BCOT WEEK 3 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the primary duty of a Perimeter Officer - Answers - To prevent escapes ( protect
the public)
Is a officer allowed to shoot a warning shot to have an inmate comply - Answers - No
When Can a vehicle be in the sallyport with both gates open - Answers - When the
vehicle is too long to go through the gates one at a time and when it is An emergency.
If you believe a driver of the car you pull over is intoxicated it is your duty to? - Answers
- Tell them to stay put and call sheriffs office. If they do leave the premises notify sheriff
and do not follow them
When is deadly force justifiable? - Answers - When ability opportunity and jeopardy is
present
What direction does the officer go when there is only one perimeter car available? -
Answers - The officer is allowed to double back and also drive in a circular motion
What do you do before pulling a vehicle over? - Answers - Notify main control
You're allowed to use deadly force - Answers - Against deadly force or when you're
threatened by deadly force
When is it appropriate to fire your weapon at a escaping offender? - Answers - When
they are free and fleeing
When patrolling the perimeter you should? - Answers - Patrol in a random pattern
When relieving an officer from the perimeter car or tower post you should not check
your weapons true or false - Answers - False
When both gates of the sallyport need to be open at once officers will? - Answers -
Position themselves to be able to see you down both sides of the sallyport
If the subject has ability, opportunity, and places you in jeopardy how will you defend
yourself? - Answers - With necessary force up to and including deadly force call main
control and document the use of weapons.
If you're performing a unclothed body search you should do what? - Answers - Never
touch their body allow the offender to remove his or her own clothing and hand it to you.
, What is the most important reason contraband is bagged and tagged? - Answers - To
preserve the chain of evidence
Vehicle searches can be done when? - Answers - Car is on prison property no search
warrant is needed.
And cars are leaving prison property
Strip searches should be conducted - Answers - By a staff member of the same gender
Who can do a body cavity search? - Answers - ONLY a medical professional
All vehicle searches should be done? - Answers - Systematically and throughly every
part of the vehicle should be checked.
Two reasons you can search a vehicle are When a Vehicle is entering or leaving state
property and when a vehicle is being used to transport Offenders - Answers - True
What are the three types of contraband - Answers - Nuisance
Illegal
And legal
If the Driver is out what are the advantages ? - Answers - • The driver is subject to the
same environmental factors as the officer.
• less chance of peer pressure from the passenger
• Driver is no longer in their home turf
If the driver is in what are the advantages? - Answers - • Less embarrassment for the
driver
• Restricted position
• Less of a chance the driver will be hit by traffic
If the driver is out what are the disadvantages? - Answers - • Equal footing with Ofc
• harder to disengage
• must watch two sets of people if there are any passengers
What is Illegal contraband? - Answers - Any items or articles that poses a serious threat
to the security of the facility and is not approved for possession or admission into a
facility.
Ex: fire arms, cell phones, knives, narcotics or controlled substance, ammo/explosives,
poisonous and hazardous chemicals.
What is legal contraband? - Answers - Things brought legally into a facility, but
possessed by unauthorized offenders.
ANSWERS
What is the primary duty of a Perimeter Officer - Answers - To prevent escapes ( protect
the public)
Is a officer allowed to shoot a warning shot to have an inmate comply - Answers - No
When Can a vehicle be in the sallyport with both gates open - Answers - When the
vehicle is too long to go through the gates one at a time and when it is An emergency.
If you believe a driver of the car you pull over is intoxicated it is your duty to? - Answers
- Tell them to stay put and call sheriffs office. If they do leave the premises notify sheriff
and do not follow them
When is deadly force justifiable? - Answers - When ability opportunity and jeopardy is
present
What direction does the officer go when there is only one perimeter car available? -
Answers - The officer is allowed to double back and also drive in a circular motion
What do you do before pulling a vehicle over? - Answers - Notify main control
You're allowed to use deadly force - Answers - Against deadly force or when you're
threatened by deadly force
When is it appropriate to fire your weapon at a escaping offender? - Answers - When
they are free and fleeing
When patrolling the perimeter you should? - Answers - Patrol in a random pattern
When relieving an officer from the perimeter car or tower post you should not check
your weapons true or false - Answers - False
When both gates of the sallyport need to be open at once officers will? - Answers -
Position themselves to be able to see you down both sides of the sallyport
If the subject has ability, opportunity, and places you in jeopardy how will you defend
yourself? - Answers - With necessary force up to and including deadly force call main
control and document the use of weapons.
If you're performing a unclothed body search you should do what? - Answers - Never
touch their body allow the offender to remove his or her own clothing and hand it to you.
, What is the most important reason contraband is bagged and tagged? - Answers - To
preserve the chain of evidence
Vehicle searches can be done when? - Answers - Car is on prison property no search
warrant is needed.
And cars are leaving prison property
Strip searches should be conducted - Answers - By a staff member of the same gender
Who can do a body cavity search? - Answers - ONLY a medical professional
All vehicle searches should be done? - Answers - Systematically and throughly every
part of the vehicle should be checked.
Two reasons you can search a vehicle are When a Vehicle is entering or leaving state
property and when a vehicle is being used to transport Offenders - Answers - True
What are the three types of contraband - Answers - Nuisance
Illegal
And legal
If the Driver is out what are the advantages ? - Answers - • The driver is subject to the
same environmental factors as the officer.
• less chance of peer pressure from the passenger
• Driver is no longer in their home turf
If the driver is in what are the advantages? - Answers - • Less embarrassment for the
driver
• Restricted position
• Less of a chance the driver will be hit by traffic
If the driver is out what are the disadvantages? - Answers - • Equal footing with Ofc
• harder to disengage
• must watch two sets of people if there are any passengers
What is Illegal contraband? - Answers - Any items or articles that poses a serious threat
to the security of the facility and is not approved for possession or admission into a
facility.
Ex: fire arms, cell phones, knives, narcotics or controlled substance, ammo/explosives,
poisonous and hazardous chemicals.
What is legal contraband? - Answers - Things brought legally into a facility, but
possessed by unauthorized offenders.
