Opota Ohio Peace Officer Basic
List the Officer's Main Goals - ANSKeep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion - ANSSituation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training - ANSTo Protect Life and Property of yourself and the
public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - ANSA test question must
respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - ANSDesire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing - ANS-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations - ANSBehavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - ANSProtecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - ANSLaw Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing - ANSPunish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - ANSLawful - Defined by laws and
standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
,* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? - ANS- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. -
ANSIndividual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal
position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism - ANS-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias - ANS- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - ANSBias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking - ANS- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases - ANS- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice - ANS- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice - ANSEvery Encounter is a deposit or withdraw
on Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice - ANS- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities - ANS- Community & Citizens
,- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior - ANS- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior - ANS- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise - ANS- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
- Acts of Commission / Criminal
List the PLUS model - ANSPolicies - are they consistent with agency?
Legal - Is it lawful?
Universal - are the policies universal?
Self - Does it align with my beliefs?
Uses of Field Notes - ANS- Preserve Knowledge
- Foundation of a formal report
- Aids in further investigation
- Evidence in court
- Documents officer's efforts
Types of info in field notes - ANS- Info on victim, witness and suspect
- Date/ Time
- Location
- Details of incident
- Disposition of evidence, property, and subject
- Report number
Essential Questions to answer in a Report - ANS- who
- what
- when
- where
, - why
- how
Requirements of a well written report - ANS- Complete
- Factual
- Accurate
Explain Crime - ANSAn act that the law makes punishable.
Name 4 mental states - ANS- Purposely
- Knowingly
- Recklessly
- Negligently
* Strict Liability
Define Purposely - ANS- Intention to cause a certain result
- The offender intended to engage
Define Knowingly - ANS- Aware that the conduct will probably cause a certain result
Define Recklessly - ANS- Heedless indifference to the consequences
Define Negligently - ANSSubstantial lapse from due care, fails to perceive or avoid a risk
that one's conduct may cause a certain result.
Explain Jurisdiction - ANS- A government's power to exercise authority over all persons and
things within a territory.
Statutory Law - ANSThe body of law derived from statutes.
Case Law - ANSThe law found in the collection of reported cases that form all or part of the
body of the law within a given jurisdiction.
Define Force - ANSAny violence, compulsion or constraint physically extended by any
means on or against a person or thing.
Define Deadly Force - ANSAny force which carries a substantial risk that it will proximately
result in the death of any person
Physical Harm - ANSAny injury, illness, or other physiological impairment regardless of
gravity or duration.
Serious Physical Harm - ANS- Any mental illness or condition of such gravity that would
require hospitalization.
- Any physical harm with substantial risk of death.
- Permanent or temporary incapacity.
- Permanent or temporary serious disfigurement.
- Any Physical harm that involves acute prolonged pain or substantial suffering.
List the Officer's Main Goals - ANSKeep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion - ANSSituation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training - ANSTo Protect Life and Property of yourself and the
public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - ANSA test question must
respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - ANSDesire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing - ANS-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations - ANSBehavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - ANSProtecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - ANSLaw Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing - ANSPunish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - ANSLawful - Defined by laws and
standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
,* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? - ANS- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. -
ANSIndividual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal
position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism - ANS-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias - ANS- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - ANSBias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking - ANS- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases - ANS- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice - ANS- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice - ANSEvery Encounter is a deposit or withdraw
on Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice - ANS- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities - ANS- Community & Citizens
,- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior - ANS- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior - ANS- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise - ANS- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
- Acts of Commission / Criminal
List the PLUS model - ANSPolicies - are they consistent with agency?
Legal - Is it lawful?
Universal - are the policies universal?
Self - Does it align with my beliefs?
Uses of Field Notes - ANS- Preserve Knowledge
- Foundation of a formal report
- Aids in further investigation
- Evidence in court
- Documents officer's efforts
Types of info in field notes - ANS- Info on victim, witness and suspect
- Date/ Time
- Location
- Details of incident
- Disposition of evidence, property, and subject
- Report number
Essential Questions to answer in a Report - ANS- who
- what
- when
- where
, - why
- how
Requirements of a well written report - ANS- Complete
- Factual
- Accurate
Explain Crime - ANSAn act that the law makes punishable.
Name 4 mental states - ANS- Purposely
- Knowingly
- Recklessly
- Negligently
* Strict Liability
Define Purposely - ANS- Intention to cause a certain result
- The offender intended to engage
Define Knowingly - ANS- Aware that the conduct will probably cause a certain result
Define Recklessly - ANS- Heedless indifference to the consequences
Define Negligently - ANSSubstantial lapse from due care, fails to perceive or avoid a risk
that one's conduct may cause a certain result.
Explain Jurisdiction - ANS- A government's power to exercise authority over all persons and
things within a territory.
Statutory Law - ANSThe body of law derived from statutes.
Case Law - ANSThe law found in the collection of reported cases that form all or part of the
body of the law within a given jurisdiction.
Define Force - ANSAny violence, compulsion or constraint physically extended by any
means on or against a person or thing.
Define Deadly Force - ANSAny force which carries a substantial risk that it will proximately
result in the death of any person
Physical Harm - ANSAny injury, illness, or other physiological impairment regardless of
gravity or duration.
Serious Physical Harm - ANS- Any mental illness or condition of such gravity that would
require hospitalization.
- Any physical harm with substantial risk of death.
- Permanent or temporary incapacity.
- Permanent or temporary serious disfigurement.
- Any Physical harm that involves acute prolonged pain or substantial suffering.
