Battery & Assaults
What California Penal Code defines battery?
PC 242
65 years or older.
What is the California Penal Code that defines murder?
PC 187
Who pronounces death at a scene?
A qualified medical professional (Ex. paramedic, EMT, doctor) or officer if there are obvious signs of death.
What does SIDS stand for?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
What are the elements of a battery?
Willful and unlawful use of force or violence on another person.
What California Penal Code defines kidnapping?
What is "malice aforethought"?
The intent to kill or conscious disregard for life.
Name two signs of death an officer may observe.
Cessation of breathing, no detectable pulse, body temperature, livor mortis, rigor mortis..
What age group is most affected by SIDS?
Infants under the age of one year, most between 2-4 months old.
No. The elements require the unlawful attempt and present ability to cause injury.
As defined in California Penal Code 368, what must be inflicted for elder abuse to have occurred?
Unjustifiable physical pain, mental suffering, injury, or financial abuse.
What are three felonies under the felony murder rule?
Arson, robbery, rape, carjacking, burglary, kidnapping, mayhem, drive by shooting, train wrecking.
Who has jurisdiction over the body found in a different county from the incident?
The coroner of the county where the body is found.
What are three signs that may indicate a SIDS death?
What makes an assault charge become an "assault with a deadly weapon"?
Use of a deadly weapon or force likely to cause great bodily injury.
What is required to prove child abduction without custodial rights (PC 278)?
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter?
Voluntary occurs in the heat of passion. Involuntary occurs without intent during negligent acts.
What should officers avoid doing with a body at a death scene?
Moving or disturbing the body or related evidence.
How soon must the health department contact a family after a SIDS death in California?
What does "present ability" mean in the context of an assault?
What qualified false imprisonment as a felony?
If the crime is committed by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit.
What does "imperfect defense" mean?
Belief in needing deadly force was genuine, but unreasonable.
What types of physical hazards should officers watch for at death scenes?
What are two emotional responses officers may experience at a child death scene?
Anger, frustration, denial, withdrawal, self-doubt, self-blame, guilt, intense grief, shock.