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OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
List the Officer's Main Goals -correct answer- Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion -correct answer-
Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training -correct answer- To
Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? -
correct answer- A test question must respond directly to a SPO
and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
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Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? -correct
answer- Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing -correct answer- -
Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations -correct answer- Behavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights -correct answer- Protecting an
Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System -correct
answer- Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
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Goals of Sentencing -correct answer- Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy -correct
answer- Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? -correct answer- - When at
least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they
don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group"
police legitimacy. -correct answer- Individual's interpretation of
encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position
rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
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Types of Racism -correct answer- -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias -correct answer- - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling -correct answer-
Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking -correct answer- - Attitude
- More Deliberate
OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
List the Officer's Main Goals -correct answer- Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion -correct answer-
Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training -correct answer- To
Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? -
correct answer- A test question must respond directly to a SPO
and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
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Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? -correct
answer- Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing -correct answer- -
Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations -correct answer- Behavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights -correct answer- Protecting an
Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System -correct
answer- Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
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Goals of Sentencing -correct answer- Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy -correct
answer- Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? -correct answer- - When at
least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they
don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group"
police legitimacy. -correct answer- Individual's interpretation of
encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position
rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
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Types of Racism -correct answer- -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias -correct answer- - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling -correct answer-
Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking -correct answer- - Attitude
- More Deliberate
