TCOLE BASIC JAILER EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TWO
ACTUAL EXAM VERSIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards]. Answer: is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated
municipal jails in the state.
◉ The Occupations Code. Answer: is the statutory authority for the
Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and
jailers must follow.
◉ Ethics. Answer: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad
with moral duty and obligation.
◉ Texas Ethics Commission. Answer: was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things,
the standards of conduct of state officers and employees
◉ Jail Climate. Answer: the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
,◉ Stress. Answer: a body condition that may occur when a person
faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
◉ Communication. Answer: the ability to effectively and accurately
transfer ideas and information
◉ Attitude. Answer: is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in
regard to that person or thing
◉ Race. Answer: generally refers to groups of people with common
ancestry and physical characteristics
◉ Ethnicity. Answer: refers to shared culture and background
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: is "the act of regarding one's culture as
the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons
with other cultures"
◉ Prejudice. Answer: is an adverse judgement or opinion formed
beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts
◉ Culture. Answer: a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
,◉ Discrimination. Answer: acting on the basis if prejudice
◉ Sexual Harassment. Answer: is deliberate or repeated sexual
based behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned
or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
◉ Booking. Answer: recording of certain information relating to the
inmate during the admissions process
◉ Detainer. Answer: a report from that documents an agency's
authority to retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a
legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction
◉ Commitment. Answer: an order signed by magistrate directing the
sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed
◉ Warrant. Answer: a written order from magistrate, dies red to a
peace officer or some other person specifically named, commanding
him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt
with a cording to law
◉ Capias. Answer: is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed
"to any peace officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to
, arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that
court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
◉ Writ of Attachment. Answer: is a writ issued by a clerk of a court
under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury,
in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding
some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him
before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith,
to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may
be
◉ Magistrate's Warrant. Answer: when a compelling is made to a
magistrate that any person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from
justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest
directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before
him
◉ Search. Answer: the examination of persons or property with the
intention of finding evidence ot in plain sight
◉ Contraband. Answer: is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or
substance that is prohibited by law or agency directives
◉ Strip Search. Answer: when facility personnel reasonably believe
it to be necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for
ACTUAL EXAM VERSIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards]. Answer: is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated
municipal jails in the state.
◉ The Occupations Code. Answer: is the statutory authority for the
Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and
jailers must follow.
◉ Ethics. Answer: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad
with moral duty and obligation.
◉ Texas Ethics Commission. Answer: was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things,
the standards of conduct of state officers and employees
◉ Jail Climate. Answer: the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
,◉ Stress. Answer: a body condition that may occur when a person
faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
◉ Communication. Answer: the ability to effectively and accurately
transfer ideas and information
◉ Attitude. Answer: is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in
regard to that person or thing
◉ Race. Answer: generally refers to groups of people with common
ancestry and physical characteristics
◉ Ethnicity. Answer: refers to shared culture and background
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: is "the act of regarding one's culture as
the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons
with other cultures"
◉ Prejudice. Answer: is an adverse judgement or opinion formed
beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts
◉ Culture. Answer: a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
,◉ Discrimination. Answer: acting on the basis if prejudice
◉ Sexual Harassment. Answer: is deliberate or repeated sexual
based behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned
or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
◉ Booking. Answer: recording of certain information relating to the
inmate during the admissions process
◉ Detainer. Answer: a report from that documents an agency's
authority to retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a
legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction
◉ Commitment. Answer: an order signed by magistrate directing the
sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed
◉ Warrant. Answer: a written order from magistrate, dies red to a
peace officer or some other person specifically named, commanding
him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt
with a cording to law
◉ Capias. Answer: is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed
"to any peace officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to
, arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that
court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
◉ Writ of Attachment. Answer: is a writ issued by a clerk of a court
under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury,
in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding
some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him
before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith,
to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may
be
◉ Magistrate's Warrant. Answer: when a compelling is made to a
magistrate that any person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from
justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest
directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before
him
◉ Search. Answer: the examination of persons or property with the
intention of finding evidence ot in plain sight
◉ Contraband. Answer: is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or
substance that is prohibited by law or agency directives
◉ Strip Search. Answer: when facility personnel reasonably believe
it to be necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for
