TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALREADY GRADED A+
Protective Sweep - ANSWERS-The area an officer may search, incident to
lawful arrest of that person is the area within the persons immediate control
at the arrest location.
Plain View - ANSWERS-The incriminating nature of the item must be
immediately apparent and the office must have lawful right of access to the
object
Consent Search - ANSWERS-The person giving consent has the authority to
do so and no other person with authority that is present, has refused.
City Council - ANSWERS-Twelve Members and 4 year Elected Terms
TPD department Structure - ANSWERS-Support, administrative services,
operations, and investigation services
Organizational Components - ANSWERS-Department Head- Chief, Division-
Deputy Chief Bureau- Captain
Three - ANSWERS-The number of TPD divisions
Reasonable force - ANSWERS-Severity of the crime and whether the
suspect is an immediate threat to safety
Passive and Active - ANSWERS-Types of Resistance
,Unreasonable Force - ANSWERS-Forceful handcuffing during the course of a
seizure and absent Exigent circumstances
The Fourth amendment - ANSWERS-To establish rights relating to arrests,
searches and seizures of a person
Seizure of a person - ANSWERS-A reasonable person would believe that
he/she was not free to leave. This can include the presence of multiple
officers or the display of a weapon by an officer
Probable Cause - ANSWERS-exists when the facts and circumstances within
the officers knowledge and of which he/she has reasonably trustworthy
information to believe that an offense has been or is being committed by
that person.
Three Types of police encounters - ANSWERS-Consensual, Investigative and
Arrests
Terry Stop - ANSWERS-Suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or
was in the process of being executed, but does not authorize to detain
anyone on mere suspicion.
Disclosure of their name - ANSWERS-Person's detained in a public place
must provide this information when requested by law enforcement.
Plain Feel doctrine - ANSWERS-An officer may not search for objects other
than weapons on a Terry Stop and immediately apparent to the officer from
its shape or feel the officer may not seize an object that is unmistakably not
a weapon
Exigent Circumstance - ANSWERS-To justify a warrant less non consensual
entry into a private dwelling and demand an immediate response
,Types of searches - ANSWERS-Full- bases on probable cause, Limited
weapons- Frisk and safety, and Inventory
Chemical/ Electrical Weapons - ANSWERS-On a suspect who is actively
resisting, it is unreasonable when on a non-resisting or passive suspect
Diminished Capacity - ANSWERS-Federal courts have ruled that the ____ of
a suspect must be taken into account when assessing the reasonableness of
the amount of force exerted.
Imminent Threat - ANSWERS-Where the likelihood of a weapon being
present, the capability of that weapon and the proximity of the parties at
risk.
Officer Liability - ANSWERS-Officer who is responding to an emergency call
is governed by sovereign immunity and is crucial for cruiser accidents if you
are on an emergency call at the Time unless operating in a willful or wanton
manner.
Police Legitimacy - ANSWERS-Exists when public views the police
authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order
Public Trust - ANSWERS-Public willingness to defer to law and order to police
authority
Filming Police - ANSWERS-One party Consents to the encounter and you are
carrying our your duties and their actions do not interfere.
Interpersonal - ANSWERS-Occurs between individuals
, Individual - ANSWERS-Public expression of racism prejudice and hate made
by ____
Institutional - ANSWERS-Race based discriminatory policies that are
produced and perpetuated
Structural - ANSWERS-Collective way, history culture and Institutions
reinforce and perpetuate
Stereotypes - ANSWERS-Generalization about perceived type of social
category
Biases - ANSWERS-We all have them
Implicit - ANSWERS-Preferences (positive or negative for a social category
based on stereotypes) that are outside our awareness
Explicit - ANSWERS-Conscious preference for a social category
Field Notes - ANSWERS-A general collection of summaries concerning the
memory aspects of the job and brief notations
Types of Recorded Information - ANSWERS-Victims, witnesses, suspects
involved, date and time of offense, location and details of the offense or
incident being reported
Bill of rights - ANSWERS-Protect individual freedoms and prevent
government from interfering with protected rights
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALREADY GRADED A+
Protective Sweep - ANSWERS-The area an officer may search, incident to
lawful arrest of that person is the area within the persons immediate control
at the arrest location.
Plain View - ANSWERS-The incriminating nature of the item must be
immediately apparent and the office must have lawful right of access to the
object
Consent Search - ANSWERS-The person giving consent has the authority to
do so and no other person with authority that is present, has refused.
City Council - ANSWERS-Twelve Members and 4 year Elected Terms
TPD department Structure - ANSWERS-Support, administrative services,
operations, and investigation services
Organizational Components - ANSWERS-Department Head- Chief, Division-
Deputy Chief Bureau- Captain
Three - ANSWERS-The number of TPD divisions
Reasonable force - ANSWERS-Severity of the crime and whether the
suspect is an immediate threat to safety
Passive and Active - ANSWERS-Types of Resistance
,Unreasonable Force - ANSWERS-Forceful handcuffing during the course of a
seizure and absent Exigent circumstances
The Fourth amendment - ANSWERS-To establish rights relating to arrests,
searches and seizures of a person
Seizure of a person - ANSWERS-A reasonable person would believe that
he/she was not free to leave. This can include the presence of multiple
officers or the display of a weapon by an officer
Probable Cause - ANSWERS-exists when the facts and circumstances within
the officers knowledge and of which he/she has reasonably trustworthy
information to believe that an offense has been or is being committed by
that person.
Three Types of police encounters - ANSWERS-Consensual, Investigative and
Arrests
Terry Stop - ANSWERS-Suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or
was in the process of being executed, but does not authorize to detain
anyone on mere suspicion.
Disclosure of their name - ANSWERS-Person's detained in a public place
must provide this information when requested by law enforcement.
Plain Feel doctrine - ANSWERS-An officer may not search for objects other
than weapons on a Terry Stop and immediately apparent to the officer from
its shape or feel the officer may not seize an object that is unmistakably not
a weapon
Exigent Circumstance - ANSWERS-To justify a warrant less non consensual
entry into a private dwelling and demand an immediate response
,Types of searches - ANSWERS-Full- bases on probable cause, Limited
weapons- Frisk and safety, and Inventory
Chemical/ Electrical Weapons - ANSWERS-On a suspect who is actively
resisting, it is unreasonable when on a non-resisting or passive suspect
Diminished Capacity - ANSWERS-Federal courts have ruled that the ____ of
a suspect must be taken into account when assessing the reasonableness of
the amount of force exerted.
Imminent Threat - ANSWERS-Where the likelihood of a weapon being
present, the capability of that weapon and the proximity of the parties at
risk.
Officer Liability - ANSWERS-Officer who is responding to an emergency call
is governed by sovereign immunity and is crucial for cruiser accidents if you
are on an emergency call at the Time unless operating in a willful or wanton
manner.
Police Legitimacy - ANSWERS-Exists when public views the police
authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order
Public Trust - ANSWERS-Public willingness to defer to law and order to police
authority
Filming Police - ANSWERS-One party Consents to the encounter and you are
carrying our your duties and their actions do not interfere.
Interpersonal - ANSWERS-Occurs between individuals
, Individual - ANSWERS-Public expression of racism prejudice and hate made
by ____
Institutional - ANSWERS-Race based discriminatory policies that are
produced and perpetuated
Structural - ANSWERS-Collective way, history culture and Institutions
reinforce and perpetuate
Stereotypes - ANSWERS-Generalization about perceived type of social
category
Biases - ANSWERS-We all have them
Implicit - ANSWERS-Preferences (positive or negative for a social category
based on stereotypes) that are outside our awareness
Explicit - ANSWERS-Conscious preference for a social category
Field Notes - ANSWERS-A general collection of summaries concerning the
memory aspects of the job and brief notations
Types of Recorded Information - ANSWERS-Victims, witnesses, suspects
involved, date and time of offense, location and details of the offense or
incident being reported
Bill of rights - ANSWERS-Protect individual freedoms and prevent
government from interfering with protected rights
