE profession?
✔✔to maintain public trust -✔✔What is the role of ethics in Law Enforcement?
✔✔The act of using race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or age as the
basis of making enforcement decisions. -✔✔What is bias-based policing?
✔✔the rapid collapse and death of an otherwise healthy person; can be caused by
drugs, psychiatric break, positional asphyxia or positional restraint -✔✔sudden death
syndrome
✔✔Total Appendage Restraint Position -✔✔What does TARP mean?
✔✔An item that an officer can place themselves behind that has the capability of
stopping a threat directed at them -✔✔What is cover?
✔✔An item that an officer can use to conceal -✔✔What is concealment?
✔✔the search that is conducted when the initial entry is made to clear an area of
potential threats -✔✔Primary Search
✔✔Slow, thorough search to ensure that no occupants were overlooked during the
primary search; conducted after the fire is under control by personnel who did not
conduct the primary search. -✔✔Secondary Search
✔✔An area that has yet to be searched or cleared -✔✔What is a hot spot?
✔✔weapon held with two hand arms extended muzzle depressed pointed at the threat -
✔✔Ready gun?
, ✔✔weapon held with two hands pulled into chest muzzle pointed towards threat -
✔✔Tac ready?
✔✔weapon held in strong hand covering fingers of strong hand. Thumbs are touching
and muzzle is pointed at the ground -✔✔Modified ready?
✔✔No longer actively resisting, no longer verbally or non-verbally communicating,
appears to be sleeping or resting, usually occurs just before death -✔✔What is sudden
tranquility?
✔✔Deter, detect and apprehend -✔✔Within society it is Law Enforcement's role to?
✔✔Use of Force Case Law Reference
CONSIDERATIONS:
-Severity of crime
-Subject poses immediate threat
-Subject actively resisting
REASONABLENESS:
• Judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer
• W/O 20/20 hindsight
• Based on facts/circumstances confronting ofc w/o regard
to the ofc's intent or motivation
•Based on knowledge ofc acted properly under est law @time -✔✔Graham vs. Connor
✔✔when LE is pursing a fleeing suspect they may use deadly force to prevent escape if
the officer has probable cause the suspect poses a significant threat -✔✔Tennesee vs.
Garner (1985)
✔✔Random/Sporadic, Stationary, Saturation, Determined/ Selected -✔✔Patrol Patterns
✔✔Law enforcement must keep strictly focused on their law enforcement functions and
never? -✔✔Assume the powers of the judiciary
✔✔Peelian Principles -✔✔the absence of Crime and Disorder
✔✔Universal Precautions -✔✔actions taken to prevent the spread of disease by treating
all blood and other body fluids as if they contained pathogens
✔✔Va. CODE 18.2-414.2 -✔✔Crossing Established police lines, perimeters or
barricades. Gives Officers the Authority to arrest.
✔✔Va. Code 15.2-1714 -✔✔Establishing police lines, perimeters or barricades. Gives
Officers the Authority to protect the scene
