Private Investigator Practice Exam V(100% Correct!)

subterfuge approach - ANSWER There are many different types of interrogation or approaches in questioning a suspect in a case. In fact depending on the complexities of an interrogation the interrogator could use all of the known approaches during the course of the interrogation. The overall objective in any interrogation is to obtain critical facts of a crime and obtain a confession. Of the approaches discussed in the PI manual, which approach would have you claiming they found an eye witness who put them at the scene when you really did not. Must be approved by the Board before you can take the examnation. - ANSWER Which statement is true about obtaining your license? Although he should be commended for subduing the assailant he endangered other citizens by firing a warning shot. Warning shots are strictly prohibited and can be disciplined by the Board and be charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm among other crimes. - ANSWER While on surveillance a PI witnesses a man run up to a elderly woman and steal her purse. The PI jumps out of his car and begins to pursue the assailant who has nothing to do with his surveillance. At this time he is acting as a private citizen. The suspect is faster than the PI and is getting away. The PI pulls out his firearm and fire a warning shot in the air and tells the assailant to stop or he'll shoot. The assailant stops and gives himself up. The PI maintains cover on the assailant until the police arrive. They arrest both the assailant and the PI. Why was the PI arrested. True - ANSWER A licensed private detective with a weapons permit is allowed to carry their concealed firearm with a few exceptions throughout the state in the performance of their duties. Is that an accurate statement? The PI violated GA Criminal State Statute by impersonating a police officer. The Board's decision was justified. - ANSWER A PI was hired by a client to get a photo, by an means, of a man who works in an office downtown. The client did not provide a reason; just that he needed a photo by any means possible. There was one other stipulation. The client did not want the person to find who he was and that he asked for a photo to be taken. The PI stopped the man on the street and flashed his credentials and badge. The PI said he was a detective from the local police department and that the man fit the description of a bank robber and that the detective needed his photo to show bank employees. The man, knowing he was innocent and believing the PI was a detective, voluntarily allowed the PI to take his photo. The PI took the photo and left; later giving the photo to his client. The Board found out about this and fined the PI $500 and suspended his license for 1 year.