OPOTA EXAM AND OPOTA EXAM STUDYGUIDE
LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 500 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
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explain the generally accepted ethical responsibilities of officers - ANSWER- -owed to your community, citizens, profession, agency, family, yourself -treat everyone professionally -never allow cynicism, excessive force, perjury and accept gratuities
External Influences on behavior - ANSWER- relationships with family and friends, citizens, media, regulations, politics, subculture
Internal influences on behavior - ANSWER- officer's own ethical and moral beliefs, anger, greed, lust
Denial of victim - ANSWER- argue that violated party deserves to be victimized
Denial of responsibility - ANSWER- acted improperly because no other options
Denial of injury - ANSWER- argue that action did not hurt anyone so no ethical misconduct
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Social Weighting - ANSWER- makes comparisons to justify unethical misconduct
moral justification - ANSWER- argues that it's necessary to break rules for the greater good
Continuum of Compromise - ANSWER- -being exposed on a regular basis to "special authority" and at the same time being exposed on a daily basis to that element of society that operates without values, combines to severely challenge an officer's core values system
- can lead to a sense of entitlement where officers believe they are owed
professional courtesy and that the rules don't apply to them
acts of omission - ANSWER- officer rationalize and justify not doing things they are responsible
Acts of commission - ANSWER- administrative violations
acts of commission - ANSWER- -criminal -theft
Rationalization - ANSWER- nobody is being hurt, except for bad guys who deserve it anyway
Steps in Decsion Making Model - ANSWER- #1- Define problem 2 / 4
#2- Identify alternative solutions #3- Evaluate alternatives #4- make the decision #5- implement the decision #6- evaluate the decision
PLUS filters - ANSWER- Policies Legal Universal Self
identify the uses of field notes - ANSWER- preservation of knowledge in written form, evidence in court, documentation of officer's efforts, aids in further investigation, foundation of formal written report
types of information to be recorded in field notes - ANSWER- • complete information on victims witnesses and suspects involved • date time of offense or incident being reported • location of occurrence • type of place where offense or incident took place • details of offense or incident being reported • disposition of evidence property and subjects • corresponding report number
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guidelines to be followed when taking field notes - ANSWER- -Head notebook page with day and time of shift -Do not place information from one incident on the same page with information from another incident -Write or print neatly so you can read and understand your notes later -Record all information in ink -Let victims and witnesses talk through the event before you start recording notes -Ask clarifying follow-up questions -Be as complete as possible -Consider the use of electronic data device or template -Do not record personal information in your notebook
essential questions answered in a report - ANSWER- Who, what, where, when, how, why
Requirements of a well written report - ANSWER- complete, factual, objective, accurate
explain crime - ANSWER- An act that the law makes punishable
Culpable mental states - ANSWER- knowingly, purposely, recklessly, negligently
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