TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
The Fourth amendment - (ANSWER)To establish rights relating to arrests, searches and seizures of a
person
Seizure of a person - (ANSWER)A reasonable person would believe that he/she was not free to leave.
This can include the presence of multiple officers or the display of a weapon by an officer
Probable Cause - (ANSWER)exists when the facts and circumstances within the officers knowledge and
of which he/she has reasonably trustworthy information to believe that an offense has been or is being
committed by that person.
Three Types of police encounters - (ANSWER)Consensual, Investigative and Arrests
Terry Stop - (ANSWER)Suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or was in the process of being
executed, but does not authorize to detain anyone on mere suspicion.
Disclosure of their name - (ANSWER)Person's detained in a public place must provide this information
when requested by law enforcement.
Plain Feel doctrine - (ANSWER)An officer may not search for objects other than weapons on a Terry Stop
and immediately apparent to the officer from its shape or feel the officer may not seize an object that is
unmistakably not a weapon
Exigent Circumstance - (ANSWER)To justify a warrant less non consensual entry into a private dwelling
and demand an immediate response
Types of searches - (ANSWER)Full- bases on probable cause, Limited weapons- Frisk and safety, and
Inventory
Protective Sweep - (ANSWER)The area an officer may search, incident to lawful arrest of that person is
the area within the persons immediate control at the arrest location.
,TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Plain View - (ANSWER)The incriminating nature of the item must be immediately apparent and the
office must have lawful right of access to the object
Consent Search - (ANSWER)The person giving consent has the authority to do so and no other person
with authority that is present, has refused.
City Council - (ANSWER)Twelve Members and 4 year Elected Terms
TPD department Structure - (ANSWER)Support, administrative services, operations, and investigation
services
Organizational Components - (ANSWER)Department Head- Chief, Division- Deputy Chief Bureau- Captain
Three - (ANSWER)The number of TPD divisions
Reasonable force - (ANSWER)Severity of the crime and whether the suspect is an immediate threat to
safety
Passive and Active - (ANSWER)Types of Resistance
Unreasonable Force - (ANSWER)Forceful handcuffing during the course of a seizure and absent Exigent
circumstances
Chemical/ Electrical Weapons - (ANSWER)On a suspect who is actively resisting, it is unreasonable when
on a non-resisting or passive suspect
Diminished Capacity - (ANSWER)Federal courts have ruled that the ____ of a suspect must be taken into
account when assessing the reasonableness of the amount of force exerted.
,TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Imminent Threat - (ANSWER)Where the likelihood of a weapon being present, the capability of that
weapon and the proximity of the parties at risk.
Officer Liability - (ANSWER)Officer who is responding to an emergency call is governed by sovereign
immunity and is crucial for cruiser accidents if you are on an emergency call at the Time unless operating
in a willful or wanton manner.
Police Legitimacy - (ANSWER)Exists when public views the police authorized to exercise power in order
to maintain social order
Public Trust - (ANSWER)Public willingness to defer to law and order to police authority
Filming Police - (ANSWER)One party Consents to the encounter and you are carrying our your duties and
their actions do not interfere.
Interpersonal - (ANSWER)Occurs between individuals
Individual - (ANSWER)Public expression of racism prejudice and hate made by ____
Institutional - (ANSWER)Race based discriminatory policies that are produced and perpetuated
Structural - (ANSWER)Collective way, history culture and Institutions reinforce and perpetuate
Stereotypes - (ANSWER)Generalization about perceived type of social category
Biases - (ANSWER)We all have them
Implicit - (ANSWER)Preferences (positive or negative for a social category based on stereotypes) that are
outside our awareness
, TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Explicit - (ANSWER)Conscious preference for a social category
Field Notes - (ANSWER)A general collection of summaries concerning the memory aspects of the job and
brief notations
Types of Recorded Information - (ANSWER)Victims, witnesses, suspects involved, date and time of
offense, location and details of the offense or incident being reported
Bill of rights - (ANSWER)Protect individual freedoms and prevent government from interfering with
protected rights
Sentencing - (ANSWER)The Goal of ____ Punish the offender and in many cases rehabilitate the offender
and protect society
Traditional Media - (ANSWER)Sources include television, Radio, an print Sources, and social media
accounts they maintain
Non-Traditional Media - (ANSWER)Individuals or groups who post information on websites or social
media platforms
Goal of Law Enforcement - (ANSWER)Preserve peace, Prevent crimes, protect civil rights and liberties,
and provide services
Discretion - (ANSWER)Freedom of an officer to make an individual choice to take formal enforcement
action.
Crime - (ANSWER)An Act that law makes punishable also called an offense
SOLUTION
The Fourth amendment - (ANSWER)To establish rights relating to arrests, searches and seizures of a
person
Seizure of a person - (ANSWER)A reasonable person would believe that he/she was not free to leave.
This can include the presence of multiple officers or the display of a weapon by an officer
Probable Cause - (ANSWER)exists when the facts and circumstances within the officers knowledge and
of which he/she has reasonably trustworthy information to believe that an offense has been or is being
committed by that person.
Three Types of police encounters - (ANSWER)Consensual, Investigative and Arrests
Terry Stop - (ANSWER)Suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or was in the process of being
executed, but does not authorize to detain anyone on mere suspicion.
Disclosure of their name - (ANSWER)Person's detained in a public place must provide this information
when requested by law enforcement.
Plain Feel doctrine - (ANSWER)An officer may not search for objects other than weapons on a Terry Stop
and immediately apparent to the officer from its shape or feel the officer may not seize an object that is
unmistakably not a weapon
Exigent Circumstance - (ANSWER)To justify a warrant less non consensual entry into a private dwelling
and demand an immediate response
Types of searches - (ANSWER)Full- bases on probable cause, Limited weapons- Frisk and safety, and
Inventory
Protective Sweep - (ANSWER)The area an officer may search, incident to lawful arrest of that person is
the area within the persons immediate control at the arrest location.
,TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Plain View - (ANSWER)The incriminating nature of the item must be immediately apparent and the
office must have lawful right of access to the object
Consent Search - (ANSWER)The person giving consent has the authority to do so and no other person
with authority that is present, has refused.
City Council - (ANSWER)Twelve Members and 4 year Elected Terms
TPD department Structure - (ANSWER)Support, administrative services, operations, and investigation
services
Organizational Components - (ANSWER)Department Head- Chief, Division- Deputy Chief Bureau- Captain
Three - (ANSWER)The number of TPD divisions
Reasonable force - (ANSWER)Severity of the crime and whether the suspect is an immediate threat to
safety
Passive and Active - (ANSWER)Types of Resistance
Unreasonable Force - (ANSWER)Forceful handcuffing during the course of a seizure and absent Exigent
circumstances
Chemical/ Electrical Weapons - (ANSWER)On a suspect who is actively resisting, it is unreasonable when
on a non-resisting or passive suspect
Diminished Capacity - (ANSWER)Federal courts have ruled that the ____ of a suspect must be taken into
account when assessing the reasonableness of the amount of force exerted.
,TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Imminent Threat - (ANSWER)Where the likelihood of a weapon being present, the capability of that
weapon and the proximity of the parties at risk.
Officer Liability - (ANSWER)Officer who is responding to an emergency call is governed by sovereign
immunity and is crucial for cruiser accidents if you are on an emergency call at the Time unless operating
in a willful or wanton manner.
Police Legitimacy - (ANSWER)Exists when public views the police authorized to exercise power in order
to maintain social order
Public Trust - (ANSWER)Public willingness to defer to law and order to police authority
Filming Police - (ANSWER)One party Consents to the encounter and you are carrying our your duties and
their actions do not interfere.
Interpersonal - (ANSWER)Occurs between individuals
Individual - (ANSWER)Public expression of racism prejudice and hate made by ____
Institutional - (ANSWER)Race based discriminatory policies that are produced and perpetuated
Structural - (ANSWER)Collective way, history culture and Institutions reinforce and perpetuate
Stereotypes - (ANSWER)Generalization about perceived type of social category
Biases - (ANSWER)We all have them
Implicit - (ANSWER)Preferences (positive or negative for a social category based on stereotypes) that are
outside our awareness
, TPD EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Explicit - (ANSWER)Conscious preference for a social category
Field Notes - (ANSWER)A general collection of summaries concerning the memory aspects of the job and
brief notations
Types of Recorded Information - (ANSWER)Victims, witnesses, suspects involved, date and time of
offense, location and details of the offense or incident being reported
Bill of rights - (ANSWER)Protect individual freedoms and prevent government from interfering with
protected rights
Sentencing - (ANSWER)The Goal of ____ Punish the offender and in many cases rehabilitate the offender
and protect society
Traditional Media - (ANSWER)Sources include television, Radio, an print Sources, and social media
accounts they maintain
Non-Traditional Media - (ANSWER)Individuals or groups who post information on websites or social
media platforms
Goal of Law Enforcement - (ANSWER)Preserve peace, Prevent crimes, protect civil rights and liberties,
and provide services
Discretion - (ANSWER)Freedom of an officer to make an individual choice to take formal enforcement
action.
Crime - (ANSWER)An Act that law makes punishable also called an offense
