PTI TEST 1
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1. Statue of limitations for a misdemeanor: 18 months
2. Statute of limitations for a felony: 3 years
3. Statute of limitations for a civil case: 2 years
4. Statistics: NIBRS is a bigger and more sophisticated version of UCR
5. Organizational influences on policing: 1. Agency resources
2. Union contract
3. Department policies and orders
4. Management philosophy
5. Budget
6. Government and political influences on policing: 1. City/village council
2. Mayor or city manager
3. Voters
7. Civilian relations: Effective collaborations & partnerships are essential elements for successful policing
8. Right to reasonable protection: Right to be reasonably protected from the accused through the
criminal justice process
9. 3 pillars of community policing: 1. Problem solving using the SARA model
2. Organizational transformation
3. Community partnership
10. SARA Model: Scanning- identify and describe the problem
Analysis- identify conditions that precede and accompany the problem while narrowing the scope of information as
specifically as possible
Response- create potential responses, research solutions from other agencies, outline a specific response plan
Determine if objectives were met and reform response and assess as needed
11. How state laws are made: 1. Written as bills in Springfield
2. Voted on in the legislature
3. Approved by the governor
12. Definition crime: An act combined with a mental state
13. Jurisdiction: If a crime is wholly or partially committed in a state or county
14. Act: An external manifestation of one's will, something done voluntarily
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15. Offense: Violation of any penal state
16. Misdemeanor: Lesser crime that sentences less than a year
17. Petty offense: Fine
18. Felony: More serious crime typically sentenced for more than a year
19. Forcible Felony: any felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any person
20. Forcible felony offenses: Murder, arson, criminal sexual assault, kidnapping, predatory criminal sexua
assault, burglars, agg batt, robbery, treason
21. Mental states: Intent, knowingly, recklessness, negligence, absolute liability
22. Accountability: Aiding or abetting a crime which makes them also chargeable for the offense
23. Defenses: Ignorance, infancy, insanity, intoxicated, self defense
24. Difference sexual assault and misconduct: Assault is any contact with not genitalia and
misconduct is fondling
25. What is not included in total loss for theft: Taxes
26. What is a predicate offense and what two crimes are those: Punishments get worse
and theft and domestics
27. NSF: non-sufficient funds
28. Misdemeanor to felony for theft: $500
29. Misdemeanor to felony for retail theft: $300
30. Misdemeanor to felony for deceptive practice: $150
31. Misdemeanor to felony for arson: $150
32. Misdemeanor to felony for bad checks: $150
33. Misdemeanor to felony for criminal damage to property: $500
34. How long is a foid card valid for?: 10 years
35. How many amendments are in the constitution?: 27
36. 3rd amendment: Cannot force people to lodge soldiers in their home
37. 4th amendment: Protects against unlawful searches and seizures
38. 5th amendment: Right against self incrimination, no double jeopardy
39. 6th Amendment: Right to a speedy and public trial
40. 8th amendment: No cruel or unusual punishment
41. 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by
it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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1. Statue of limitations for a misdemeanor: 18 months
2. Statute of limitations for a felony: 3 years
3. Statute of limitations for a civil case: 2 years
4. Statistics: NIBRS is a bigger and more sophisticated version of UCR
5. Organizational influences on policing: 1. Agency resources
2. Union contract
3. Department policies and orders
4. Management philosophy
5. Budget
6. Government and political influences on policing: 1. City/village council
2. Mayor or city manager
3. Voters
7. Civilian relations: Effective collaborations & partnerships are essential elements for successful policing
8. Right to reasonable protection: Right to be reasonably protected from the accused through the
criminal justice process
9. 3 pillars of community policing: 1. Problem solving using the SARA model
2. Organizational transformation
3. Community partnership
10. SARA Model: Scanning- identify and describe the problem
Analysis- identify conditions that precede and accompany the problem while narrowing the scope of information as
specifically as possible
Response- create potential responses, research solutions from other agencies, outline a specific response plan
Determine if objectives were met and reform response and assess as needed
11. How state laws are made: 1. Written as bills in Springfield
2. Voted on in the legislature
3. Approved by the governor
12. Definition crime: An act combined with a mental state
13. Jurisdiction: If a crime is wholly or partially committed in a state or county
14. Act: An external manifestation of one's will, something done voluntarily
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, PTI TEST 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hztybi
15. Offense: Violation of any penal state
16. Misdemeanor: Lesser crime that sentences less than a year
17. Petty offense: Fine
18. Felony: More serious crime typically sentenced for more than a year
19. Forcible Felony: any felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any person
20. Forcible felony offenses: Murder, arson, criminal sexual assault, kidnapping, predatory criminal sexua
assault, burglars, agg batt, robbery, treason
21. Mental states: Intent, knowingly, recklessness, negligence, absolute liability
22. Accountability: Aiding or abetting a crime which makes them also chargeable for the offense
23. Defenses: Ignorance, infancy, insanity, intoxicated, self defense
24. Difference sexual assault and misconduct: Assault is any contact with not genitalia and
misconduct is fondling
25. What is not included in total loss for theft: Taxes
26. What is a predicate offense and what two crimes are those: Punishments get worse
and theft and domestics
27. NSF: non-sufficient funds
28. Misdemeanor to felony for theft: $500
29. Misdemeanor to felony for retail theft: $300
30. Misdemeanor to felony for deceptive practice: $150
31. Misdemeanor to felony for arson: $150
32. Misdemeanor to felony for bad checks: $150
33. Misdemeanor to felony for criminal damage to property: $500
34. How long is a foid card valid for?: 10 years
35. How many amendments are in the constitution?: 27
36. 3rd amendment: Cannot force people to lodge soldiers in their home
37. 4th amendment: Protects against unlawful searches and seizures
38. 5th amendment: Right against self incrimination, no double jeopardy
39. 6th Amendment: Right to a speedy and public trial
40. 8th amendment: No cruel or unusual punishment
41. 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by
it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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