Colorado POST Test 2 Questions and Answers 2025
How long for a speedy trial? (18-1-405)
6 months
What is a contact?
A consensual encounter between a law enforcement officer and a citizen
What is reasonable suspicion?
-A particularized and objective basis for suspecting that a citizen is involved in criminal activity
-LEO must be able to articulate facts that indicate a reasonable suspicion of involvement of criminal
activity
What is a stop?
-A limited detention for the purposes of obtaining a person's name and address, identification, and
explanation of actions
-Stop must be supported by reasonable suspicion
What is an arrest?
-Occurs when a citizen is taken into custody by a LEO's significant restraint of the citizen's freedom to
leave
-Must be based on probable cause
Presumption of Innocence (18-1-402)
Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty
Legal Assistance and Supporting Services (18-1-403)
All indigent persons who are charged with or held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at state expense
Preliminary Hearing (18-1-404)
Right to a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine whether probable cause exists to
believe that the offense charged has been committed by the defendant
Right to a Jury Trial (18-1-406)
-If accused of a felony, you have the right to a jury trial
-Verdict must be unanimous
How many jurors in a felony trial?
12
How many jurors in a misdemeanor trial?
, 6
What are the inchoate offenses?
-Conspiracy
-Criminal Attempt
-Criminal Solicitation
What are the culpable mental states?
-Intentionally
-Knowingly
-Recklessly
-Negligence
-Willingly
-With intent
How many days do you have to report excessive force? (18-8-802)
-10 days by state statute
-Class 1 misdemeanor
Criminal Attempt
A substantial step to commit a crime
Conspiracy
An agreement between 2 or more people to perform an unlawful act
Criminal Solicitation
The encouraging, requesting, or commanding of another person to commit a crime
"Intentionally" or "With intent"
-The conscious objective to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute defining the offense
-Specific intent offenses
"Knowingly" or "Willfully"
-With respect to a result of his conduct, when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause
the result
-General intent crime
"Criminal negligence"
-A gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise
-Fails to perceive a substantial an unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
"Recklessly"
Consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur
How long for a speedy trial? (18-1-405)
6 months
What is a contact?
A consensual encounter between a law enforcement officer and a citizen
What is reasonable suspicion?
-A particularized and objective basis for suspecting that a citizen is involved in criminal activity
-LEO must be able to articulate facts that indicate a reasonable suspicion of involvement of criminal
activity
What is a stop?
-A limited detention for the purposes of obtaining a person's name and address, identification, and
explanation of actions
-Stop must be supported by reasonable suspicion
What is an arrest?
-Occurs when a citizen is taken into custody by a LEO's significant restraint of the citizen's freedom to
leave
-Must be based on probable cause
Presumption of Innocence (18-1-402)
Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty
Legal Assistance and Supporting Services (18-1-403)
All indigent persons who are charged with or held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at state expense
Preliminary Hearing (18-1-404)
Right to a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine whether probable cause exists to
believe that the offense charged has been committed by the defendant
Right to a Jury Trial (18-1-406)
-If accused of a felony, you have the right to a jury trial
-Verdict must be unanimous
How many jurors in a felony trial?
12
How many jurors in a misdemeanor trial?
, 6
What are the inchoate offenses?
-Conspiracy
-Criminal Attempt
-Criminal Solicitation
What are the culpable mental states?
-Intentionally
-Knowingly
-Recklessly
-Negligence
-Willingly
-With intent
How many days do you have to report excessive force? (18-8-802)
-10 days by state statute
-Class 1 misdemeanor
Criminal Attempt
A substantial step to commit a crime
Conspiracy
An agreement between 2 or more people to perform an unlawful act
Criminal Solicitation
The encouraging, requesting, or commanding of another person to commit a crime
"Intentionally" or "With intent"
-The conscious objective to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute defining the offense
-Specific intent offenses
"Knowingly" or "Willfully"
-With respect to a result of his conduct, when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause
the result
-General intent crime
"Criminal negligence"
-A gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise
-Fails to perceive a substantial an unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
"Recklessly"
Consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur
