GPSTC - Traffic Enforcement Exam
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the police have a responsibility to - ✔✔help ensure the safe and efficient movement of
vehicles transporting people and goods on publicly traveled highways
the primary purpose of traffic laws and traffic law enforcement - ✔✔is to regulate traffic
flow, reduce accidents and make streets and highways safer for drivers and
pedestriants
long-range goal of enforcement - ✔✔is to increase the level of voluntary compliance to
traffic regulations
a successful traffic stop - ✔✔is one in which an officer does all in his power to provide a
learning opportunity for the driver
the main obstacle to a successf traffic stop is what? - ✔✔conflict
4 types of officer personalities - ✔✔1. the helpful officer,
2. the authoritarian officer, 3. the aggressive officer
4. the placating or pacifying officer
the helpful officer - ✔✔-motivated by the need to help others
-main objective is to educate the driver by explaining that he committed a violation,
thus reducing the possibility that the driver will commit the voiolation again
-may issue a warning
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, -attitude is understanding, fair
the authoritarian officer - ✔✔-largely moviated by their extreme sense of responisbility
to the letter of the law
-sometimes enforce the law to the injury of justice- -their attude is "the law os the law"
-they leave discretion to the courts
3 common traits of the authoritarian officer - ✔✔1. they regard law and justice as being
the same instead of viewing the law as but one instrument of justice
2. they identify with middle class vaules to such an extent that they take violations of
the law as personal insulta
3. a tendency to favor one's ethinic group over others
the aggressive officer - ✔✔-have a good deal of pent-up anger steamming from the
frustration of wanting much more from life than they are getting
-motivation comes from the desire to even the score
-they explode periodically
-complaints received about these officers often invloved abusive language
the placating or placifying officer - ✔✔-are "professional nice guys" who basic needs in
life are to be liked and accepted
-they are liked not for who they are, but for how much they do to others
-they are unable to say no
-liked in the community
4 basic types of drivers - ✔✔1. the cooperative driver
2. the blameless driver
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
the police have a responsibility to - ✔✔help ensure the safe and efficient movement of
vehicles transporting people and goods on publicly traveled highways
the primary purpose of traffic laws and traffic law enforcement - ✔✔is to regulate traffic
flow, reduce accidents and make streets and highways safer for drivers and
pedestriants
long-range goal of enforcement - ✔✔is to increase the level of voluntary compliance to
traffic regulations
a successful traffic stop - ✔✔is one in which an officer does all in his power to provide a
learning opportunity for the driver
the main obstacle to a successf traffic stop is what? - ✔✔conflict
4 types of officer personalities - ✔✔1. the helpful officer,
2. the authoritarian officer, 3. the aggressive officer
4. the placating or pacifying officer
the helpful officer - ✔✔-motivated by the need to help others
-main objective is to educate the driver by explaining that he committed a violation,
thus reducing the possibility that the driver will commit the voiolation again
-may issue a warning
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, -attitude is understanding, fair
the authoritarian officer - ✔✔-largely moviated by their extreme sense of responisbility
to the letter of the law
-sometimes enforce the law to the injury of justice- -their attude is "the law os the law"
-they leave discretion to the courts
3 common traits of the authoritarian officer - ✔✔1. they regard law and justice as being
the same instead of viewing the law as but one instrument of justice
2. they identify with middle class vaules to such an extent that they take violations of
the law as personal insulta
3. a tendency to favor one's ethinic group over others
the aggressive officer - ✔✔-have a good deal of pent-up anger steamming from the
frustration of wanting much more from life than they are getting
-motivation comes from the desire to even the score
-they explode periodically
-complaints received about these officers often invloved abusive language
the placating or placifying officer - ✔✔-are "professional nice guys" who basic needs in
life are to be liked and accepted
-they are liked not for who they are, but for how much they do to others
-they are unable to say no
-liked in the community
4 basic types of drivers - ✔✔1. the cooperative driver
2. the blameless driver
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