TCOLE Basic Jailer Course Exam Questions & Answers 2024

TCOLE Basic Jailer Course Exam Questions TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANSWER - is a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas. TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANSWER - is the regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state. The Occupations Code - ANSWER - is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow. Ethics - ANSWER - the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation. Texas Ethics Commission - ANSWER - was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers and employees Jail Climate - ANSWER - the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff Stress - ANSWER - a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation Communication - ANSWER - the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information Attitude - ANSWER - is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing Race - ANSWER - generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics Ethnicity - ANSWER - refers to shared culture and background Ethnocentrism - ANSWER - is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"