BESTLEC
OPOTA OHIO Peace Officer Basic Questions and
Answers Exam 2025
List the Officer's Main Goals correct answer Keep the Peace Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion correct answer Situation
Background Consequences Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training correct answer To Protect Life and
Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - correct answer- A
test question must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a
test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? correct answer Desire
Victim Opportunity
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Core Concepts of Community Policing correct answer - Partnership between
Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations correct answer Behavior Situational
Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights correct answer Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System correct answer Law
Enforcement
Court Corrections
Goals of Sentencing correct answer Punish the offender Rehabilitate the offender
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Protect Society Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy correct answer Lawful -
Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? correct answer - When at least one party
consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy.
correct answer Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of
their group's societal position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism correct answer -Individual
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-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias correct answer - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling correct answer Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking correct answer - Attitude
- More Deliberate
OPOTA OHIO Peace Officer Basic Questions and
Answers Exam 2025
List the Officer's Main Goals correct answer Keep the Peace Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion correct answer Situation
Background Consequences Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training correct answer To Protect Life and
Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - correct answer- A
test question must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a
test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? correct answer Desire
Victim Opportunity
, BESTLEC
Core Concepts of Community Policing correct answer - Partnership between
Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations correct answer Behavior Situational
Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights correct answer Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System correct answer Law
Enforcement
Court Corrections
Goals of Sentencing correct answer Punish the offender Rehabilitate the offender
, BESTLEC
Protect Society Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy correct answer Lawful -
Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? correct answer - When at least one party
consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy.
correct answer Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of
their group's societal position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism correct answer -Individual
, BESTLEC
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias correct answer - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling correct answer Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking correct answer - Attitude
- More Deliberate
