FLORIDA SAFETY OFFICER TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Raised seal - ✔✔an embossed seal
✔✔Magnetic strip or Bar code - ✔✔a dark stripe on the back of the identification card
that contains all information on the card
✔✔Expiration dates - ✔✔the date the identification is no longer valid
✔✔Examine the identification, looking for obvious alterations or inconsistencies, such
as - ✔✔missing vital information, missing security features, raised lettering or photo re-
lamination, use of different fonts, or variations in background
✔✔In order to ensure a positive identification, compare the individual's physical
appearance to his or her photo identification. Features to compare include: - ✔✔skin
color, eye color, hair, facial structure, and any other distinctive features like scars or
birthmarks
✔✔Inmate manipulation - ✔✔is when an inmate attempts to get something he or she
wants by influencing the officer or staff to do something they would not ordinarily do.
✔✔Deception - ✔✔is lying to, misleading, tricking, or fooling another person.
✔✔Attempting to create bonds with staff members - ✔✔an inmate going above and
beyond expected job duties in an attempt to get a favor or special consideration
✔✔Circumventing or disobeying rules - ✔✔testing the boundaries of the supervising
officer
✔✔Using special circumstances or situations - ✔✔using a disability or illness to gain
preferential or special treatment
✔✔Distracting staff - ✔✔creating a diversion to avert the officer's attention
✔✔Attempting to engage staff in casual non-job related conversation - ✔✔requesting
personal information regarding staff, asking where the officer is from, what school the
officer attended, the officer's age or marital status, the number of children the officer
has, or asking about the officer's favorite ball team
✔✔Spreading rumors about staff or attempting to turn one staff member against another
- ✔✔discussing information about staff members with an officer. "I heard Sgt. Doe
talking about you yesterday and he said that you were lazy."
, ✔✔Over-familiarization with staff - ✔✔knowing enough about an officer to notice a
change in his or her routine
✔✔Attempting any illegal activity - ✔✔bribery, blackmail, or offering sex
✔✔Observers - ✔✔observe correctional officers who use inmate jargon, ignore minor
rule infractions, play favorites, enforce rules for some and not others, or are easily
distracted
✔✔Contacts - ✔✔supply information about the correctional officer's work habits, likes
and dislikes
✔✔Runners - ✔✔usually the only paid members of the team because they must expose
themselves to the correctional officer by asking for small items like candy, cigarettes,
pencils, etc.
✔✔Turners - ✔✔befriend the correctional officer and use the friendship to ultimately
coerce the officer into engaging in rule infractions. Least suspected by the correctional
officer
✔✔Pointmen - ✔✔stand guard when the correctional officer is in the process of granting
illegal favors, violating institutional rules, or being compromised or harmed
✔✔To avoid inmate manipulation and deception: - ✔✔an officer should refrain from
being overly friendly or giving out personal information.
✔✔Contraband - ✔✔is any unauthorized article or any authorized article in excessive
quantities or altered from its original state
✔✔Nuisance contraband - ✔✔is any authorized item found in excessive amounts or
altered from its original state that does not pose an immediate threat to the safety or
security of the staff, inmates and facility
✔✔Hard/hazardous contraband - ✔✔is any item that poses a serious threat to the
safety and security of the staff, inmates and facility
✔✔visual search - ✔✔visually scanning for contraband items
✔✔Pat down - ✔✔a physical frisk of a subject in a predetermined pattern to locate
weapons or other types of contraband
✔✔Clothed search - ✔✔utilizes the quadrant search approach in an institutional setting,
by physically patting and squeezing the clothing of a person in a systematic pattern
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Raised seal - ✔✔an embossed seal
✔✔Magnetic strip or Bar code - ✔✔a dark stripe on the back of the identification card
that contains all information on the card
✔✔Expiration dates - ✔✔the date the identification is no longer valid
✔✔Examine the identification, looking for obvious alterations or inconsistencies, such
as - ✔✔missing vital information, missing security features, raised lettering or photo re-
lamination, use of different fonts, or variations in background
✔✔In order to ensure a positive identification, compare the individual's physical
appearance to his or her photo identification. Features to compare include: - ✔✔skin
color, eye color, hair, facial structure, and any other distinctive features like scars or
birthmarks
✔✔Inmate manipulation - ✔✔is when an inmate attempts to get something he or she
wants by influencing the officer or staff to do something they would not ordinarily do.
✔✔Deception - ✔✔is lying to, misleading, tricking, or fooling another person.
✔✔Attempting to create bonds with staff members - ✔✔an inmate going above and
beyond expected job duties in an attempt to get a favor or special consideration
✔✔Circumventing or disobeying rules - ✔✔testing the boundaries of the supervising
officer
✔✔Using special circumstances or situations - ✔✔using a disability or illness to gain
preferential or special treatment
✔✔Distracting staff - ✔✔creating a diversion to avert the officer's attention
✔✔Attempting to engage staff in casual non-job related conversation - ✔✔requesting
personal information regarding staff, asking where the officer is from, what school the
officer attended, the officer's age or marital status, the number of children the officer
has, or asking about the officer's favorite ball team
✔✔Spreading rumors about staff or attempting to turn one staff member against another
- ✔✔discussing information about staff members with an officer. "I heard Sgt. Doe
talking about you yesterday and he said that you were lazy."
, ✔✔Over-familiarization with staff - ✔✔knowing enough about an officer to notice a
change in his or her routine
✔✔Attempting any illegal activity - ✔✔bribery, blackmail, or offering sex
✔✔Observers - ✔✔observe correctional officers who use inmate jargon, ignore minor
rule infractions, play favorites, enforce rules for some and not others, or are easily
distracted
✔✔Contacts - ✔✔supply information about the correctional officer's work habits, likes
and dislikes
✔✔Runners - ✔✔usually the only paid members of the team because they must expose
themselves to the correctional officer by asking for small items like candy, cigarettes,
pencils, etc.
✔✔Turners - ✔✔befriend the correctional officer and use the friendship to ultimately
coerce the officer into engaging in rule infractions. Least suspected by the correctional
officer
✔✔Pointmen - ✔✔stand guard when the correctional officer is in the process of granting
illegal favors, violating institutional rules, or being compromised or harmed
✔✔To avoid inmate manipulation and deception: - ✔✔an officer should refrain from
being overly friendly or giving out personal information.
✔✔Contraband - ✔✔is any unauthorized article or any authorized article in excessive
quantities or altered from its original state
✔✔Nuisance contraband - ✔✔is any authorized item found in excessive amounts or
altered from its original state that does not pose an immediate threat to the safety or
security of the staff, inmates and facility
✔✔Hard/hazardous contraband - ✔✔is any item that poses a serious threat to the
safety and security of the staff, inmates and facility
✔✔visual search - ✔✔visually scanning for contraband items
✔✔Pat down - ✔✔a physical frisk of a subject in a predetermined pattern to locate
weapons or other types of contraband
✔✔Clothed search - ✔✔utilizes the quadrant search approach in an institutional setting,
by physically patting and squeezing the clothing of a person in a systematic pattern
