List a Peace Officer's main goals. - Correct Answer--Enforce Laws
- Preserve the Peace
-Prevent Crimes
- Protect Civil Rights and Liberties
Explain items to consider when exercising discretion. - Correct Answer-- Use
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List a Peace Officer's main goals. - Correct Answer--Enforce Laws
- Preserve the Peace
-Prevent Crimes
- Protect Civil Rights and Liberties
Explain items to consider when exercising discretion. - Correct Answer-- Use sound
judgement to determine which laws are to be formally enforced.
- Determine if there is a more constructive remedy to a situation without an arrest, or
citation.
Explain the factors necessary for the commission of a crime. - Correct Answer--DESIRE
1. The motivation behind a criminals behavior. This factor is most difficult to change.
- VICTIM
1. The potential target.
2. Criminals prefer an easy target that is unaware of their surroundings, or lacking
proper security precautions.
3. Difficult to change this factor due to the individuals personality.
-OPPORTUNITY
1. Remove opportunities for crime by using proper security measures.
2. Most effective area to concentrate crime prevention strategies.
State the core concepts of community policing. - Correct Answer-- A partnership
between the Police and the community.
- Crime Prevention
- Organizational change of the agency.
- A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive.
Recognize considerations for off duty situations. - Correct Answer--BEHAVIOR
1. An Officer's behavior is often scrutinized by the community when off duty.
2. Not only does this refer to physical and verbal actions, but also online activity on
social media sites.
3. An officer is expected to uphold the Law Enforcement Code of Conduct.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
1. Officers should makes every effort to remain alert even while off duty.
2. You never know when you may need to transition quickly from a private citizen to a
peace officer.
3. Make certain preplans with your family should a situation arise.
4. Familiarize yourself with your agency's off duty weapons policy.
5. Be a good witness if a situation arises when police intervention is necessary.Identify the purpose of any Code of Ethics or Code of Conduct. - Correct Answer-To
identify expected behavior
Explain the generally accepted ethical responsibility of peace officer's. - Correct
Answer--ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Your community and its citizens
2. The law enforcement profession
3. Your agency
4. Your family
5. Yourself.
This includes treating everyone professionally
- REQUIRE THAT YOU NEVER
1. Allow cynicism to cloud your view of the people whom you serve.
2. Use excessive physical force when controlling combative individuals
3. Accept gratuities
4. Commit purjury
Explain the continuum of compromise. - Correct Answer-Being exposed on a regular
basis to "special authority" and that the same time being exposed on a daily basis to
that element of society that operates without values, combines to several challenges on
an officers core values. Transformation from idealistic ethical officer to self serving,
unethical are typically a subtle process.
-PROCESS
1. Precieved sense of victimization by citizens on the streets and progresses
- VICTIMIZATION
1. Operates with belief that the rules don't apply to officers
- ACTS OF OMISSIONS
1. Occurs when officers rationalize and justify not doing thing for which they are
responsible for.
ACTS OF COMMISSION (ADMIN)
1. Violation of Administrative violations
- ACTS OF COMMISSION ( CRIM)
1. Rationalization (Nobody but the bad guy gets hurt)
Describe what an ethical dilemma and the common conditions under which an ethical
dilemma can occur - Correct Answer-A situation in which the officer did not know what
the right course of action was or the course of action the officer considered right was to
difficult to do or the wrong course of action was tempting
Define common areas in which unethical acts occur - Correct Answer--Corrupt activity
- Falsify Reports
- Sexual harassment
-Alcohol usage
- Free Food/ Gratuitues
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