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When is the best time to search your patrol vehicle for weapons or contraband? The beginning of your shift and when non-personell have been in your vehicle You can arrest for the following offenses:
- OWI
- Fleeing and Eluding
- Negligent homicide
- No Operator's License
- Reckless Driving
- Hit & Run
- Violation causing death While on patrol you discover a vehicle parked in a lot behind a jewelry store at 0300 and the motor is running. The proper way to investigate would be to do which of the following? (A) Position patrol vehicle at a safe distance and wait for someone to return (B) Investigate and see if there is suspicious activity (C) Take down license plate number and contact dispatch (C) Take down license plate number and contact dispatch
You receive a report from dispatch of a possible domestic dispute in progress. The caller states the neighbors are arguing and requests police. Dispatch says the caller heard gunshots coming from the residence. You arrive and it's quiet. The lights are off. The correct way to respond would be to do which of the following? (A) Go to the door, announce your presence, and wait for a response (B) Proceed cautiously and silently enter the house (C) Verify with dispatch that you have the correct ad (C) Verify with dispatch that you have the correct address and wait in patrol car to see if there are signs of movement The best method of determining a stolen vehicle that is not moving would be to do which of the following? (A) Check VIN through LEIN (B) Check license plate through LEIN (C) Check suspect's driver's license number and plate through LEIN (A) Check VIN through LEIN While on patrol in a dark alley behind a store, you see someone walking towards you. He sees you, reaches in his pocket, puts something in dumpster, then turns and walks away. You should:
(C) Handgun (B) Nightstick At the scene of an accident you determine that one of the drivers was going 1-5 mph over the speed limit and had been drinking. You administer a PBT and see the driver has a BAC of .06%. You do not have enough to charge for OWI. You should take which of the following courses of action? (A) Write a speeding ticket (B) Write a careless driving ticket (C) Write and arrest for Reckless Driving (A) Write a speeding ticket While on patrol you observe a vehicle parked in a body shop matching the description of a vehicle involved in a recent felony. You note that there is heavy front end damage. You want to investigate further so you should do which of the following? (A) Enter the body shop during business hours and look closely at the vehicle while the shop is open to the public. (B) Call the owner of the shop and request permission to enter the shop to look at the vehicle. (C) Leave your partner behind to guar (C) Leave your partner behind to guard the vehicle and seek a search warrant.
You arrive as a first responder to a car accident involving a hazardous vehicle. Ambulance has transported injured individuals. One person has died and a crowd forms around the scene. Traffic is backed up for miles. After positioning your vehicle, how do you proceed? Control the crowd at the scene, prevent further contamination You are assigned to observe a protest. Several protesters surround a van, shake the van rapidly, and drag the driver out of the vehicle. One of the protesters is using a crowbar. You command the violent protesters to stop, but they don't comply. Which weapon of choice should you use to respond to this scene? Nightstick. Other answers will be a shotgun or a handgun. None of those are correct. If you see nightstick — that's your answer. You respond to a car accident. One driver was driving 5- 1 0 miles over the speed limit and had a BAC of .06. You do not have enough to charge for OWI — therefore you should: Issue a speeding ticket You are an officer on beach patrol. A heat stroke victim is lying unconscious. Your best response is to: Pull the victim in the shade You and your partner are transporting a prisoner in your police vehicle. There's no cage. How do you you position the prisoner? Officer #1 in the driver's seat, prisoner in the front passenger seat, and officer #2 behind officer #1 on the driver's side.
You are in a rural area. A pregnant woman is in labor and her water just broke. You respond by attempting to deliver the baby. The baby is coming out feet first. What do you do next? Put the Mother in your car and drive her to the hospital. While eating lunch, your partner begins gasping and coughing, possibly choking. What should your next response be? Monitor and see what happens. Your partner is still breathing at this moment - not choking. You stop a motorcycle and realize he has no motorcycle endorsement. The appropriate course of action is? Arrest the cyclist for a misdemeanor. After interviewing a possible CSC suspect, you find out he is the victim's former husband. What do you do? Treat the case as any other CSC While on patrol you observe a vehicle parked in a body shop that matches the description of a vehicle involved in a recent felony. You observe there is heavy front end damage. You want to investigate further so you should Leave your partner behind to guard the vehicle and seek a search warrant.
You are investigating the theft of a jacket. You learn that the suspect has the jacket at his friend's house from whom he rents a room. You go to the house and explain the situation. You should do what next? Get consent to enter and obtain search warrant for room. Refusal to be fingerprinted is a: 90 day Misdemeanor True or False. A person guilty of a misdemeanor must be fingerprinted within 48 hours False. Must be fingerprinted within 72 hours When placing a tourniquet on a wounded person, you should place the tourniquet: (A) High and tight above the wound (B) Below the wound (C) On top of the wound (A) High and tight above the wound You and your partner are under fire. What is the most appropriate course of action? Return fire and drag partner to cover You are taking fire while sitting inside your patrol vehicle. You should take cover in which manner:
5 Fundamentals of Marksmanship (1) Stance (2) Grip (3) Trigger Control (3) Sight Alignment (4) Sight Picture (5) Breathing NOTE* THE STATE TEST WILL ASK YOU WHICH ORDER THESE ARE MOST IMPORTANT. BE SURE TO ASK YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND LOOK IN YOUR FIREARMS BOOK. SEVERAL STATE TEST QUESTIONS WILL ASK "WHICH IS THE MOST CORRECT ORDER" or "WHICH IS THE BEST ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING" and it will list them. Be sure to study the MCOLES objectives thoroughly for this section and memorize the correct order. What is the BEST way to treat a pneumothorax victim Cover the top of the wound with an air-tight seal (Cellophane) so no air gets in You have an arrest warrant for a suspect. You go to his home and discover no one is there. You receive a tip that he is staying at a friend's house. You got there to arrest him but the friend refuses to let you in. What can you lawfully do? Which of the following is the best answer? (A) You can enter the friend's home on the arrest warrant because it's valid anywhere in the state (B) You need a search warrant
(C) You may enter on the tip you received. (B) You need a search warrant While you observe a subject he advised you that he has information on someone who robbed a store in your jurisdiction the prior evening. Can you use him as an informant? Which answer is correct? (A) No, he cannot establish credibility (Answer if confidential informant) (B) No, he made the statement after an arrest (C) Yes, being a criminal does not stop him from being a witness. (C) Yes, being a criminal does not stop him from being a witness. On the way to serving an arrest warrant, you realize the warrant has an error on it. What should you do? Return the warrant and have it corrected. Before submitting a request for an arrest warrant to the prosecutor, you should do which of the following: (A) Make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate (B) Review the information with a judge or magistrate (C) Have someone from prosecutors officer go over the request with you to make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate (A) Make sure the information is clear, concise, and accurate
You respond to a domestic violence complaint and observe the wife's eye is black and blue. She tells you that nothing happened. The 6 year old son states "Daddy hit mommy". What do you do? Arrest the husband You respond to a domestic violence complaint. You find the house to be in disarray with furniture thrown around. Both the husband and wife's clothes are disheveled. Nor the husband or wife appear to be injured. Both parties tell you that nothing happened. What do you do? Investigate further You observe a driver driving erratically and swerving in the lane of travel. You stop the vehicle. As you approach the vehicle you notice the driver has glassy and bloodshot eyes, and his speech is slurred. He states that he only had two beers. You ask him to exit the vehicle and perform standard field sobriety tests, but he refuses. What should you do? Arrest the driver. You have Probable Cause to arrest. You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord is moving the tenant's belongings out. What is the most appropriate response? This is a civil matter. You are not a master of determining court documents. Do not try to. The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of the prosecutor", choose that answer.
You respond to a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord wants to press charges against the tenant for holes punched in the walls. How do you respond? This is a civil matter. The state test may word this question differently. If you have the option of "notifying the persons involved of what their legal avenues are, and to give the contact information of the prosecutor", choose that answer. You are working the front desk and a caller makes a bomb threat to blow up the building. Your first action should be: Keep the caller on the line and obtain as much information as possible. You stop a vehicle and upon approach, you notice the driver has a loaded pistol on the passenger seat. You learn that the driver does not have a valid CPL. What is the charge? CCW Your arrest a driver for OWI and initiate two chemical tests. One result reads 0.35, and the other reads 0.40. What do you do next? Take to hospital On a domestic run, you observe a man cleaning a shotgun. What is the crime? No crime.
NOTE* There could be another question on the state test that may include information that there is "heavy traffic". If there is heavy traffic, and the answer is (C) — "Let them go". If the question doesn't say there's heavy traffic, then you will cautiously and slowly proceed through the red light, then pursue the vehicle. This question will definitely be on the state test. Most of our class answered the same for this. During a Felony stop, who has control over the suspect vehicle? (A) Primary Vehicle (B) Secondary Vehicle (C) Backup Unit (A) Primary Vehicle 3 classifications of firearms ballistics are: (A) Potential, Kinetic, Forensic (B) Mechanical, DNA, Velocity (C) Internal, Externamal, Terminal (C) Internal, External, Terminal The Coreolis Effect is the direct result of one of the following: (A) Rotation and curvature of the earth
(B) How radars determine speed by the travel of sound frequency (C) The phenomenon of knowing less about something than one actually does (A) Rotation and curvature of the earth Which scientific method do radars use to calculate the distance to an object? (A) The Coriolis Effect (B) The Doppler Effect (C) The Kruger Effect (B) The Doppler Effect Rifling is the: (A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning. (B) Proper and safe handling of the rifle (C) Proper and safe operation of the rifle (A) Spiral pattern of lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm. Used for accuracy not for cleaning. You're on patrol and you pull a vehicle over on a highway. You have no backup vehicles coming. What is the proper way to position your vehicle?
(C) Behind and offset to the left on an angle (A) Behind and offset to the left For a sexual assault victim, it is best to ask: (A) Direct questions (B) Indirect Questions (C) Open ended questions (C) Open ended questions During an arrest, you observe white pills nearby. You should: Confiscate and send to lab for further analysis What are the steps to interviewing a suspect? Establish rapport, listen, and take notes How do you conduct an interrogation of a suspect? Use interrogation techniques, controls dialogue, and challenges denials A person loses their finger. What is the best way to preserve the finger?
Wrap the finger and keep it cool. DO NOT PLACE IN WATER, DO NOT PUT THE FINGER ON ICE, AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REATTACH. THESE WILL BE THE OTHER OPTIONS. THEY ARE NOT CORRECT!!! For a heat exhaustion victim, you should treat them best by: Keeping them cool A person is impaled by a pipe through the leg. What is the best action to take? (A) Attempt to remove the pipe (B) Poor water over the leg to clean the wound (C) Immobilize the leg (C) Immobilize the leg A dog begins attacking your partner while on scene. What do you do? Shoot the dog For a stroke victim, you should focus on: Maintaining an open airway
