OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC EXAM 2025 LATEST UPDATE COMPLETE Q&As

List the Officer's Main Goals - CORRECT ANSWER Keep the Peace Prevent Crime Up-hold the People's Rights Provide Services Considerations When Exercising Discretion - CORRECT ANSWER Situation Background Consequences Severity Reason for Law Enforcement Training - CORRECT ANSWER To Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public. What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - CORRECT ANSWER A test question must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question. Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - CORRECT ANSWER Desire Victim Opportunity Core Concepts of Community Policing - CORRECT ANSWER -Partnership between Police & Community -Crime prevention -Organizational Change in Agency -A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive Considerations for off-duty Situations - CORRECT ANSWER Behavior Situational Awareness Purpose of the Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER Protecting an Individual's Freedoms Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - CORRECT ANSWER Law Enforcement Court Corrections Goals of Sentencing - CORRECT ANSWER Punish the offender Rehabilitate the offender Protect Society Restore the Victim Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - CORRECT ANSWER Lawful - Defined by laws and standards * Criminal Law * Agency Rules * Constitutional Law Police Legitimacy * How the public views police as authorized to exercise power. When can citizens film the police? - CORRECT ANSWER - When at least one party consents - When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere. Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. - CORRECT ANSWER Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than the circumstances of the police contact. Types of Racism - CORRECT ANSWER -Individual -Interpersonal -Institutional -Structural Components of Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - Stereotypes - Prejudices - Attitude Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - CORRECT ANSWER Bias-Based * Racial * Gender * Religion * Sexual Orientation Criminal *Based on observed behavior and characteristics. List the Two Modes of Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Attitude - More Deliberate Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases - CORRECT ANSWER - Guard against influence - Recognize everyone is Bias - Seek awareness and education - Know you are susceptible Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Person based approach - Community based model Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice - CORRECT ANSWER Every Encounter is a deposit or withdraw on Police Legitimacy. List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Giving others a voice - Neutrality in decision making - Respectful Treatment - Trustworthiness Ethical Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER - Community & Citizens - Law Enforcement - Your Agency - Your Family - Yourself External Influences on Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Friends and Family - Citizens - Media - Department Regulations - Policies - Police Subculture - Sense of community - Fidelity / Loyalty Internal Influences on Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Own ethical and moral beliefs - Anger - Greed - Lust - Internal Rationalizations Continuum of Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER - Process - Victimization - Acts of omission - Acts of commission / Action - Acts of Commission / Criminal List the PLUS model - CORRECT ANSWER Policies - are they consistent with agency? Legal - Is it lawful?