ABST Alberta Basic Security Training - Module 2 Exam Questions With Correct Answers

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. - Answer Life, liberty and security of person; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 7 Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. - Answer Search or seizure; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 8 Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned. - Answer Detention or imprisonment; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 9 Everyone has the right on arrest or detention (a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefor; (b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and (c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful. - Answer Arrest or detention; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 10 Any person charged with an offence has the right (a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence; (b) to be tried within a reasonable time; (c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence; (d) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal; (e) not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause; (f) except in the case of an offence under military law tried before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a more severe punishment; (g) not to be found guilty on account of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted an offence under Canadian or international law or was criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the co - Answer Proceedings in criminal and penal matters; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 11 Everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment - Answer Treatment or punishment; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 12 A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence. - Answer Self-crimination; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 13 A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter. - Answer Interpreter; Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms - Section 14 Any one may arrest without warrant (a) a person whom he finds committing an indictable offence; or (b) a person who, on reasonable grounds, he believes (i) has committed a criminal offence, and (ii) is escaping from and freshly pursued by persons who have lawful authority to arrest that person. - Answer Arrest without warrant by any person; Section 494, Criminal Code (1) The owner or a person in lawful possession of property, or a person authorized by the owner or by a person in lawful possession of property, may arrest a person without a warrant if they find them committing a criminal offence on or in relation to that property and (a) they make the arrest at that time, or (b) they make the arrest within a reasonable time after the offence is committed and they believe on reasonable grounds that it is not feasible in the circumstances for a peace officer to make the arrest. - Answer Arrest by owner, etc., of property; Section 494, Criminal Code (2) Any one other than a peace officer who arrests a person without warrant shall forthwith deliver the person to a peace officer. - Answer Delivery to peace officer; Section 494, Criminal Code (3) For greater certainty, a person who is authorized to make an arrest under this section is a person who is authorized by law to do so for the purposes of section 25. - Answer Use of force; Section 494, Criminal Code (4) Arrests - Answer Wherever possible do not make the arrest yourself; call the police and be a good witness. Be observant and take clear and detailed notes. An indictable offence is one which is considered a serious offence, such as break and enter, or theft of property over $5,000; you will have a closer look at various Criminal Code offences in the next section of this module. To "find someone committing an indictable offence" means you must catch them in the act. It is not enough to see the start of the criminal act or the end result - you must witness the act itself. - Answer Indictable Offence Arrest (found committing); Section 494(1)(a) If you have reasonable grounds to believe an offence has been committed, you are permitted to arrest an individual who is running away from a person who is lawfully able to make the arrest. - Answer Assisting in an Arrest of a person (while being pursued); Section 494(1)(b) As a security professional, you are acting on behalf of the property owner; therefore, you are lawfully authorized to act on the owner's behalf to arrest an individual you witness committing a criminal offence on the property or against the owner's property. - Answer Property Owner or Agent of Property owner arrest authority; Section 494(2)(b)