TLETA Week 2 Exam questions with correct
answers
What are the three parts of the negligence triangle? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Who was injured, who is
responsible, and who has the money.
Perkin v. Harris - What should officers receive on foreseeable activities? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Officers
should receive training and information on foreseeable activities.
If you act within the scope of your department policy, who will be held liable for accidents caused on
your part? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-The department.
Governmental entity definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Any national, state or local government board,
commission, department, division, instrumentality, court, agency or political subdivision.
What three things does the supreme court take into consideration when determining liability? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Reasonableness, justifiable, articutible.(be able to articulate and justify what you
did.)
Negligence definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Failure to take proper care in doing something.(mistake)
What are the levels of liability? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Negligence, Gross Negligence, Deliberate
indifference, Conduct that shocks the conscience.
Gross Negligence definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Lack of diligence, care, or conscious, in a voluntary
act or omission with reckless disregard of legal duty or consequences to another party.
Deliberate indifference definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Complete consciousness of reckless
disregard and consequence of one's acts or omissions.
Conduct that shocks the conscience definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Situations conducted in
complete carelessness of the law that are so unjust or wrong that the court must intervene.
, What are Plaintiffs 5- Front attacks? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Facts of the case, policy, training,
supervision, and discipline.
Do you have the right away when operating an emergency vehicle? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-No, when
operating an emergency you are requesting right away.
Who is responsible for accidents caused during emergency vehicle operations? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
The operator of emergency vehicle.
Are officers responsible for accidents of negligence? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Yes.
What does the liability of accidents hinge on during police pursuits? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-The
decision making of the officer.
Why are patrol officers liable for unsafe roads, controls, and structures? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-It is the
officers duty to report these condition due to the fact they are on patrol 24 hours a day.
What are Punitive Damages? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Personal penalties against an INDIVIDUAL in
federal court. They are excluded from state court.
What happens if any employee of any government agency, entity, or department, deprives anyone of
there constitutional rights? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-They or their employer are subject to be sued in
Federal court Depending on their regard for statutes, policy, and regulations.
Is there any cap on the amount a defendant can be sued for in federal court? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
No.
Who May bring a suit? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anyone.
Who May be a defendant? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anyone acting under the color of the law.
answers
What are the three parts of the negligence triangle? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Who was injured, who is
responsible, and who has the money.
Perkin v. Harris - What should officers receive on foreseeable activities? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Officers
should receive training and information on foreseeable activities.
If you act within the scope of your department policy, who will be held liable for accidents caused on
your part? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-The department.
Governmental entity definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Any national, state or local government board,
commission, department, division, instrumentality, court, agency or political subdivision.
What three things does the supreme court take into consideration when determining liability? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Reasonableness, justifiable, articutible.(be able to articulate and justify what you
did.)
Negligence definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Failure to take proper care in doing something.(mistake)
What are the levels of liability? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Negligence, Gross Negligence, Deliberate
indifference, Conduct that shocks the conscience.
Gross Negligence definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Lack of diligence, care, or conscious, in a voluntary
act or omission with reckless disregard of legal duty or consequences to another party.
Deliberate indifference definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Complete consciousness of reckless
disregard and consequence of one's acts or omissions.
Conduct that shocks the conscience definition? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Situations conducted in
complete carelessness of the law that are so unjust or wrong that the court must intervene.
, What are Plaintiffs 5- Front attacks? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Facts of the case, policy, training,
supervision, and discipline.
Do you have the right away when operating an emergency vehicle? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-No, when
operating an emergency you are requesting right away.
Who is responsible for accidents caused during emergency vehicle operations? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
The operator of emergency vehicle.
Are officers responsible for accidents of negligence? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Yes.
What does the liability of accidents hinge on during police pursuits? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-The
decision making of the officer.
Why are patrol officers liable for unsafe roads, controls, and structures? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-It is the
officers duty to report these condition due to the fact they are on patrol 24 hours a day.
What are Punitive Damages? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Personal penalties against an INDIVIDUAL in
federal court. They are excluded from state court.
What happens if any employee of any government agency, entity, or department, deprives anyone of
there constitutional rights? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-They or their employer are subject to be sued in
Federal court Depending on their regard for statutes, policy, and regulations.
Is there any cap on the amount a defendant can be sued for in federal court? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-
No.
Who May bring a suit? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anyone.
Who May be a defendant? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anyone acting under the color of the law.
