CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICER
STANDARDS AND TRAINING (P.O.S.T.)
LD 15 LAWS OF ARREST. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Admission - ANS Certain facts that tend to incriminate the individual, but fall short of a
confession
Arrest - ANS Taking a person into custody, in the case and in the manner authorized by law.
Custody is the keyword; it implies the person making the arrest has full control
Arrest warrant - ANS A written order signed by a magistrate, directed to and commanding a
peace officer to arrest the person named in the warrant for the offense cited on the warrant
Cite - ANS When a person is given a written notice to appear in court; it contains the time
and place where the person shall appear in court
Coercion - ANS Is the use of force, threats, or psychological pressure to deprive a suspect of
free choice or refusal to answer
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, Confession - ANS The admission of all the elements of a crime
Consensual encounter - ANS A face-to-face contact between a private individual and a peace
officer under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that they are free
to leave or otherwise not cooperate
Custody - ANS A formal arrest or it's "functional equivalent"
Detention - ANS And assertion of authority that would cause reasonable people to believe
they are not FREE TO LEAVE or otherwise disregard the police and go about their business; it is
LIMITED in scope, intensity and duration
Immunity - ANS Exemption from a duty or penalty
Interrogation - ANS Direct/express questioning by a peace officer of a person about a crime,
or statements or actions by an officer that are reasonably likely to elicit AN INCRIMINATING
response. Or the process of gathering information from the person with knowledge of the facts
that an officer will need in order to conduct an investigation
Interview - ANS The process of gathering information from the person who has knowledge of
the facts
Invoke - ANS To assert a right, constitutional or otherwise
Involuntary confession - ANS A statement that results from the use of coercion
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STANDARDS AND TRAINING (P.O.S.T.)
LD 15 LAWS OF ARREST. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Admission - ANS Certain facts that tend to incriminate the individual, but fall short of a
confession
Arrest - ANS Taking a person into custody, in the case and in the manner authorized by law.
Custody is the keyword; it implies the person making the arrest has full control
Arrest warrant - ANS A written order signed by a magistrate, directed to and commanding a
peace officer to arrest the person named in the warrant for the offense cited on the warrant
Cite - ANS When a person is given a written notice to appear in court; it contains the time
and place where the person shall appear in court
Coercion - ANS Is the use of force, threats, or psychological pressure to deprive a suspect of
free choice or refusal to answer
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Confession - ANS The admission of all the elements of a crime
Consensual encounter - ANS A face-to-face contact between a private individual and a peace
officer under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that they are free
to leave or otherwise not cooperate
Custody - ANS A formal arrest or it's "functional equivalent"
Detention - ANS And assertion of authority that would cause reasonable people to believe
they are not FREE TO LEAVE or otherwise disregard the police and go about their business; it is
LIMITED in scope, intensity and duration
Immunity - ANS Exemption from a duty or penalty
Interrogation - ANS Direct/express questioning by a peace officer of a person about a crime,
or statements or actions by an officer that are reasonably likely to elicit AN INCRIMINATING
response. Or the process of gathering information from the person with knowledge of the facts
that an officer will need in order to conduct an investigation
Interview - ANS The process of gathering information from the person who has knowledge of
the facts
Invoke - ANS To assert a right, constitutional or otherwise
Involuntary confession - ANS A statement that results from the use of coercion
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