Exam 2 study

Police officers with a better understanding of people handle situations

Competently

Discretion is?

The authority to make decisions of policy and practice

Unethical behavior does what to an officers stress

Increase stress

Discrimination is?

An action that is manifested by your behavior

Prejudice is?

An attitude in our day to day

Code of silence

Officers not telling the truth about others misconduct

The intent of VRA is for victims to receive the same rights as defendants

False

Which of the following are not afforded to an adult victim

Right to legal representation at trail of the accused

In the investigative process the biggest evidence gather and most common person to solve a crime is?

Responding officer

Setting up a scene what would be created at the entry point

A crime scene log

Maintaining a chain of evidence and chain of custody allows good

Accountability of evidence

In a crash there are two types of damage

Induced (the bounce off then hit) and contact (only note contact hit on crash report)

Who is the best person to find out what happened during a crash

Uninvolved witnesses

What classifies a vehicle as commercial

10001 lbs and over / bus of 9 or more seats

Diagram of a crash report doesn’t need to be filled out when

It’s on private property (unless trains, sbi or a fatality is present)

Physical evidence is important in the court room because?

It exists independent from testimony from involved persons

From the beginning of an investigation officers should

Follow and document evidence to a logical conclusion

Rule 41.1 is only used to gather

Non-testimonial evidence

To charge Crime of possession of burglary tools you need prove what

Intent to use

You can’t have burglary without

Intent

To prosecute a person with theft arrested for shoplifting you have to show

Concealment of goods

Is intent needed to charge someone of theft

Yes Always

If you found hesitation wounds what does that mean

Suicide

When investigating a death you must consider what always

Suicide, homicide, and accident (all possibilities)

What is rigor mortis

The stiffing of the body after death

Death by asphyxiation is most likely caused by

Strangulation

Males are most often what in homicides

Perpetrators and victims

What is lividity

The changing of body color and blood after death

When dealing with survivors

Be honest and direct

What is felony murder

Causing the death of a person during the commission of immediate flight following a felony crime

Under Colorado law what has the reckless culpability in homicide

Manslaughter

When testing for GSR what is needed

Test completed ASAP and unaffected evidence

What is one indication of strangulation

Petechiae

In court direct/ cross examination of witnesses is done by

Both prosecution and defense

In court reading your notes is used only to what?

Refresh your memory not to be read from

In court if you don’t know the answer to a question what should you do

Say you don’t know, don’t make something up or guess

This is NOT a qualification for the determination of a child’s neglect or abuse

Being born with a disability any form

Any peers or people in a position of trust with a child that fails to report

M2

In Colorado when asking for consent to search what are officers required to do

State they have the right to refuse