Louisiana POST Study Guide
Miranda vs. Arizona -correct answer_The supreme court case in which the court held that
criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right
against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police. Mapp v. Ohio -correct
answer_Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial Terry vs.
Ohio -correct answer_Allowed the police to stop and search a suspect if he has reasonable
suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.
Tennessee v. Garner -correct answer_Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and
fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has probable
cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury to the
officers or others. Graham v. Connor -correct answer_Determined that the reasonableness of
a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of how a reasonable officer on
the scene would respond, rather than from the 20/20 perspective of hindsight. Carroll v. US
-correct answer_Automobiles may be searched without a warrant because they are highly
movable. Katz v. US -correct answer_Reasonable expectation of privacy; phone conversations.
US v. Robinson -correct answer_Scope of the search of a person incident to arrest is for
evidence of a crime, means of escape, & weapons. _____, _____, and _____ are three types of
reports? -correct answer_Initial, supplemental, concluding _____, _____, and _____ are the
components of the Criminal Justice System? -correct answer_Police, Courts, Corrections
What is a tort? -correct answer_A civil wrong by one person to another Reports must be _____,
_____, _____ and _____. -correct answer_Clear, Concise, Accurate and Complete _____, _____,
and _____ are the types of Evidence. -correct answer_Physical or real, Circumstantial,
Testimonial What is sadist? -correct answer_One who inflicts pain to others What is masochist?
-correct answer_Someone who inflicts pain on self What are the Bill of Rights? -correct
answer_The first ten amendments to the Constitution 1st Amendment -correct
answer_Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Right to Assemble 2nd Amendment -correct
answer_Right to keep and bear arms 4th Amendment -correct answer_Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures 5th Amendment -correct answer_Criminal Proceedings;
Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination 6th
Amendment -correct answer_The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, right to counsel 8th
Amendment -correct answer_No cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail 10th
Amendment -correct answer_State and Church 14th Amendment -correct answer_Due
process _____ ____ is needed for Stop and Frisk. -correct answer_Reasonable Suspicion The
most important thing for a police officer in a critical incident is _____ _____ . -correct
answer_Mental preparation A firearm should be _____ _____ until you check it. -correct
answer_Presumed Loaded _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____ are the five grades of
homicide. -correct answer_1st Degree Murder 2nd Degree Murder Manslaughter Negligent
Homicide Vehicular Homicide - Driver must be impaired An arrest warrant is good for how long?
-correct answer_Until served A search warrant is good for _____ _____. -correct answer_10
, Days A person can be held in another parish on a warrant for _____ _____. -correct answer_10
Days The youngest a juvenile can be tried as an adult is _____ years old. -correct answer_15
Three ways Probable Cause can be established. -correct answer_Officer knowledge
Information by Informant Information plus Cooperation What is Rape? -correct
answer_Non-consensual anal, vaginal or oral sexual penetration. What is Battery? -correct
answer_Intentional use of force or violence or the administration of noxious liquid. What is the
Louisiana Code for O.W.I.? -correct answer_LARS 14:98 What is the most important part of
gun safety? -correct answer_Point the muzzle in a safe direction. The Colt Revolver rotates?
-correct answer_Clockwise The Smith & Wesson Revolver rotates? -correct answer_Counter
Clockwise What are the 7 parts of a shotgun? -correct answer_Barrel Stock Receiver Forearm
Trigger Trigger Guard Safety What are the 5 different types of Gas and color? -correct
answer_CN - Red - Tear Gas CS - Blue - Irritant DM - Green - Sickness Gas OC - Orange -
Pepper Gas Yellow - Smoke Where and when were the first chemical agents used? -correct
answer_France - 1912 There are _____ parishes in Louisiana. -correct answer_64 _____,
_____ and/or ______ the offender is an Accessory After the Fact? -correct answer_Harbor, Aid
and Conceal Heroin is a schedule _________ drug. -correct answer_I Marijuana is a schedule
____ drug. -correct answer_I Hydrocodone is a schedule ___ drug. -correct answer_II Cocaine
is a schedule ___ drug -correct answer_II _____, _____, _____ and _____ are the four types of
Auto Theft. -correct answer_Joy Riding, Transportation, Professional, and to Commit Crimes
For the charge of Vehicular Homicide, you must have the elements of _____ or _____. -correct
answer_D.W.I or O.W.I A juvenile should be Mirandized when arrested for a delinquent act.
True/False -correct answer_True Necrophilia is? -correct answer_The desire to have sex with
the dead To press charges for purse snatching there must be? -correct answer_Something of
value in the purse To arrest someone for D.W.I., the offense must take place on a public road.
True/False -correct answer_False (See Title 14) The offensive weapon a police officer carries
is a _____. -correct answer_Shotgun A squib load is a round which fails to fire due to
insufficient powder/primer. True/False -correct answer_True What are triple threat weapons?
-correct answer_Shotgun, Rifle, Gas Is a Baton an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Offensive Weapon Is a Shotgun an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Defensive Weapon Is a Handgun an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Defensive Weapon When testifying, always? -correct answer_Tell the Truth What are
the periods of suspension for refusing a DWI test? -correct answer_1st time = 180 Days 2nd
time = 545 Days The cylinder assembly of a revolver consist of the _____, _____, _____ _____,
_____ and _____. -correct answer_Cylinder, Extractor, Extractor Rod, Ratchet and Crane What
are the two areas of the body that should not be struck with the ASP or PR-24? -correct
answer_Head, Neck-Throat _____ years old is the age of accountability for crimes in Louisiana.
-correct answer_10 The 2 types of ammunition is _____ fire and _____ fire. -correct
answer_Center Fire and Rim Fire _____ and _____ _____ is necessary for observation skills.
-correct answer_Training and Self Discipline Ethics is the _____ of _____ and _____. -correct
answer_principles of honor and morality What is Voyeurism? -correct answer_Peeping tom,
Miranda vs. Arizona -correct answer_The supreme court case in which the court held that
criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right
against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police. Mapp v. Ohio -correct
answer_Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial Terry vs.
Ohio -correct answer_Allowed the police to stop and search a suspect if he has reasonable
suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.
Tennessee v. Garner -correct answer_Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and
fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has probable
cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury to the
officers or others. Graham v. Connor -correct answer_Determined that the reasonableness of
a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of how a reasonable officer on
the scene would respond, rather than from the 20/20 perspective of hindsight. Carroll v. US
-correct answer_Automobiles may be searched without a warrant because they are highly
movable. Katz v. US -correct answer_Reasonable expectation of privacy; phone conversations.
US v. Robinson -correct answer_Scope of the search of a person incident to arrest is for
evidence of a crime, means of escape, & weapons. _____, _____, and _____ are three types of
reports? -correct answer_Initial, supplemental, concluding _____, _____, and _____ are the
components of the Criminal Justice System? -correct answer_Police, Courts, Corrections
What is a tort? -correct answer_A civil wrong by one person to another Reports must be _____,
_____, _____ and _____. -correct answer_Clear, Concise, Accurate and Complete _____, _____,
and _____ are the types of Evidence. -correct answer_Physical or real, Circumstantial,
Testimonial What is sadist? -correct answer_One who inflicts pain to others What is masochist?
-correct answer_Someone who inflicts pain on self What are the Bill of Rights? -correct
answer_The first ten amendments to the Constitution 1st Amendment -correct
answer_Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Right to Assemble 2nd Amendment -correct
answer_Right to keep and bear arms 4th Amendment -correct answer_Freedom from
unreasonable searches and seizures 5th Amendment -correct answer_Criminal Proceedings;
Due Process; Eminent Domain; Double Jeopardy; Protection from Self incrimination 6th
Amendment -correct answer_The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, right to counsel 8th
Amendment -correct answer_No cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail 10th
Amendment -correct answer_State and Church 14th Amendment -correct answer_Due
process _____ ____ is needed for Stop and Frisk. -correct answer_Reasonable Suspicion The
most important thing for a police officer in a critical incident is _____ _____ . -correct
answer_Mental preparation A firearm should be _____ _____ until you check it. -correct
answer_Presumed Loaded _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____ are the five grades of
homicide. -correct answer_1st Degree Murder 2nd Degree Murder Manslaughter Negligent
Homicide Vehicular Homicide - Driver must be impaired An arrest warrant is good for how long?
-correct answer_Until served A search warrant is good for _____ _____. -correct answer_10
, Days A person can be held in another parish on a warrant for _____ _____. -correct answer_10
Days The youngest a juvenile can be tried as an adult is _____ years old. -correct answer_15
Three ways Probable Cause can be established. -correct answer_Officer knowledge
Information by Informant Information plus Cooperation What is Rape? -correct
answer_Non-consensual anal, vaginal or oral sexual penetration. What is Battery? -correct
answer_Intentional use of force or violence or the administration of noxious liquid. What is the
Louisiana Code for O.W.I.? -correct answer_LARS 14:98 What is the most important part of
gun safety? -correct answer_Point the muzzle in a safe direction. The Colt Revolver rotates?
-correct answer_Clockwise The Smith & Wesson Revolver rotates? -correct answer_Counter
Clockwise What are the 7 parts of a shotgun? -correct answer_Barrel Stock Receiver Forearm
Trigger Trigger Guard Safety What are the 5 different types of Gas and color? -correct
answer_CN - Red - Tear Gas CS - Blue - Irritant DM - Green - Sickness Gas OC - Orange -
Pepper Gas Yellow - Smoke Where and when were the first chemical agents used? -correct
answer_France - 1912 There are _____ parishes in Louisiana. -correct answer_64 _____,
_____ and/or ______ the offender is an Accessory After the Fact? -correct answer_Harbor, Aid
and Conceal Heroin is a schedule _________ drug. -correct answer_I Marijuana is a schedule
____ drug. -correct answer_I Hydrocodone is a schedule ___ drug. -correct answer_II Cocaine
is a schedule ___ drug -correct answer_II _____, _____, _____ and _____ are the four types of
Auto Theft. -correct answer_Joy Riding, Transportation, Professional, and to Commit Crimes
For the charge of Vehicular Homicide, you must have the elements of _____ or _____. -correct
answer_D.W.I or O.W.I A juvenile should be Mirandized when arrested for a delinquent act.
True/False -correct answer_True Necrophilia is? -correct answer_The desire to have sex with
the dead To press charges for purse snatching there must be? -correct answer_Something of
value in the purse To arrest someone for D.W.I., the offense must take place on a public road.
True/False -correct answer_False (See Title 14) The offensive weapon a police officer carries
is a _____. -correct answer_Shotgun A squib load is a round which fails to fire due to
insufficient powder/primer. True/False -correct answer_True What are triple threat weapons?
-correct answer_Shotgun, Rifle, Gas Is a Baton an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Offensive Weapon Is a Shotgun an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Defensive Weapon Is a Handgun an Offensive or Defensive weapon? -correct
answer_Defensive Weapon When testifying, always? -correct answer_Tell the Truth What are
the periods of suspension for refusing a DWI test? -correct answer_1st time = 180 Days 2nd
time = 545 Days The cylinder assembly of a revolver consist of the _____, _____, _____ _____,
_____ and _____. -correct answer_Cylinder, Extractor, Extractor Rod, Ratchet and Crane What
are the two areas of the body that should not be struck with the ASP or PR-24? -correct
answer_Head, Neck-Throat _____ years old is the age of accountability for crimes in Louisiana.
-correct answer_10 The 2 types of ammunition is _____ fire and _____ fire. -correct
answer_Center Fire and Rim Fire _____ and _____ _____ is necessary for observation skills.
-correct answer_Training and Self Discipline Ethics is the _____ of _____ and _____. -correct
answer_principles of honor and morality What is Voyeurism? -correct answer_Peeping tom,
