LDR 202S REINFORCING CULTURE
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● control
Answer: as it relates to defensive tactics, means maintaining composure
to make sound judgments and decisions
●● deadly force
Answer: a force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury
●● fear
Answer: a normal emotional response to a perceived threat (real or
unreal)
●● force options
Answer: choices available to a peace officer in each agency's policy to
overcome resistance, effect arrest, prevent escape, or gain control of the
situation
●● imminent danger
,Answer: A significant threat which persons reasonably believe will result
in death or serious bodily injury to themselves or to other persons
●● intervention
Answer: the act of preventing or stopping the inappropriate or unlawful
behavior of another
●● objectively reasonable
Answer: The court noted that determining the objective reasonableness
for the use of force must be fact specific
●● panic
Answer: the total loss of emotional and physical self-control. A sudden ,
unreasoning, hysterical fear of events that led up to the encounter with
the subject.
●● precursory acts
Answer: Events that led up to the encounter with the subject, including
how the officer arrived at the scene as well as what observations helped
the officer assess the situation
●● reasonable force
Answer: Is a term for how much and what kind of force a peace officer
may use in a given circumstance
,●● reasonable necessity
Answer: Delay in apprehension would create substantial and
unreasonable risk to officers or others possibly resulting in serious
physical injury or death
●● reasonable officer
Answer: would another officer with like or similar training and
experience, facing like or similar circumstances, act in the same way or
use similar judgement?
●● self-control
Answer: Maintaining composure to make sound judgments and
decisions.
●● serious bodily harm or injury
Answer: A serious impairment of physical condition, including, but not
limited to, the following: loss of consciousness, concussion, bone
fracture, protracted loss or impairment of function of any bodily member
or organ, a wound requiring extensive suturing, and serious
disfigurement
●● unreasonable force
Answer: The type, degree, and duration of force employed was not
necessary or appropriate
, ●● Synopsis Learning need
Answer: peace officers must recognize that they have the authority to
use reasonable force to effect an arrest, to prevent escape, or to
overcome resistance under the circumstances authorized by the CA penal
Code . For their safety, and well-being of fellow officers, it is critical
that peace officers know the laws governing the use of force.
●● Reasonable force
Answer: Penal Code Section 835a states: "Any peace officer who has
reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed
a public offense may use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent
escape or to overcome resistance."
●● The Fourth Amendment
Answer: The U. S. Supreme Court noted that determining the objective
reasonableness for the use of force must be fact specific and established
four components for determining reasonableness.
●● Subject's requirement to submit to arrest without resistance
Answer: Penal Code Section 834/A states:
"If a person has knowledge, or by the exercise of reasonable care, should
have knowledge, that he is being arrested by a peace officer, it is the
duty of such person to refrain from using force or any weapon to resist
such arrest."
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
●● control
Answer: as it relates to defensive tactics, means maintaining composure
to make sound judgments and decisions
●● deadly force
Answer: a force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury
●● fear
Answer: a normal emotional response to a perceived threat (real or
unreal)
●● force options
Answer: choices available to a peace officer in each agency's policy to
overcome resistance, effect arrest, prevent escape, or gain control of the
situation
●● imminent danger
,Answer: A significant threat which persons reasonably believe will result
in death or serious bodily injury to themselves or to other persons
●● intervention
Answer: the act of preventing or stopping the inappropriate or unlawful
behavior of another
●● objectively reasonable
Answer: The court noted that determining the objective reasonableness
for the use of force must be fact specific
●● panic
Answer: the total loss of emotional and physical self-control. A sudden ,
unreasoning, hysterical fear of events that led up to the encounter with
the subject.
●● precursory acts
Answer: Events that led up to the encounter with the subject, including
how the officer arrived at the scene as well as what observations helped
the officer assess the situation
●● reasonable force
Answer: Is a term for how much and what kind of force a peace officer
may use in a given circumstance
,●● reasonable necessity
Answer: Delay in apprehension would create substantial and
unreasonable risk to officers or others possibly resulting in serious
physical injury or death
●● reasonable officer
Answer: would another officer with like or similar training and
experience, facing like or similar circumstances, act in the same way or
use similar judgement?
●● self-control
Answer: Maintaining composure to make sound judgments and
decisions.
●● serious bodily harm or injury
Answer: A serious impairment of physical condition, including, but not
limited to, the following: loss of consciousness, concussion, bone
fracture, protracted loss or impairment of function of any bodily member
or organ, a wound requiring extensive suturing, and serious
disfigurement
●● unreasonable force
Answer: The type, degree, and duration of force employed was not
necessary or appropriate
, ●● Synopsis Learning need
Answer: peace officers must recognize that they have the authority to
use reasonable force to effect an arrest, to prevent escape, or to
overcome resistance under the circumstances authorized by the CA penal
Code . For their safety, and well-being of fellow officers, it is critical
that peace officers know the laws governing the use of force.
●● Reasonable force
Answer: Penal Code Section 835a states: "Any peace officer who has
reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed
a public offense may use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent
escape or to overcome resistance."
●● The Fourth Amendment
Answer: The U. S. Supreme Court noted that determining the objective
reasonableness for the use of force must be fact specific and established
four components for determining reasonableness.
●● Subject's requirement to submit to arrest without resistance
Answer: Penal Code Section 834/A states:
"If a person has knowledge, or by the exercise of reasonable care, should
have knowledge, that he is being arrested by a peace officer, it is the
duty of such person to refrain from using force or any weapon to resist
such arrest."
