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One sergeant says to another, "You know I don't receive complaints from my personnel." Any sergeant who makes this statement should realize that he or she is probably seen as unapproachable As a sergeant, you find that one person on your squad is continually getting into trouble despite your repeated efforts to train and assist him or her. This subordinate shows little regard for his or her duties or appearance, and his or her relationships with fellow officers are poor. After all attempts at positive training failed, you began a progressive discipline process of punitive measures, but nothing seems to have worked. Under the circumstances, what is the best course of action?Recommend that he or she be dismissed from the force.When police apprehend someone suspected of a crime, what is normally true of the suspect?the suspect will have an irresistible urge to talk/ With regard to a valid confession of guilt, which one of the following statements is most accurate?it is seldom sufficient by itself in proving guilt Officer Moua is an average performing officer. On the day before she is scheduled to undergo a performance review, Officer Moua apprehends three armed gunmen as they are exiting a bank that they had just robbed. When completing Officer Moua's review, Sergeant Hall recalls the previous day's heroics and gives Officer Moua exceptional ratings in every category based upon her performance during the bank robbery. Sergeant Hall committed the rating error known as overweighting 1 / 3
pg. 2 When an investigator proceeds from the general to the particular, applying a general theory to a particular instance represented by the criminal occurrence, he or she is engaging in deductive reasoning In criminal investigations, the investigator's notebook is invaluable. Among other things, it should contain the raw material from which the final report of the investigation is ultimately fashioned. Which of the following statements about investigators' notebooks is least accurate?loose-leaf notebooks are just as suitable as bound notebooks Strip, spiral, zone and wheel are terms most accurately used for what purpose?Crime scene search methods Officer Martinez arrests a suspect who has in her possession a large quantity of marijuana. The marijuana is corpus delicti evidence As a newly appointed sergeant, you observe one of your officers approach a person who she reasonably suspects to be selling packets of cocaine. The officer begins to question the person and then conducts a pat-down search of the person's jacket, attempting to locate where the drugs are secreted. As a supervisor, you should tell the officer that this type of search is Not justifiable because the officer had only reasonable suspicion.There is a sentencing philosophy that seeks to prevent criminal acts by making an example of persons convicted of crimes. Choose the theory of punishment that asserts potential offenders will refrain from committing crimes for fear of punishment Deterrence. Deterrence is split in to two categories - general and specific When evidence is obtained by the police in violation of a person's constitutional rights, that evidence may be inadmissible in any subsequent criminal trial against that person for which the evidence was a key component. This is known as The exclusionary rule 2 / 3
pg. 3 Sergeant Weiss comes to you and tells you that he is so busy that he cannot find time to complete his assigned duties. He is rather frustrated and wonders how you and the other sergeants can do it. Based on this information, what could you assume about Sergeant Weiss?Sergeant Weiss is not delegating If an officer is convinced that a suspect holding a hostage is really willing to kill and has no fear of the consequences, then it must be assumed that the suspect is exceedingly dangerous and that every attempt should be made to stall for time Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping violations of the law from happening are most widely known as crime prevention.What is needed for a police officer to make a lawful search of a person's premises in the absence of exigent circumstances?A search warrant The sentencing philosophy seeking to create an equal or proportionate relationship between the offense and the punishment is called Just desserts Which of the following constitutional amendments contains the due process clause?Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments A sentencing philosophy seeking satisfaction from knowing or seeing that offenders are punished. Also called vengeance. This philosophy of justice asserts that the punishment should fit the crime and the culpability of the offender Retribution If probable cause exists to search a motor vehicle, then if the vehicle can be readily moved, the entire vehicle can be searched According to the Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects
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