10- Codes
Probably the best-known police 10-code, this means Affirmative.
10-4
This highway runs through Waxhaw and is also known as Waxhaw Highway and, through part of town, South Main Street?
Nc 75/ NC 16
This piece of equipment allows an officer to communicate with dispatch and other officers?
Radios
During a police ride-along, this is the Cadet's primary role is to?
Observer
You arrive first at a traffic collision. People are standing in the roadway and traffic is still moving around them.
What's your first major concern?
Scene safety
"HELP ME QUICK."
10-33
The geography training identifies four types of roads. Name two?
This piece of equipment can record an officer's interactions with the public in both audio and video?
Body worn cameras
Cadets should report for a scheduled ride-along this many minutes before their scheduled start time.
Arrive 15 minutes early
You're speaking with a witness who is nervous and talking very quickly.
Should you immediately interrupt every time you hear something important, or first listen to their account and then ask questions?
listen first, then ask clarifying questions
Dispatch asks:
"What's your 10-20?"
What information are they requesting?
location
On the road-maintenance map used during Cadet training, roads shown in green are maintained by this government?
The Town of Waxhaw
This medical device can be used to control life-threatening bleeding from an arm or leg.
Tourniquet
TRUE OR FALSE:
A Cadet participating in a ride-along may sign an arrest report or traffic citation if the officer supervises them?
False
You're taking a report and think:
"I'll remember all these names, times and details later."
Based on your report-writing training, what's the better idea?
Write the pertinent information in your field notes
You're beginning your shift and are available to take calls. This is your status.
10-8 or in service
On that same training map, roads shown in red are maintained by this government?
The State of North Carolina
Level I, Level II and Level III are classifications associated with this piece of equipment used to secure an officer's firearm?
Holster
During a call, the officer tells you to remain inside the patrol vehicle. You believe you could be helpful outside.
What should you do?
remain in the patrol vehicle and follow the officer's instructions
Three witnesses are yelling three different versions of what happened.
Before deciding who's telling the truth, what's your first priority?
establish scene safety/controlled scene
You hear an officer transmit:
"C-Com, 790, 10-23."
What has Unit 790 just told dispatch?
I've arrived / I'm on scene
According to the Cadet geography training, Waxhaw Police officers have jurisdiction within the town limits plus this additional area.
one-mile ETJ
According to your equipment training, these are the three most important pieces of equipment carried by an officer?
Firearm, radio and ballistic vest
A high-risk call is dispatched while you're participating in a ride-along.
What should happen to the Cadet?
left/returned to a safe location or remain safely in the vehicle as directed by the officer
You write this in your report:
"The obviously guilty person angrily walked toward the vehicle."
What's wrong with that sentence?
it contains opinions/subjective conclusions rather than objective facts/ It's not objective