What are the criteria for effective written reports? - ANSWERS-Clear,
concise, correct, complete
Which of the following is not a basic guideline for writing reports? -
ANSWERS-Use the second person form
Which of the following is a criterion for reasonable suspicion? -
ANSWERS-The demeanor of the person
While making your second patrol at 10:45pm, you notice that the door
to the client's personnel office is not closed completely. You
remember that this particular door usually must be pulled hard to
close, but you cannot remember if the door was completely closed
during your first patrol. You close the door, make sure it is locked,
then complete your patrol. As you are walking toward your desk, you
see someone approaching you from the opposite end of the hallway.
The person turns out to be an employee at your client's facility who
often works late. The employee greets you as usual and walks toward
he exit. Do you have reasonable suspicion to stop the individual and
investigate? - ANSWERS-No
While on duty at 3:40 one afternoon, you notice that an exterior door
in a storage room is slightly open. You know that the door opens into
an alley and is almost never used. Although the door is designated an
"emergency exit", the alarm did not sound whenever the door was
opened. You look out into the alley and see two small boxes, a few
,feet from the door, stacked between a trash dumpster and the wall of
the building. The top box appears to be unopened, since the shipping
tape is not cut. While you are standing by teh door, and employee
comes around the corner with a new unopened set of hand tools under
their arm. Why would you have reasonable suspicion to stop the
individual and investigate? - ANSWERS-Based on the person's
proximity and what the person is carrying
A person carrying a backpack approaches your post. Do you have the
right to look inside the backpack? - ANSWERS-Yes, as long as you
are in your legal position and do not touch the backpack or anything
inside it
If your employer posts a written notice that hand-held packages or
containers may be searched as employees leave the work site, and the
employees agree to this policy, what may a security guard do to
inspect such items? - ANSWERS-You may ask each person to please
open the package or container, but you cannot touch the items
As a security guard or private investigator, may you have a warrant to
search a vehicle? - ANSWERS-No
Your arrest powers are those of: - ANSWERS-a private citizen
Which of the following cases would be outside of the arrest authority
of a security guard or private investigator? - ANSWERS-When a
misdemeanor has been committed, and probably cause exists that the
person arrested committed it
, A private citizen must inform the person being arrested - ANSWERS-
of the cause of arrest
Which of the following would represent "constructive arrest"? -
ANSWERS-Using no physical force or weapons to arrest the person
Which of the following is an element of arrest? - ANSWERS-
Explaining the intent and purpose to the person being arrested
Which case might represent a lawful search? - ANSWERS-Searching
for a weapon to protect the arresting party
Which circumstance would probably not qualify for a "pat-down"
search? - ANSWERS-If the person looks like someone who would
commit a crime
What conditions must be met to support the use of deadly force? -
ANSWERS-Seeing the ability, intent, and action to harm someone
Which of the following situations is the most likely to be considered
justifiable homicide? - ANSWERS-A security guard enters a tool
storeroom and sees an unauthorized person searching through the
tools. She tells him he is not allowed in this area and must leave. The
man says "I don't think so;" picks up a large sledgehammer and raises
it over his head as he advances towards her. As she backs away, she
realizes the door has automatically closed behind her, cutting off her