GPSTC CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Many agencies have what kind of agreements with neighboring
agencies?
Answer: mutual aid
●● What kind of police department is the principal law enforcement
agency?
Answer: city
●● What does the GBI provide to law enforcement agencies throughout
Georgia?
Answer: investigative and identification services
●● What is the GCIC responsible for?
Answer: overseeing the privacy and integrity of criminal history record
information
●● What is the State's largest law enforcement agency?
Answer: Georgia State Patrol
●● What is the Georgia State Patrol's responsibility?
,Answer: enforcement of traffic laws and accident investigations (upon
request)
●● What is the Organized Crime Prevention Council's responsibilities?
Answer: to share information on organized crime activities within the
State
●● What is the United States Secret Service responsibilities?
Answer: to detect and arrest any person committing any offense against
the laws of the United States relating to coins, currency, and securities of
the United States and of foreign governments
●● What is the responsibility of POST?
Answer: to establish law enforcement training standards and to
administer minimum pre-employment requirements
●● How many members of the POST Council are appointed by the
Governor?
Answer: 10
●● What are the 4 different divisions of POST staff?
Answer: training standards, program support, administration hearings
and certification, and investigations
, ●● What is the investigations divisions responsibility?
Answer: to investigate individual applicants, peace officers, and other
employed public safety who have or desire State Certification
●● What is the training standards divisions responsibility?
Answer: functions related to development, evaluation, and management
of peace officer training
●● What is the administrative hearings and certification division
responsibility?
Answer: ensure compliance, by agencies and peace officers, of
qualifications and training requirements enumerated in the POST Act
and to bring action against those agencies and officers in noncompliance
●● Who are included in the Law Enforcement Support Personnel?
Answer: jailers, communication officers, identification technicians,
forensic specialists, and photographers
●● How many hours minimum must active peace officers complete in
order to contain their power of arrest?
Answer: 20
●● How many different academy locations are there?
Answer: 6
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Many agencies have what kind of agreements with neighboring
agencies?
Answer: mutual aid
●● What kind of police department is the principal law enforcement
agency?
Answer: city
●● What does the GBI provide to law enforcement agencies throughout
Georgia?
Answer: investigative and identification services
●● What is the GCIC responsible for?
Answer: overseeing the privacy and integrity of criminal history record
information
●● What is the State's largest law enforcement agency?
Answer: Georgia State Patrol
●● What is the Georgia State Patrol's responsibility?
,Answer: enforcement of traffic laws and accident investigations (upon
request)
●● What is the Organized Crime Prevention Council's responsibilities?
Answer: to share information on organized crime activities within the
State
●● What is the United States Secret Service responsibilities?
Answer: to detect and arrest any person committing any offense against
the laws of the United States relating to coins, currency, and securities of
the United States and of foreign governments
●● What is the responsibility of POST?
Answer: to establish law enforcement training standards and to
administer minimum pre-employment requirements
●● How many members of the POST Council are appointed by the
Governor?
Answer: 10
●● What are the 4 different divisions of POST staff?
Answer: training standards, program support, administration hearings
and certification, and investigations
, ●● What is the investigations divisions responsibility?
Answer: to investigate individual applicants, peace officers, and other
employed public safety who have or desire State Certification
●● What is the training standards divisions responsibility?
Answer: functions related to development, evaluation, and management
of peace officer training
●● What is the administrative hearings and certification division
responsibility?
Answer: ensure compliance, by agencies and peace officers, of
qualifications and training requirements enumerated in the POST Act
and to bring action against those agencies and officers in noncompliance
●● Who are included in the Law Enforcement Support Personnel?
Answer: jailers, communication officers, identification technicians,
forensic specialists, and photographers
●● How many hours minimum must active peace officers complete in
order to contain their power of arrest?
Answer: 20
●● How many different academy locations are there?
Answer: 6
