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Podular indirect - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A jail concept that impedes surveillance, requiring correctional staff to conduct mobile patrols to observe and hear what is occurring in inmate cells. Staff to inmate ratio - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The effectiveness of a corrections officer as a supervisor is based on this ratio in a correctional setting. 1:24 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One of the options for the staff to inmate ratio. 1:72 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One of the options for the staff to inmate ratio. 1:48 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One of the options for the staff to inmate ratio. 2:71 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One of the options for the staff to inmate ratio.
Code of conduct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A set of rules and standards that governs individual conduct. Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A concept of basic social ethics. Texas Ethics Commission - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to the standards of conduct of state officers and employees. Stakeholder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any person, organization or entity that may be affected by what you do. Staff - inmate relations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Improved through professionalism, firm but fair conduct, and effective communication. Jail climate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility. Communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information. Length - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Not an important part of communication. Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Refers to shared culture and background.
Detainer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The report form that documents an agency's authority to retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation or transfer to another jurisdiction. Booking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Best defined as the admissions procedure once it is determined a person will be criminally charged with an offense. TCJS 265.4 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Upon intake, a file on each inmate shall be established. The file shall include all but: Record of injuries, Emergency contact, Property inventory, Social Security Number. TCIC/NCIC checks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Which of the following is not needed to check for wants and warrants through TCIC/NCIC? A. Name B. Date of birth C. Race D. Current home address. Informing an inmate of bonding procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Informing an inmate of bonding procedures include: A. Inform the inmate of right to bond, that the bond has been set and the amount B. Allow the inmate a phone call to contact a bondsman/attorney C. Provide the inmate the names of authorized bondsmen/attorneys D. Provide the inmate with copies of his commitment documents. Victim notification requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The requirement to notify a victim of family violence before the inmate is released from custody is covered under: A. Penal Code B. Family Code C. Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) D. TCJS.
Recommendation of bail bond surety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It is 'OK' to recommend a particular bail bond surety or agent to an inmate as long as they are honest and dependable? A. True B. False. Phone calls after booking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TCJS 291.1 - Immediately after booking, but no later than 4 hours after a person shall be permitted to make at least 2 completed phone calls. Commitment order - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A commitment is an order that does not have to be signed by a magistrate before directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed? A. True B. False. Credentials required for inmate reception - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Before receiving an inmate from a duly authorized Peace Officer, what credentials should be required? A. Badge B. Commitment Documents C. Agency Identification Card D. Passport. Methods for obtaining inmate identification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Some methods for obtaining an inmate's identification are: A. Drivers License B. Computerized criminal history (CCH) C. Contact local agency for mug shot D. All the above. Updating inmate's legal status - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inmate's legal status is updated daily. Upon receiving any changes in status, who should be contacted for verification or clarification? A. Inmate's attorney B. Magistrate having jurisdiction C. Bond Desk D. County and/or district attorney/clerks office.
a female officer D. With a search warrant, medical personnel, and jail supervision. Contraband definition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔What would not be considered contraband? A. Drugs and weapons B. Altered toothbrush C. Empty food containers D. Oversized uniform. Search follow-up procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Search follow-up procedures include: A. Check plumbing fixtures B. Inspect light fixtures C. Empty trashcans D. Restore the housing area to a condition comparable to its condition prior to search. Inmate property receipt refusal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TCJS 265.
- In the event an inmate refuses to sign the property receipt, the receiving officer, with a witness present, shall note the refusal and: A. Mark the receipt: signature refused B. Leave signature place blank C. Sign the receipt D. Print the inmate's name in the space. Metal description of inmate's jewelry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Metal and/or stone on inmate's jewelry is best described by: A. Shape and size B. Carat and shape C. Color D. Known name. Booking property material identification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When booking in property, it is important to put either gold or silver to identify the material a necklace is made out of? A. True B. False.
Photographing identifying scars, marks and tattoos - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Includes recording the inmate's physical condition at time of booking to prevent possible litigation, supporting an inmate's claim that excessive force was used at the time of arrest, for visual identification, and for tracking purposes. Photographs of inmates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Should be taken of the front, left and right sides with and without accessories after positioning the inmate with the chest board attached appropriately. Chest board in identification photographs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Must include the correct date. Methods to obtain clear distinct fingerprints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Include using a standard 8 x 8 fingerprint card and black permanent ink, a thin coating of black printer's ink, black India ink, or blue permanent ink. Excessive perspiration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Causes the inked impressions to be indistinct. Natural movement in making finger impressions - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The hand should be rotated from the subject's body towards the officer's body. Fingerprint card submission - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Must be submitted to the FBI first.
Inmates who have not been convicted may work - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In an emergency, providing they work for the public, on a voluntary basis, or as a disciplinary punishment. Juvenile (child) definition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any person under 18 years of age. Reasons for updating inmate records - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Does not include change of sleeping habits. Leading cause of death in US jails - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Homicide. Signs or symptoms of potential suicide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Do not include waiting for trial. Best suicide indicator - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The single best suicide indicator is: Withdrawal. Role of an officer in suicide prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Detection of signs and symptoms is a basic role of an officer in suicide prevention. Approaching a suicidal person - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When approaching a suicidal person, you should: A. Remain calm, B. Be alert, C. Develop a plan and follow it, D. All the above.
Monitoring low risk suicidal inmates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Low risk suicidal inmates in special housing should be monitored at staggered time not to exceed 15 minutes. Percentage of jail population with mental retardation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔What percentage of the jail population is considered to have some form of mental retardation? A. 10%, B. 7%, C. 5%, D. 3%. Definition of mental illness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An illness, disease, or condition, other than epilepsy, senility, alcoholism, or mental deficiency that substantially impairs a person's thought, perception of reality, emotional process, or judgment defines: Mental illness. Definition of a capias - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An order from a magistrate, directed to a peace officer or some other person specially named, commanding him to take the body of the person accused of an offense to be dealt with according to law is a: Capias. Definition of a bench warrant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A writ issued that commands some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before such a court, magistrate or grand jury named is a: Bench warrant. Warrant of arrest for fugitive - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A warrant of arrest issued by a magistrate directing a peace officer to apprehend a fugitive from another state and bring the accused before him is a: Magistrate's warrant.
Observing inmate's condition before admissions - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔You should observe an inmate's mental and physical condition before admissions to determine if he has any physical or mental problems; or suicidal tendencies. Initiating a medical record - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TCJS 273.4 - During a medical record shall be initiated and maintained: A. Booking / Daily. Health services requirements for inmates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TCJS 273.4 - The legal requirements of providing health services to inmates, every jail shall have a health screening procedure: Whenever possible. Professional medical care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Care that meets the standards of medical practice and is provided by qualified personnel. Request for services - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A formal process by which an inmate asks for medical assistance. Medication identification process - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The procedure to ensure the correct inmate receives the correct medication, involving calling out the inmate's name and verifying with armband or medication details.
TCJS medication inventory requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A regulation that mandates medication to be inventoried each shift to ensure security and accountability. General infection control procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Protocols designed to prevent the spread of infections within a facility. HIV - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus, a virus that attacks the immune system. High risk behavior substances - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Substances such as alcohol, intravenous drugs, and marijuana that can impair judgment. Occupational risk in corrections - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Potential hazards faced by correctional officers, including exposure to infectious body fluids and intervening in fights. Tuberculosis transmission - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The spread of tuberculosis primarily through the air. Mantoux test - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The standard skin test used to detect tuberculosis. TB testing requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inmates in a facility with a capacity of 100 or more must be tested for TB within 7 days.
Ineffective control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔What results when the level of force is less than the subject's level of resistance? Necessary force - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔What results when the level of force is less than the subject's level of resistance? Tennessee vs Garner - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Which court case determined that deadly force could only be used against a fleeing felon if his escape would pose a threat to the safety of the community? Freedom against Double Jeopardy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Freedom against Discrimination or Segregation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of Speech - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Freedom against Self Incrimination - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights.
Freedom against deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Right to an Attorney - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Right to Bail - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Freedom against Cruel and Unusual punishment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Identify the Constitutional Amendment that creates the following rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Habeas corpus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A writ that directs a person detaining another, commanding him to produce the body of the person detained to test the legality of the person's detention or imprisonment. TCJS 283.1 - Forms of prohibited discipline - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Does not include: Deviation from regular meal schedules, Use of a violent cell for disciplinary purposes, Deprivation of personal hygiene items, Providing food loaves to violent inmates.
enjoyment of any right, privilege, or immunity knowing his conduct is unlawful. PC 39.03 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Official oppression best defines a public servant acting under color of office intentionally subjects another to mistreatment. 18 USC 242 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deprivation of rights under color law TCJS 285.1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Each inmate shall be allowed: A. Sunlight no less than one hour weekly B. One hour supervised physical exercise or physical recreation at least three days per week. C. One hour alternating schedule to go to the gym D. To make maximum use of the resources available. Reason to document manual labor - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To ensure that: A. Trustees assignments are rotated B. Make sure the work is done correctly C. Work time credit is calculated accurately D. Make sure the work is valid and productive. Reason to observe inmate work activity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To: A. Keep track of inmates B. Ensure everyone stays busy C. Evaluate who works and who doesn't D. Assure they do not harm themselves. Meal-serving area cleanliness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To ensure meal- serving areas are clean and secure you should: A. Check the area for
weapons or contraband B. Make sure trusty wear hair nets C. Check the area for cleanliness and health hazards D. Both A & C. Importance of meal count - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It is important to keep a record of the number of meals served because: A. A missed meal may indicate illness B. It is important information when it comes to the budget C. It will indicate what is being eaten and what is not D. All the above. Number of meals served - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Food shall be served 3 times in any 24 hour period. Hours between meals without supplemental food - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No more than 8 hours shall pass between meals without supplemental food. Random searches of food - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It is important to conduct random searches of food being served in order to: A. Make sure the food is edible B. Keep weapons and contraband from being trafficked or transported in food C. Make sure everyone eats D. Be sure the pod officers are doing their job. Food handler's certificate requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It is not necessary for an inmate who is assigned as a food handler and doing kitchen duty to have a food handler's certificate? A. True B. False.
