BCOT Week 3 Exam Questions and Answers Solved Correctly Rated A+
What is the primary duty of a Perimeter Officer - Answers To prevent escapes ( protect the public)
Is a officer allowed to shoot a warning shot to have an inmate comply - Answers No
When Can a vehicle be in the sallyport with both gates open - Answers When the vehicle is too long to
go through the gates one at a time and when it is An emergency.
If you believe a driver of the car you pull over is intoxicated it is your duty to? - Answers Tell them to
stay put and call sheriffs office. If they do leave the premises notify sheriff and do not follow them
When is deadly force justifiable? - Answers When ability opportunity and jeopardy is present
What direction does the officer go when there is only one perimeter car available? - Answers The officer
is allowed to double back and also drive in a circular motion
What do you do before pulling a vehicle over? - Answers Notify main control
You're allowed to use deadly force - Answers Against deadly force or when you're threatened by deadly
force
When is it appropriate to fire your weapon at a escaping offender? - Answers When they are free and
fleeing
When patrolling the perimeter you should? - Answers Patrol in a random pattern
When relieving an officer from the perimeter car or tower post you should not check your weapons true
or false - Answers False
When both gates of the sallyport need to be open at once officers will? - Answers Position themselves to
be able to see you down both sides of the sallyport
If the subject has ability, opportunity, and places you in jeopardy how will you defend yourself? -
Answers With necessary force up to and including deadly force call main control and document the use
of weapons.
If you're performing a unclothed body search you should do what? - Answers Never touch their body
allow the offender to remove his or her own clothing and hand it to you.
What is the most important reason contraband is bagged and tagged? - Answers To preserve the chain
of evidence
Vehicle searches can be done when? - Answers Car is on prison property no search warrant is needed.
And cars are leaving prison property
Strip searches should be conducted - Answers By a staff member of the same gender
, Who can do a body cavity search? - Answers ONLY a medical professional
All vehicle searches should be done? - Answers Systematically and throughly every part of the vehicle
should be checked.
Two reasons you can search a vehicle are When a Vehicle is entering or leaving state property and when
a vehicle is being used to transport Offenders - Answers True
What are the three types of contraband - Answers Nuisance
Illegal
And legal
If the Driver is out what are the advantages ? - Answers • The driver is subject to the same
environmental factors as the officer.
• less chance of peer pressure from the passenger
• Driver is no longer in their home turf
If the driver is in what are the advantages? - Answers • Less embarrassment for the driver
• Restricted position
• Less of a chance the driver will be hit by traffic
If the driver is out what are the disadvantages? - Answers • Equal footing with Ofc
• harder to disengage
• must watch two sets of people if there are any passengers
What is Illegal contraband? - Answers Any items or articles that poses a serious threat to the security of
the facility and is not approved for possession or admission into a facility.
Ex: fire arms, cell phones, knives, narcotics or controlled substance, ammo/explosives, poisonous and
hazardous chemicals.
What is legal contraband? - Answers Things brought legally into a facility, but possessed by unauthorized
offenders.
Ex: tools from kitchen maintenance outside of kitchen and maintenance.
What is the primary duty of a Perimeter Officer - Answers To prevent escapes ( protect the public)
Is a officer allowed to shoot a warning shot to have an inmate comply - Answers No
When Can a vehicle be in the sallyport with both gates open - Answers When the vehicle is too long to
go through the gates one at a time and when it is An emergency.
If you believe a driver of the car you pull over is intoxicated it is your duty to? - Answers Tell them to
stay put and call sheriffs office. If they do leave the premises notify sheriff and do not follow them
When is deadly force justifiable? - Answers When ability opportunity and jeopardy is present
What direction does the officer go when there is only one perimeter car available? - Answers The officer
is allowed to double back and also drive in a circular motion
What do you do before pulling a vehicle over? - Answers Notify main control
You're allowed to use deadly force - Answers Against deadly force or when you're threatened by deadly
force
When is it appropriate to fire your weapon at a escaping offender? - Answers When they are free and
fleeing
When patrolling the perimeter you should? - Answers Patrol in a random pattern
When relieving an officer from the perimeter car or tower post you should not check your weapons true
or false - Answers False
When both gates of the sallyport need to be open at once officers will? - Answers Position themselves to
be able to see you down both sides of the sallyport
If the subject has ability, opportunity, and places you in jeopardy how will you defend yourself? -
Answers With necessary force up to and including deadly force call main control and document the use
of weapons.
If you're performing a unclothed body search you should do what? - Answers Never touch their body
allow the offender to remove his or her own clothing and hand it to you.
What is the most important reason contraband is bagged and tagged? - Answers To preserve the chain
of evidence
Vehicle searches can be done when? - Answers Car is on prison property no search warrant is needed.
And cars are leaving prison property
Strip searches should be conducted - Answers By a staff member of the same gender
, Who can do a body cavity search? - Answers ONLY a medical professional
All vehicle searches should be done? - Answers Systematically and throughly every part of the vehicle
should be checked.
Two reasons you can search a vehicle are When a Vehicle is entering or leaving state property and when
a vehicle is being used to transport Offenders - Answers True
What are the three types of contraband - Answers Nuisance
Illegal
And legal
If the Driver is out what are the advantages ? - Answers • The driver is subject to the same
environmental factors as the officer.
• less chance of peer pressure from the passenger
• Driver is no longer in their home turf
If the driver is in what are the advantages? - Answers • Less embarrassment for the driver
• Restricted position
• Less of a chance the driver will be hit by traffic
If the driver is out what are the disadvantages? - Answers • Equal footing with Ofc
• harder to disengage
• must watch two sets of people if there are any passengers
What is Illegal contraband? - Answers Any items or articles that poses a serious threat to the security of
the facility and is not approved for possession or admission into a facility.
Ex: fire arms, cell phones, knives, narcotics or controlled substance, ammo/explosives, poisonous and
hazardous chemicals.
What is legal contraband? - Answers Things brought legally into a facility, but possessed by unauthorized
offenders.
Ex: tools from kitchen maintenance outside of kitchen and maintenance.
