LEO Exam with Right Answers
What is the Public Duty Doctrine - ✅✅ Tort law - For an officer to be held liable
under negligence, the plaintiff must show a breach of duty to him as an individual.
Not the breach of a duty owed to the general public.
42 USC 1983 (Civil rights act of 1871) - ✅✅ Protects individuals from
deprivations of their constitutional rights by law enforcement officers. Helps the
public to sue for:
Excessive force, False arrest, Unlawful search and seizure, First amendment
violations, Denial of counsel etc..
Can a 14-year-old child in a detention facility be questioned by a peace officer
without the permission of the parents - ✅✅ No - No person other than a
probation officer or a staff member shall be permitted to interview a child. Unless
the parent gives written permission or the parent and child waive their rights
Are Serious Youth Offenders still charged in Juvenile Court? - ✅✅ Yes- Most
aggravated charges constitutes SYO but still stay in the juvenile court.
When is it ok to use force in defense of a person - ✅✅ A person is justified in
threatening or using force against another when the person reasonably believes that
force is necessary to defend the person or third person against another person's
imminent use of unlawful force.
Force in Defense of Habitation - ✅✅ A person can use force but not deadly force
to prevent or terminate unlawful entry upon his habitation.
, Force in Defense of Property - ✅✅ A person can use force but not deadly force
when he believes that force is necessary to prevent criminal interference with real
property or personal property
When is a weapon deemed loaded - ✅✅ When there is an unexpended cartridge
in the firing position, or whereby manual operation of any mechanism once would
cause the shell or projectile to be fired.
What charges can a Juvenile court prosecute an Adult - ✅✅ Unlawful sale of
alcohol to a minor
Failure to report abuse or neglect
Harboring a runaway
Misdemeanor Custodial interference
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Failure to comply with compulsory education requirements.
Define Assault by prisoner - ✅✅ Any prisoner, who commits assault, intending
to cause bodily injury.
The difference between threats of terrorism and causing a catastrophe - ✅✅
Threats of terrorism is committing the threat of the use of weapons of mass
destruction, causing a catastrophe is actually causing widespread injury but using
the weapons.
Spousal Communications- Law of Evidence - ✅✅ Cannot testify against your
spouse about any communication that was in private. Cannot be a witness
What is the definition of Beer - ✅✅ 4% of alcohol by volume and 3.2% by
weight
What is the Public Duty Doctrine - ✅✅ Tort law - For an officer to be held liable
under negligence, the plaintiff must show a breach of duty to him as an individual.
Not the breach of a duty owed to the general public.
42 USC 1983 (Civil rights act of 1871) - ✅✅ Protects individuals from
deprivations of their constitutional rights by law enforcement officers. Helps the
public to sue for:
Excessive force, False arrest, Unlawful search and seizure, First amendment
violations, Denial of counsel etc..
Can a 14-year-old child in a detention facility be questioned by a peace officer
without the permission of the parents - ✅✅ No - No person other than a
probation officer or a staff member shall be permitted to interview a child. Unless
the parent gives written permission or the parent and child waive their rights
Are Serious Youth Offenders still charged in Juvenile Court? - ✅✅ Yes- Most
aggravated charges constitutes SYO but still stay in the juvenile court.
When is it ok to use force in defense of a person - ✅✅ A person is justified in
threatening or using force against another when the person reasonably believes that
force is necessary to defend the person or third person against another person's
imminent use of unlawful force.
Force in Defense of Habitation - ✅✅ A person can use force but not deadly force
to prevent or terminate unlawful entry upon his habitation.
, Force in Defense of Property - ✅✅ A person can use force but not deadly force
when he believes that force is necessary to prevent criminal interference with real
property or personal property
When is a weapon deemed loaded - ✅✅ When there is an unexpended cartridge
in the firing position, or whereby manual operation of any mechanism once would
cause the shell or projectile to be fired.
What charges can a Juvenile court prosecute an Adult - ✅✅ Unlawful sale of
alcohol to a minor
Failure to report abuse or neglect
Harboring a runaway
Misdemeanor Custodial interference
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Failure to comply with compulsory education requirements.
Define Assault by prisoner - ✅✅ Any prisoner, who commits assault, intending
to cause bodily injury.
The difference between threats of terrorism and causing a catastrophe - ✅✅
Threats of terrorism is committing the threat of the use of weapons of mass
destruction, causing a catastrophe is actually causing widespread injury but using
the weapons.
Spousal Communications- Law of Evidence - ✅✅ Cannot testify against your
spouse about any communication that was in private. Cannot be a witness
What is the definition of Beer - ✅✅ 4% of alcohol by volume and 3.2% by
weight
