correct answers graded A+
Definition of Authority - correct answer ✔✔The delegated right to determine, adjudicate or otherwise
settle issues or disputes
Power - correct answer ✔✔The ability to do or act
Force - correct answer ✔✔Strength, intensity of effect
Discretion - correct answer ✔✔The power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgement
Control - correct answer ✔✔To exercise restraint or discretion over, dominate (the authority given to all
police come under the direction/control of the U.S Constitution)
Influence - correct answer ✔✔An action exerted by one thing (radar, patrol car, police uniform, etc.) or
person over another
Leadership - correct answer ✔✔One's ability to get others to willingly follow. (LEO are authority figures
that lead by example)
Command presence - correct answer ✔✔"Essentially presenting yourself as someone in authority and
who is to be respected and obeyed."
Importance of core values - correct answer ✔✔It is what defines our characters as law enforcement
officers on and off duty
Integrity - correct answer ✔✔Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle, absolute,
truthfulness, and honesty
, Fairness - correct answer ✔✔A value characterized by freedom from prejudice or favoritism
Respect - correct answer ✔✔_____________ means that we acknowledge the rights and values of other
people
Honesty - correct answer ✔✔Being trustworthy, reliable, truthful, and sincere
Courage - correct answer ✔✔______________ is control under the influence of danger or fear and the
ability to do what is necessary. (value to preserve life and property)
Compassion - correct answer ✔✔____________________ is the ability to restore order to others' lives
while controlling and understanding personal feelings, which influence individual actions
Stress - correct answer ✔✔The non-specific response of the body to any demand (physical, emotional,
psychological)
The stress response biologically (fight, flight or freeze) - correct answer ✔✔-Response in which the mind
and body instinctually prepare to face danger
-Reaction mechanism of the body
-Brain and autonomic nervous system are responsible for the commands of the response
-Sympathetic branch gets us going and revs things up
-Parasympathetic branch functions to calm things down
The stress response physiologically (fight, flight or freeze) - correct answer ✔✔-Pupils dilate
-Breathing quickens
-Heartbeat quickens
-Awareness is heightened
-Adrenaline enters the blood
-Muscle tense
-Perspiration increases