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A person who in the course of committing theft, intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death has committed what offense? - ✔✔Robbery A person knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing theft. According to the penal code, what is the most serious offense committed? - ✔✔Aggravated robbery A person breaks into an attached garage breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage and steals a 1500 dollar computer from the back seat. What is the most serious offense committed? - ✔✔Burglary A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner of the property. - ✔✔unlawfully A person removes a 450 dollar price tag from a retail item and replaces it with a 200 price tag. What offense has been committed? - ✔✔fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_. - ✔✔police, courts, and corrections _is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. - ✔✔civil law according to the ccp which is not a magistrate? Recorders of incorporate cities justices of the peace supreme court justices district attorneys - ✔✔district attorneys
which of the following are not texas peace officers? - ✔✔ATF According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not: - ✔✔review decisions of civil cases In order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must: - ✔✔appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger him/herself or another a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot and killed by the person. what is the most serious offense committed? - ✔✔capital murder a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release. the person gets scared and releases the child unharmed. what is the most serious crime committed? - ✔✔aggravated kidnapping what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another by an unlawful act on account of their service as a witness or public servant? - ✔✔obstruction or retaliation a person causes an explosion with the intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about whether the explosion will endanger the life of some individual. The person has committed_. - ✔✔arson in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the . - ✔✔prosecuting attorney a person acts _ with respect to the nature of their conduct when it is the conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result - ✔✔intentionally a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is under duress intentionally recklessly by his own conduct - ✔✔committed by his own conduct
if a _ from another state comes into or passes through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or anther state he is not subject to arrest of the service of civil or criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this state under the order - ✔✔witness _ exists when the facts and circumstances know to the officer would warrant a prudent man believing that an offense has been committed - ✔✔probable cause according to the ccp what is the actual forcible detention of a person and other coercive measures to detain him within certain limits - ✔✔constructive custody which us amendment is the primary focus of Miranda v Arizona? - ✔✔5th amendment a citizen may without a warrant arrest an offender when the offense is committed within their view is a _
- ✔✔felony which of the following occurring in the presence of an officer requires an arrest even without a warrant? intoxicate individual threatening to commit an offense person that the officer has pc to believe is violating a protective order child violating city ordinance - ✔✔person violating a protective order a po may break down the door of any house for the purpose of making an arrest if he as been refused admittance after giving notice of his authority and purpose under which of the following circumstances - ✔✔felony whenever a po meets with resistance in discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he _ command a sufficient number of citizens of his county to overcome the resistance - ✔✔shall _ circumstances exist when there is not enough time to obtain a warrant and the officer must extablish pc - ✔✔emergency or exigent
the right to have an attorney present during questioning was affirmed in _ - ✔✔miranda v arizona persons found in suspicious places and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons are about to commit some offense against the laws may _ - ✔✔be arrested without a warrant a po or any person may wo a warrant arrest an offender when the offense is committed in their presence or within their view if the offense is classified as _ - ✔✔a felony a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person of an offense is an _ - ✔✔indictiment a person is arrested when the person has been _ - ✔✔taken into custody a written statement that is filed and presented on behalf of the state of Texas by a DA that charges a person with an offense that may be prosecuted according to law is called an _ - ✔✔information a po of another state may pursue a fleeing person into Texas and arrest them there if the person is suspected of committing a - ✔✔felony the time allowed for the execution of a search warrant shall be _ whole days exclusive of the day of issuance and the day of its execution. - ✔✔ 3 in us v carroll the supreme court upheld an officer's right to search a vehicle's trunk when officers have _
- ✔✔probable cause (us v ross) under temporary detention, a person _ be required to identify himself - ✔✔cannot the act of keeping back, or withholding by design a person is the definition of - ✔✔detention the right of the officer to search the immediate area of control in a search incident to arrest was affirmed in - ✔✔chimel v california (wignspan rule)
the security given by the accused that he will appear and answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is know as - ✔✔bail cruel and unusual punishment are prohibited by which amendment - ✔✔8th the _ amendment powers not specifically reserved to the fed are reserved to us state gov - ✔✔10th a _ is an order issued by a judge directed to anyone having a person in their custody commanding them to produce such person and show why they are in custody - ✔✔writ of habeas corpus which court case affirmed a person's right to free speech? - ✔✔duran v city of douglas the 5th amendment gives the citizens protection from unreasonable searches quartering of troops self incrimination excessive bail - ✔✔self imcrimination the _ amendment limits the level of force that may be used to reasonable force - ✔✔4th the condition of the human organism that consists of its health and disease status and risk potential - ✔✔wellness a person licensed as a po must complete 40 hours of legislatively required ce training once every _ - ✔✔ 24 months (1965 tcole 217.1-minimum standards) if a licensees name is changed for any reason, such as marriage divorce or other court action, it must be reported to the commission within _ days - ✔✔ 30
if a current license holder is arrested for any offense above a class c misdemeanor the license holder shall report the facts of the arrest to the commission within _ days - ✔✔ 30 the licensee who does not meet the legislatively required ce by the expiration date will_ - ✔✔expire which of the following is an advantage of having the professional model for law enforcement? - ✔✔effective problem solving techniques the expression or use of facts without distortion by personal feelings or prejudices is the definition of _ - ✔✔objectivity investigations relating to the deprivation of civil rights under the color of law are usually conducted by the _ - ✔✔FBI a public servant acting under color of office or employment commits the offense of official oppression if the public servant_ - ✔✔intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment the sixth amendment of the consitution - ✔✔gives the right to trial open to public a person intentionally or knowingly abducts another person. according to the pc the person has committed - ✔✔kidnapping a person engaged in sexual contact with a child younger that 17 years of age who is not their spouse is more than 3 years older than the child has committed_ - ✔✔indecency with child a person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another including the person's spouse has committed what crime? - ✔✔assualt a person intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual. the person has committed - ✔✔murder
a person has a disability if they have a _ that substantially impairs the person's ability to ambulate - ✔✔mobility problem a mv is abandoned if the mv is inoperable, more than 5 years old, and has been left unattended on public property for more than _ hours - ✔✔ 48 a buyers temporary cardboard tags are valid for _ days after the date of purchase - ✔✔ 60 which of the following is recognized way to establish the financial responsibility required for the operation of a motor vehicle? - ✔✔surety bond an operator may not drive at a speed greater than is reasonable and _ under the circumstances existing.
- ✔✔prudent a vehicle equipped with hazard lamps to warn other vehicle operators of a vehicular traffic hazard shall have the lamps visible at a distance of a least _ feet in normal sunlight. - ✔✔ 500 a turn signal lamp mounted on the rear of a vehicle shall emit _ light - ✔✔red or amber (visible at 500 feet) unless expressively provided otherwise, a lighting device or reflector mounted on the rear of a vehicle must be or reflect _ - ✔✔red an operator may not follow an ambulance closer than _ feet when it is displaying headlights. - ✔✔ 500 or assured clear distance a temporary prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle is what type of order? - ✔✔out of service an operator approaching a railroad grade crossing shall stop if a railroad engine approaching within approximately _ feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from that distance. - ✔✔ 1500
an operator emerging from an alley shall stop the vehicle _ - ✔✔before moving on a sidewalk an operator may not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger, stand park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle within how many feet of a fire hydrant? - ✔✔15 (crosswalk 20, stop sign 30) an operator giving hand signals shall give them from _ - ✔✔the left side of the vehicle a divided controlled access highway for through traffic is the definition of a - ✔✔freeway an improved shoulder is defined as a - ✔✔paved shoulder the period beginning one half hour before sunrise and ending one half hour after sunset is - ✔✔day time an injury to any part of the human body and that requires treatment is a - ✔✔personal injury what crime is committed when a person disposes litter on the public highway? - ✔✔illegal dumping, less than 300 ft from highway an unmarked crosswalk only exists - ✔✔at intersections a motor vehicle designed used or maintained primarily to transport property is the definition of_ - ✔✔truck a mv designed and used primarily as a farm implement to draw an implement of husbandry is the definition of a - ✔✔farm tractor a vehicle that is not designed or used primarily to transport persons or property and that is only incidentally operated on a highway is classified as - ✔✔special mobile
what is not covered in section 46.02 unlawfully carrying weapons? - ✔✔shotgun a person, not the operator, knowingly possesses an open container (of alcohol) in a passenger area of a motor vehicle that is located on a public highway. the offense is - ✔✔possession of alcoholic beverage in motor vehicle a license certificate permit seal title letter of patent or similar document issued by a government by another state or by the US is a - ✔✔government document what is the definition of a deadly weapon? - ✔✔anything that in its manner of intended use is capable of causing serious bodily injury all persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proven - ✔✔beyond a reasonable doubt which of the following persons is not permitted to carry on or about their person a handgun? person's own premises carrying large sums of money person who is traveling member of armed forces in actual discharge of official duties - ✔✔carrying large sums of money a person intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with intent to use them as a shield or hostage. the offense is - ✔✔aggravated kidnapping a person intentionally or knowingly restrains another person, the offense is - ✔✔unlawful restraint a person steals a credit card with the intent to use it, what is the offense? - ✔✔credit card abuse a person knowingly prevents a writ from being served in a civil case. what is the offense - ✔✔preventing execution of civil process
a person enters the county commissioners' meeting and begins to shout obscenities, what is the offense
- ✔✔disrupting meeting or procession a person who knowingly solicits another to engage in sexual conduct with another person for compensation committs - ✔✔promotion of prostitution a person who intentionally operates or participates in the earnings of a gambling place has committed - ✔✔gambling promotion according to the family code _ means the adult with whom the child resides with - ✔✔custodian a child may be detained in a juvenile processing office only for _ - ✔✔issuance of warnings to the child a child is defined as a person who is at least _ years of age and under 17 - ✔✔ 10 the absence of a child on three or more days or parts of days within a 4 week period for school is _ - ✔✔conduct indicating a need for supervision field notes give an officer the advantage of being able to _ - ✔✔provide more details in reports and testimony the taking of a child into custody is not considered an/a _ except for the purpose of determining the validity of a search - ✔✔arrest when may a child be fingerprinted when taken into custody? a child may not be fingerprinted without the consent of the juvenile court for conduct that constitutes a felony ""misdemeanor "" a felony or misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail - ✔✔for conduct that constitutes a felony or misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail
this is one of the most frequent contributors to law enforcement collisions. - ✔✔backing a po _ arrest without a warrant a person the po has pc to believe has violated a protective order if the offense is committed in the presence of the po - ✔✔shall a po may request a magistrates order for er protection at a defendants appearance before a magistrate after an arrest for - ✔✔an offence involving family violence before a po may take a person believed to be mentally ill into custody without a warrant, the po belief must be based on all the following except personal observation representation of a credible person request of a person circumstances under which the person is found - ✔✔request of a person the single most common factor in suicide is - ✔✔depression a common stereotype about all persons with mental illness is that they are - ✔✔violent all of the following are persistent symptoms of increased arousal in ptsd except - ✔✔ambivalence towards danger the normal response to trauma follows a similar pattern called the - ✔✔crisis reaction physical arousal associated with fight or flight cannot be sustained, eventually it will result in - ✔✔exhaustion which of the following is not one of the elements of a victim's reaction to crime? - ✔✔recoil
to prevent the disqualification of family violence victims from receiving crime victim compensation, officers should arrest the _ instead of arresting both parties when responding to family violence calls - ✔✔primary aggressor _ is an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm bodily injury assault or sexual assualt - ✔✔family violence a protective order is effective for the period stated in the order, not to exceed - ✔✔ 2 years up to 80% of crisis situations can be diffused through - ✔✔listening a magistrate may extend the detention period on a person who is arrested in the prevention of family violence by a period not to exceed _ hours - ✔✔ 48 _ means an act by an individual that is against another individual with whom that person has had a dating relationship and that is intended to result in physical harm - ✔✔dating violence conducting property checks questioning suspicious persons, varying patrol patterns and maintaining high visibility describe - ✔✔preventative patrol proactive anticipation recognition and appraisal of a crime risk and the action needed to remove or reduce that risk is crime _ - ✔✔prevention flexibility where the use of motorized vehicles is impractical high visibility and intense patrol are some advantages of - ✔✔bicycle patrol one of the objectives of patrol is to - ✔✔preserve the peace the two types of problem area patrol are _ and _ - ✔✔preventive, apprehension mail boxes utility poles automobiles and brick walls are all examples of - ✔✔cover
Within the traditional police service model most decisions are made at the management and mid- management level with little _ involvement - ✔✔citizen every law enforcement officer is a crime prevention officer by the technical definition as well as by the _ responsibilities of the job - ✔✔moral prevention of crime is the soundest of all _ theories - ✔✔criminological speed mobility and visibility increase preventative potential and are advantages of _ patrol - ✔✔automobile when an officer is alone more _ is devoted to patron functions and duties - ✔✔attention one of the advantages of the rear approach to suspects is - ✔✔surprise (less susceptible to physical attack) when handcuffing two suspects together with one set of handcuffs, it is recommended to handcuff _ - ✔✔left hand to left hand which court case dealt with warning shots - ✔✔jones v wittenberg university the commission requires a minimum of _ rounds for basic handgun qualification - ✔✔ 50 the minimum firearms qualification is established at what percentage of the total possible score? - ✔✔ 70 handcuffs are only a _ restraining device - ✔✔temporary when two officers are interviewing one subject, the second officer's position should be - ✔✔to the right or left of the subject
which of the following is a force option - ✔✔professional appearance weaponless strategies include - ✔✔touching which of the following is considered a risk factor in the physical process of arrest - ✔✔supportive spectators justification of baton use includes - ✔✔physical stature of offender one of the tools an officer uses to maintain a psychological and physical edge is - ✔✔demonstrated alertness the good faith defense for an officer is enhanced when following the _ of the department - ✔✔written directives a police supervisor has a/an _ duty to intervene to stop officers who are engaging in excessive force in their presence. - ✔✔affirmative which of the following is not a consideration used by the courts to determine if unreasonable force was used? motivation need area in which offense occured reasonableness - ✔✔area in which offense occured one of the greatest assets to use in dealing with a violator is - ✔✔self-control brief notations concerning specific events and circumstances that are recorded while fresh in the officer's mind and used to prepare a report are - ✔✔field notes
