Physical Evidence
Crisis Management
DAAT
Tactical Response
Con Law
100

What is outer perimeter?

Surrounding area which includes any entry and exit points. Should be at least 50% larger.

100

What are chemical abusers?

People who abuse alcohol or other drugs, or both.

100

What is control?

A perception based on an officer's training, experience and the fact situation.

100

What is mental rehearsal?

A method for visualizing performance before physically performing the task.

100

What is considered an open field?

Pastures, wooded areas, open water, and vacant lots need not comply with the requirements of warrants and probable cause. May not legitimately demand privacy for activities conducted out of doors in fields, except in the area immediately surrounding the home.

200

Who plays a major role in investigations that have little or no physical evidence?

Victims and witnesses

200

What is a crisis?

An overwhelming reaction to a threatening which a person's usual coping mechanisms fail.

200

What are the categories that use of force must fit into?

1. A trained technique
2. A dynamic application of a trained technique
3. A technique not trained, but justifiable under the circumstances

200

Where have suspects been known to run to?

-run to their cohorts or co-conspirators
-ambush
-flee to a cache site where the suspect stashed a weapon
-lead an officer to locations familiar to the offender but that present significant environmental risk to the officer

200

Can parents give consent to a search of their minor child's property?

Yes

300

What are ways that you can be exposed to hazards at the crime scene?

1. Inhalation
2. Skin contact
3. Ingestion
4. Injection

300

What are the 3 different types of crisis situations?

1. Situational crisis
2. Normal life changes perceived as a crisis
3. A loss or deprivation or some kind

300

What are the intervention options?

1. Presence
2. Dialog
3. Control alternatives
4. Protective alternatives
5. Deadly force

300

What is the most important aspect of any foot pursuit?

Communication

300

What is the plain view doctrine?  

Allows officers to seize any contraband in sight if the officer has the right of access to the place where the contraband is located.

400

What are the 3 primary purposes for collecting evidence?

1. To prove an element of the offense.
2. To connect the suspect to a particular person or place.
3. To help reconstruct or corroborate account of events.

400

What is creative confusion?

You appear as though you do not understand something and ask the other person to help you understand.

400

What are the types of control alternatives?

1. Escort hold
2. Compliance holds
3. Control devices
4. Passive countermeasures

400

When immediate intervention is not required, what is the best technique for handling high risk calls?

1. Contain
2. Communicate
3. Call

400

What is curtilage?

The area immediately surrounding a dwelling, and it counts as part of the home for many legal purposes, including searches and many self-defense laws.

500

What is adipocere?

Spongy look to the skin with prolonged exposure to moisture.

500

What are the 5 other names given to depression?

Serious, clinical, severe, biological, vital

500

What are the follow through considerations?

1. Stabilize
2. Monitor/debrief
3. Search
4. Escort
5. Transport
6. Turn-over/release

500

What is the plus one rule?

Assume there is at least one more hazard than already known.

500

What is the automobile exception (Carroll Doctrine)?

Based on probable cause, an officer may search any place in an automobile that is reasonable to believe the object of the search might be located. This includes searching a container, closed, locked, or open. The officer may search any place a judge could give him or her a warrant to search.