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.
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
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.
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
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases -correct answer- - Guard against
influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice -correct answer- - Person based
approach
- Community based model
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.
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
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.
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
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases -correct answer- - Guard against
influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice -correct answer- - Person based
approach
- Community based model
