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MPOETC EXAM: PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PA

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MPOETC EXAM: PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PA

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MPOETC EXAM: PART 1
INTRODUCTION TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN PA



All58laws58and58public58policy58are58created58to58protect58_____58-58answer--The58public

What58L.E.58Systems58become58laws58-58answer--Value,58Moral,58Belief58systems

Modern58father58of58policing?58-58answer--Sir58Robert58Peel

What58is58the58power58order58for58governments58from58top58to58bottom?58-58answer--
Federal,58state,58county,58township,58borough,58city.

What58is58police58power58bound58by?58-58answer--
U.S.58constitution,58state58constitution,58county,58township,58city,58ordnance's,58rules58a
nd58laws

Police58are58referred58to58as58what58in58the58criminal58justice58system58and58why?58-
58answer--
Gatekeepers,58no58one58can58get58in58unless58arrested58and58charged58with58a58crime.

What58are58all58the58circumstances58that58give58police58officers58the58right58to58search?
58-58answer--
Subsequent58to58arrest,58By58warrant,58with58consent,58for58inventory,58exigent58circums
tances.

What58always58trumps58the584th58amendment?58-58answer--Consent58to58search

What58must58you58have58to58make58an58arrest?58-58answer--Probable58cause

What58is58the58order58of58criminal58offenses58from58major58to58minor58-58answer--
Felony,58misdemeanor,58summary,

True58or58False:58Police58spend58the58bulk58of58their58time58doing58law58enforcement58a
ctivities.58-58answer--
False:58Officers58spend58most58of58their58time58doing58public58service.

, What58is58a58Patronage58system?58-58answer--
Whenever58a58department58hires58whoever58based58on58a58mayor58or58chief58suggestio
n.

What58is58a58civil58service58hiring58system?58-58answer--
Merit58testing58process58based58on58qualifications58and58abilities.58The58department58ta
kes58the58best58applicants.

Name58the58658emerging58technology58trends58in58policing58-58answer--
Computer,58fingerprint,58less58lethal,58surveillance,58photographic,58forensics58technolog
y.

What58is58coercive58force?58-58answer--
Convincing58people58through58persuasion58to58do58what58you58want.

What58are58the58358components58of58the58Criminal58Justice58System?58-58answer--
Law58Enforcement,58Courts,58Corrections

Legal58requirements58that58the58state58must58respect58all58legal58rights58owed58to58a58p
erson58-58answer--Due58Process

What58justice58model58states58"The58need58to58enforce58law58and58maintain58social58ord
er"58-58answer--Crime58prevention58model

What58justice58model58protects58people58from58injustice?58-58answer--
Due58process58model

Who58is58the58primary58state58law58enforcement?58-58answer--
Pennsylvania58State58Police

Which58court58is58the58referred58to58as58"The58court58of58common58pleas"58-58answer--
County58court

Which58court58handles58appeals58from58minor58courts?58-58answer--County58court

Which58court58handles58preliminary58arraignments/hearings58and58setting/
accepting58bail?58-58answer--Local

Which58court58generally58operates58in58panels58of58358judges?58-58answer--
State58courts

Which58court58is58the58final58arbiter58in58legal58disputes?58-58answer--Superior58court

Which58correction58agency58handles58inmates58with58sentences58from58658months58-
58258years?58-58answer--County58corrections

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