MCOLES LICENSING 2026 LEGAL UPDATE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE
REVIEW QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
PROFESSIONAL GUIDE
◉ Home invasion 1st
Answer: requires a weapon or someone home
◉ Home invasion 2nd
Answer: no one home or no weapon
◉ Home invasion 3rd
Answer: break in with intent to commit misdemeanor, Ex: squatting
◉ Larceny from building
Answer: there legally take something that doesn't belong to you with
no intent of bringing back
◉ Larceny from person
Answer: pickpocket/purse snatching no force
, ◉ Should an officer stay close to buildings while on patrol during
daylight hours?
Answer: No, observation is limited
◉ Sent to 911 a call for a man who cut his finger off. His coworkers
have already bandaged the wound. What do you do with the finger?
Answer: Wrap and keep it cool
◉ While chasing a suspect for a felony the suspect runs into a house.
The suspect releases a dog and commands it to attack. What should
you do
Answer: Shoot the dog
◉ You arrest a subject for CCW. While conducting a custodial search
you find suspected cocaine. You learn the subject has a CPL.
Answer: Cocaine is admissible because it is illegal and found in good
faith
◉ While speaking to a 14 year old girl she states her step father put
his finger into her vagina the prior evening. What is the most serious
charge?
Answer: CSC
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE
REVIEW QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
PROFESSIONAL GUIDE
◉ Home invasion 1st
Answer: requires a weapon or someone home
◉ Home invasion 2nd
Answer: no one home or no weapon
◉ Home invasion 3rd
Answer: break in with intent to commit misdemeanor, Ex: squatting
◉ Larceny from building
Answer: there legally take something that doesn't belong to you with
no intent of bringing back
◉ Larceny from person
Answer: pickpocket/purse snatching no force
, ◉ Should an officer stay close to buildings while on patrol during
daylight hours?
Answer: No, observation is limited
◉ Sent to 911 a call for a man who cut his finger off. His coworkers
have already bandaged the wound. What do you do with the finger?
Answer: Wrap and keep it cool
◉ While chasing a suspect for a felony the suspect runs into a house.
The suspect releases a dog and commands it to attack. What should
you do
Answer: Shoot the dog
◉ You arrest a subject for CCW. While conducting a custodial search
you find suspected cocaine. You learn the subject has a CPL.
Answer: Cocaine is admissible because it is illegal and found in good
faith
◉ While speaking to a 14 year old girl she states her step father put
his finger into her vagina the prior evening. What is the most serious
charge?
Answer: CSC
