Report Writing and Crime Investigation: Elements of a Correct Answer, Exams of Community Corrections

Download Report Writing and Crime Investigation: Elements of a Correct Answer and more Exams Community Corrections in PDF only on Docsity! Theta week 5 Exam 113 Que stions with Verified Answers 2024. 1. What should be included in a report (test) - Correct answer elements of the crime? 2. The purpose of the report (test) - Correct answer who, what, when, where, why, how 3. What is the purpose of field notes - Correct answer aids an officer’s memory, building blocks 4. What does it mean if you didn't write it down - Correct answer it didn't happen? 5. what is needed for good report writing - Correct answer notebook, clipboard, whiteout black ball point pen, spell checker, pocket dictionary, blank report forms, 6. What should your detailed notes contain - Correct answer date, time, names, addresses, complaint case numbers 7. You can keep your-----in field notes but not your----- -----. - Correct answer opinions, final report 8. List all evidence like so - Correct answer where it was obtained, what condition was it in, who retrieved/collected, what was done with it. 9. why are written records important (test) - Correct answer to proyectyou and the dept,your first line of defense in a lawsuit, used to establish what happened from your perspective, a piece of the overall larger overall picture. 10.Two types of reports (test) - Correct answer administrative, operational 11.Administrative reports (test) - Correct answer those that deal with the routine operations of the dept... 12.Operational reports (test) - Correct answer deals with the daily activities of law enforcement officers. 13.examples of administrative reports - Correct answer sops-use of force, tops-short term directives, go's - define officers duties, son’s - inform personnel of transfers and promotions, memos, dirty manual- includes all sops 14.Offense reports - Correct answer detailing facts around commission of a crime 15.uses for reports - Correct answer examine the past, recurrent and esp. other officers informed, continue investigations, prepare court cases for Page 1 of 7 current and possible future prosecutions, link crimes, coordinate law enforcement activities, plan future law enforcement services. 16.Who reads reports - Correct answer supervisors, jurors, other officers, reporters, attorneys, insurance companies, judges, general public. 17.Five basic steps in report writing (test) - Correct answer gather the facts, record the facts, organize the facts, write the report, and evaluate the report 18.Offense report (test) - Correct answer original record detailing facts around commission of a crime 19.Active (test) - Correct answer subject performs the action 20.Passive (test) - Correct answer subject does not perform the action 21.Similar worst that are commonly mistaken (test) - Correct answer accept- except, affect-effect, - there- there, residence-residents 22.Always make sure you ------------------in a report - Correct answer document all elements of the crime. 23.diseases of adaptation in law enforcement officers(test) - Correct answer #1 he type 2 diabetes, stomach and digestive disorders, rat disease, high blood pressure, divorce rate twice the national average, higher rates of domestic abuse, suicide 24.Three times as many officers die by ----- then by other ways - Correct answer suicide 25.75% of new police officers will be divorced within ---years. - Correct answer 5 26.What is the most important thing for police officers - Correct answer to be accepted by your peers? 27.What’s is the "big lie" - Correct answer shah, don’t say anything, and that is bullshit 28.Hyper vigilant - Correct answer aware of everything going on around you. 29.How long does it take the body to dump stress hormones - Correct answer 4 hours? 30.1/3 rule when 9 officers fire - Correct answer 3 officers have severe reaction, 3 of the officers have moderate reactions, 3 of the officers have no reaction--- all these reactions are normal. Page 2 of 7 70.What is a drug - Correct answer a substance that is used as a medicine? 71.Marijuana - Correct answer Schedule 6 72.Twenty one states and the District of Columbia currently have laws ——— marijuana - Correct answer Legalizing 73.Three types of drug dealers - Correct answer Street level dealer, wholesaler, and distributor 74.39-17-432 - Correct answer Drug free school zone 75.39-17-433 - Correct answer Promotion of methamphetamine 76.39-17-435 - Correct answer Initiation of methamphetamine 77.Promotion - Correct answer Have g the things needed to make meth (equipment) 78. Initiation - Correct answer the ingredients to make meth 79.Five families of drugs - Correct answer Depressants, stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids 80.Reasons for drug use - Correct answer mental health, paper pressure, recreational use, religious, self-medication 81.Gab common uses (test) - Correct answer Date rape, body building, party/intoxication 82.The head of the mushroom - Correct answer where the drug affects come from 83.Tic (test) - Correct answer Tetrahydrocannabinol 84.The most common way of making meth (test) - Correct answer Shake and bake 85.When dealing with a meth lab what should you always do (test) - Correct answer Call a trained professional 86.Cocaine is measured in (test) - Correct answer Kilograms 87.Marijuana is measured in (test) - Correct answer Pounds 88.Fifth Amendment (test) - Correct answer No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves. 89.Totality of circumstances - Correct answer Legal way of saying all the facts Page 5 of 7 90.All confessions, admissions, and statements must be knowingly and voluntarily given - Correct answer True 91.Any violence or threats of violence always renders confessions involuntary - Correct answer True 92.Consequences of an involuntary coerced confession - Correct answer the confession will be suppressed, any evidence discovered as a result of the confession will be suppressed, any subsequent confession is likely to be suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree, and officer could be subject to 1983 action 93.What is the worst mistake you can make in an interrogation? - Correct answer Coercion 94.The 6th amendment right to counsel - Correct answer does not apply until the first adversarial proceeding 95.Miranda v Arizona - Correct answer Decided by the Supreme Court to overcome the "inherent coercive" nature of custodial police interrogation 96.Before all police custodial interrogations - Correct answer the suspect must be read there Miranda rights 97.You can’t invoke your right remain silent by remaining silent - Correct answer True 98.Factors the court uses to determine custody - Correct answer Prolonged interrogation, time and location of interrogation, mode of transportation to place of interrogation, number of officers present. 99.How many ways can Miranda be violated - Correct answer One - by failing to advise it when arresting someone. 100. Consequences of Miranda violations - Correct answer Confession suppressed, evidence found as a result is inadmissible, not admissible if tactics used 101. Is the mistake was in good faith - Correct answer a subsequent properly advised confession is admissible 102. Are required to read Miranda rights in a specific order - Correct answer No 103. If a suspect wants an attorney - Correct answer you are not allowed to come back and talk to suspect about an unrelated crime Page 6 of 7 104. Police may initiate questioning after a break in custody lasting at least 14 days - Correct answer True 105. What are the three ways you can use a confession after they have invoked there right to remain silent - Correct answer Agree to talk w/ attorney present, if the suspect initiates the contact and ask to talk to police, if there is a 14 day break in custody. 106. Should warnings be given even if they are not required - Correct answer No 107. What are some reasons we don’t treat everyone the same - Correct answer Race, ethnicity, culture, implicit bias 108. Race - Correct answer Biological classification of human groups 109. Ethnicity - Correct answer Pattern beliefs and behavior. Characteristics 110. Implicit bias - Correct answer Aka social cognitive, refers to the attitudes and beliefs of other people 111. Two key elements for building community relationships - Correct answer Respect, rapport 112. Key elements for building respect - Correct answer Treat others with respect, listen to what people are saying, be professional in your conduct, and be leaders in your agency and your community. 113. Why does escalation occur - Correct answer Negative citizen dialogue, negative police dialogue Page 7 of 7