TCOLE Basic Jailer Course 100% Correct Review Exam

TCOLE Basic Jailer Course 100% Correct Review Exam TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANS-is a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas. TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANS-is the regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state. The Occupations Code - ANS-is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow. Ethics - ANS-the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation. Texas Ethics Commission - ANS-was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers and employees Jail Climate - ANS-the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff Stress - ANS-a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation Communication - ANS-the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information Attitude - ANS-is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing Race - ANS-generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics Ethnicity - ANS-refers to shared culture and background Ethnocentrism - ANS-is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures" Prejudice - ANS-is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts Culture - ANS-a way of thinking and acting based on tradition Discrimination - ANS-acting on the basis if prejudice Sexual Harassment - ANS-is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior Booking - ANS-recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the admissions process Detainer - ANS-a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction Commitment - ANS-an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed Warrant - ANS-a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law Capias - ANS-is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ Writ of Attachment - ANS-is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be Magistrate's Warrant - ANS-when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before him Search - ANS-the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding evidence ot in plain sight Contraband - ANS-is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or agency directives Strip Search - ANS-when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility Cavity Search - ANS-basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing contrand in a body cavity Continues...