TPD Post Basic Final questions well
answered 2025/2026
Tucson Police Mission Statement - correct answer ✔✔The mission of the Tucson Police
Department is to serve the public in partnership with our community, to protect life and
property, prevent crime, and resolve problems.
Tucson Police Values - correct answer ✔✔Personal Responsibility
Integrity
Service Orientation
Leadership
Excellence
Fairness
Teamwork
Culpable Mental State - correct answer ✔✔State of mind of an individual while committing a
crime
Trespassing - correct answer ✔✔Civilians:
Can use up to Deadly force if reasonable; however should still use a reasonable amount of force
and they can use physical force against a trespasser
Police:
Still use the least amount of force to remove the person from property
Firearm per ARS Chapter 31 - correct answer ✔✔"Firearm" means any loaded or unloaded
handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon that will expel, is designed to expel or
, may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. Firearm does not
include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.
Note, does not include air guns
Manslaughter v Second Degree Murder - correct answer ✔✔Manslaughter is the more
appropriate charge when individual commits second degree murder in sudden quarrel, heat of
passion with adequate provocation from victim or coerced to do so under threat of deadly
physical force or serious bodily harm to themselves or a third party that a reasonable person
would not be able to resist.
Deadly Weapon v Dangerous Instrument - correct answer ✔✔Dangerous weapons are anything
designed for lethal use, while dangerous instruments are pretty much anything else used as a
weapon or are intended to be used as a weapon
i.e. after arresting a burglar in possession of a bat, they tell you that the bat was in case they ran
into someone.
Designators - correct answer ✔✔1.Adam (3A11) - Field patrol unit with 1 Officer
2.Air (AIR1) - The helicopter
3.Baker (3B11) - A field patrol unit with 2 Officers
4.Bike - Bicycle Officers, assigned to districts
5.Bravo (BR31) - 6.Community response team
7.Call Back - Officers assigned to front desks at substations
8.Charlie (3C1 - Captain, 3C2 - 1st LT under Captain) - Captain and LT's for each team
9.Command (CMD1) - Chief, Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief's
10. Crisis (CRA) - Crisis intervention team through Victim WItness Program for the County
Attorney's office
11.Crime Scene (CS31) - Crime scene technicians
12.David (9D81) - Detective Units
13.George (3G11/GTAC3) - Gang unit Detectives and tactical Officers
answered 2025/2026
Tucson Police Mission Statement - correct answer ✔✔The mission of the Tucson Police
Department is to serve the public in partnership with our community, to protect life and
property, prevent crime, and resolve problems.
Tucson Police Values - correct answer ✔✔Personal Responsibility
Integrity
Service Orientation
Leadership
Excellence
Fairness
Teamwork
Culpable Mental State - correct answer ✔✔State of mind of an individual while committing a
crime
Trespassing - correct answer ✔✔Civilians:
Can use up to Deadly force if reasonable; however should still use a reasonable amount of force
and they can use physical force against a trespasser
Police:
Still use the least amount of force to remove the person from property
Firearm per ARS Chapter 31 - correct answer ✔✔"Firearm" means any loaded or unloaded
handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon that will expel, is designed to expel or
, may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. Firearm does not
include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.
Note, does not include air guns
Manslaughter v Second Degree Murder - correct answer ✔✔Manslaughter is the more
appropriate charge when individual commits second degree murder in sudden quarrel, heat of
passion with adequate provocation from victim or coerced to do so under threat of deadly
physical force or serious bodily harm to themselves or a third party that a reasonable person
would not be able to resist.
Deadly Weapon v Dangerous Instrument - correct answer ✔✔Dangerous weapons are anything
designed for lethal use, while dangerous instruments are pretty much anything else used as a
weapon or are intended to be used as a weapon
i.e. after arresting a burglar in possession of a bat, they tell you that the bat was in case they ran
into someone.
Designators - correct answer ✔✔1.Adam (3A11) - Field patrol unit with 1 Officer
2.Air (AIR1) - The helicopter
3.Baker (3B11) - A field patrol unit with 2 Officers
4.Bike - Bicycle Officers, assigned to districts
5.Bravo (BR31) - 6.Community response team
7.Call Back - Officers assigned to front desks at substations
8.Charlie (3C1 - Captain, 3C2 - 1st LT under Captain) - Captain and LT's for each team
9.Command (CMD1) - Chief, Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief's
10. Crisis (CRA) - Crisis intervention team through Victim WItness Program for the County
Attorney's office
11.Crime Scene (CS31) - Crime scene technicians
12.David (9D81) - Detective Units
13.George (3G11/GTAC3) - Gang unit Detectives and tactical Officers
