OPOTA UNIT 10 – 40 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

The Role Of A Peace Officer Regarding Traffic Traffic enforcement and traffic investigation Primary Reason For Traffic Enforcement To reduce traffic collisions, their resulting injuries, and to facilitate the safe and expedient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:06 / 0:15 Full screen Section that Covers Definitions Related To Motor Vehicle Offenses is located in the .01 section of each chapter R.C. Chapter 4511 Covers moving violations R.C. 4511.20 Operation in Willful or Wanton Disregard of the Safety of Persons or Property (i.e., reckless operation) R.C. 4511.12 Obedience to Traffic Control Devices R.C. 4511.204 Driving while texting R.C. 4511.21 Speed Limits - Assured Clear Distance R.C. 4511.25 Lanes of travel upon roadways of sufficient width R.C. 4511.29 Driving to Left of Center of Roadway in Overtaking and Passing Traffic Proceeding in Same Direction R.C. 4511.30 Driving Upon Left Side of Roadway R.C. 4511.33 Driving in Marked Lanes R.C. 4511.39 Turn and Stop Signals R.C. 4511.41 Right of way rule at intersections R.C. 4511.42 Right of way rule when turning left R.C. 4511.43 Right-of-way Rule at Through Highways, Stop Signs, Yield Signs R.C. 4511.81 Child Restraint System-Child Highway Safety Fund R.C. Chapter 4513 Covers Equipment Violations R.C. 4513.03 Time for lighted Lights on Motor Vehicles R.C. 4513.071 Stop Light R.C. 4513.09 Red Light or Flag Required R.C. 4513.22 Mufflers R.C. Chapter 4510 Covers driver's license suspensions R.C. Chapter 4549 Covers Motor Vehicle Crimes An Officers Assumed Authority For Traffic Control RC 2921.331a - No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order of direction of any police officer invested with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic. Traffic Direction and Control Actions • Use the information received from communications as well as your knowledge of the immediate area and beyond • Confirm your geographical location with dispatch • Perform a preliminary analysis of current situation • Identify actions required to mitigate the situation • Identify resources required to support those actions • Identify any unique safety situations as you arrive Traffic Direction and Control - Let people know you are in command of the traffic situation o Starting and stopping traffic • Look at and point directly at the driver • Give clear directions by using are movement • Make certain that traffic is completely stopped before starting traffic in another direction • Slow or timid drivers may be urged to speed up by increasing the rapidity of the are movement; however, wild are gestures and shouting may confuse nervous drivers - Turning movements • Look at and point directly at driver • Point in direction of the turn • Be sure to stop the traffic coming in the opposite direction before allowing left turns - Pedestrian traffic • Pedestrians are more difficult to control • They tend to cross at will if you stop traffic thereby hindering turning movements • Talk to them so that they know you haven't forgotten about them - To a certain degree, pedestrians will do what they want. At an intersection with heavy pedestrian traffic, it may be of best interest to stop all traffic and let them cross in all directions until the group size manageable Elements of the offense of domestic violence per ORC 2919.25 A.) Knowingly cause or attempts to cause physical harm to a family or household member B.) Recklessly cause serious physical harm to a family or household member C.) By threat of force, knowingly cause a family or household member to believe that the offender will cause imminent physical harm to the family or household member Persons who fall within the ORC definition of family or household member Any of the following who is residing or has resided with the offender • A spouse, a person living as a spouse, or a former spouse of the offender • A parent, foster parent, or a child of the offender, or another person related by consanguity (i.e., blood) or affinity (i.e., marriage) to the offender • "A parent or child of a spouse, person living as spouse, or former spouse of the offender, or another person related by consanguity or affinity to a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the offender". • "The natural parent of any child of whom the offender is the other natural parent or is the putative (i.e., alleged) other natural parent • Please note that parties who have children together have no residency requirements, therefor once they have a child, the parents are considered a family or household member • Also not, that the "child" would be considered a family or household member only to the parent with whom he/she has lived 4 elements that should be used to determine the primary physical aggressor in a DV incident • Any history of domestic violence or other violent acts by either person involved in the alleged offense that the officer can reasonably ascertain • Whether the alleged violence was caused by a person acting in self-defense • Each person's fear of physical harm, if any, resulting any person or resulting from the other person's threatened use of force against any person or resulting from the other person's use or history of the use of force against any person and the reasonableness of that fear • • The comparative injuries suffered by the persons involved in the alleged offense Temporary protection order • A TPO is an order from the court that is available after a family or household member is charged with a violent or sexually oriented offense • It removes the suspect from the shared residence and has other restrictions • In effect for the length of the case • It can be received by the victim at any time starting with arraignment, but it is over when the case is over • A TPO can be requested by o The complainant o The alleged victim o A family or household member of the alleged victim or • A peace officer may file the motion on behalf of the victim if the victim is so badly injured from the incident that he/she is hospitalized or unable to attend court • The court is on its own motion • Officer documentation is key • The person who requested the order still appears before the court to provide the information concerning the basis of the motion (e.g. if the victim is the one who has filled to obtain a TPO, the victim must come to court for the TPO haring)