Colorado POST (test 4)

Child Law

9/27/2016

SIDS affects...

1 or 2 out of every 1000 births

SIDS is....

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Mandatory Reporting Statute

Any person specified below, as described in C.R.S. 19-3-304, is by law a mandatory reporter in Colorado. If a mandatory reporter has: reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, the mandatory reporter shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the county department, the local law enforcement agency, or through the child abuse reporting hotline system

Emotional or Neglect Abuse leads to

Speech disorders, failure to thrive

Title 18 of child abuse

Involves a child under 16

Bone fractures are always indications of child abuse

FALSE

A coup injury is a

Cerebral bruise when the head is stationary and receives a blow

Patiki eye is

A little small red blood vessel that popped in skin or eye

How many children die yearly of child abuse?

1760

When interviewing a child, an officer should use

Non leading questions

Abuse of a child for CRS may be a felony if a child suffers

Serious Bodily Injury (SBI)

Best choice for documenting child sex abuse for a victim under 12 would be...

Use child hearsay, what child told the parents (in kid language)

Age difference requirement to charge for sex assault on a child under 15 is...

4 years for statuatory

Is spanking child abuse?

No, as long as there is no injury

Indicators that injuries are from child abuse are...

Delays in seeking medical attention
Discrepancies or changes in story
Wraparound injuries

In canvassing a scene where child abuse may have occurred, what are motivators for crime?

Breaking
Crying
Toileting

Possession or distribution of sexual images of a child

Sexual exploitation of a child. Felony if child is under 18.

A person contacts a child via text, internet, or data lines and talks about sexual conduct...

Sexual exploitation of a child (if child is under 15 and actor is 4 years older)

The age for statutory rape or unlawful sexual misconduct of a child between 15 and 17 to be arrested

More than ten years

Missing person reports are mandated to take a report

TRUE

How long do you have to file a missing person report in NCIC and CCIC?

2 hours

When investigating a sexual assault case, who dictates the successful outcome?

First responding officer

You should interview the victim of a sexual assault victim where...

In private (and where they are comfortable)

When do you inform a victim advocate?

As soon as you know you have a problem case

Who should be the last person interviewed in a sexual assault case?

The suspect

Any interview or interrogation, what is the first thing you do?

Build rapport

UIf you are interviewing a suspect, and you have not asked them a question yet, they begin to talk, what do you do?

Let them go on telling their story, keep your mouth shut. You have not asked a question yet, thus Miranda req. has not been invoked

Most rape reports are false

False

The FBI says approximately how much percent of rape reports are false?

8-10%

Rape trauma syndrome

Fear of being alone
Depression

When gathering wet clothing from a crime scene, what must you do?

Air dry it before bagging it

In order to make sure all elements of a crime are covered in your report, what is a good thing to use that the state provides you?

MO Sheets
Personal Descriptor Sheets

The best person to interview the victim of a sexual assault is a...

Police officer with training and a positive attitude

Outcry witness refers to who?

The first person that hears the story of the victim. They are an exception to the hearsay rule

Patrol Observation & Perception

9/28/2016

Observation is...

The act or power of noticing and the process of gathering images through the sensory organs of sight, sound, taste,smell and touch

Perception is...

The awareness of objects or other data through the sense and the coloring or filling in through experience, knowledge, and training

Witness Credibility

Was the witness physically and mentally competent to perceive and assimilate the information as they occurred? (Drunk, sober, groggy, just woke up)

Factors of Forgetting...

Passive decay (Use it or lose it)

Evolution of patrol

Uniformed Patrol generally considered the "backbone" of the police department

Things that can improve your observations skills are?

Attempt to describe pedestrians randomly selected by another person.
Chart and record daily bulletin information and try to spot similar persons or vehicles.

What is observation?

The act of noticing

What is perception?

An awarness of objects through our senses and the filling in through experience and knowledge

Which of the following are characteristics of conditions that may affect perception?

(All)
Personal interest
Past experience
Maturity
Mental State

Your ability to effectively observe an activity may depend upon which of the following?

Time of day
Obstructions to your view of the scene
Your mental state
Your physical condition

The use of community policing concepts in routine patrol activities involves what?

Developing contacts with the citizens in your beat

What is passive decay of memory?

Information that is not used frequently and is lost from memory

What part of the police department is generally considered to be the backbone of the police department?

Uniformed patrol officers

Prejudice and bias are factors in perception that are internal or external?

Internal

Factors that must be taken into account when considering the perceptive faculties of a witness fall into what two broad categories

Internal
External

Intensity, size, and proximity are just a few factors in perception that are external?

TRUE

Learning, conditioning, and the ability to interpret what is discernible influence perceptions?

TRUE

Traffic

9/29/2016

What is the best way to determine the area of impact?

Skid deflection

Which tire marks gives you the most accurate determination of speed?

Yaw mark (gives you the actual speed)

What insurance information do you have to record on an accident report?

Name
Expiration Date
Policy Expiration

Definition of an accident

Unintentional damage or injury that is caused by a moving motor vehicle or its load

What is your FIRST responsibility when you get to an accident scene?

Park the patrol car to make sure the accident does not get worse. Park and protect

Accident dispatched as a non-injury. It is not important to ask the people if they are hurt. True or False

FALSE

Skid marks are caused by a tire that is doing what...

Locked and sliding

What are the two types of damage in an accident?

Contact
Induced

Yaw marks are caused by a tire that is doing what...

Sliding and Rotating

Noting damage from a second impact is NOT required on a report. True or False?

FALSE

Federal side blocks on the side of a report must be filled in when...

Accident is hit and run
Involves bus that seats more than 9 people
Gross vehicle weight is over 10,000
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Accident reporting is required by state statute. True or False?

TRUE

Walter Weiner finds out his wife is sleeping with his next door neighbor and deliberately runs over the neighbor with his van. The neighbor survives, but suffers a broken leg. What is the most appropriate charge?

1st Degree Assault

Generally speaking, the best evidence at an accident scene would be...

Physical evidence

Investigating a hit and run accident. To find out the color of the other vehicle, you should...

Check for paint transfer

Which of the following can be filed against an at-fault driver on private property?

Careless

Best person to obtain valuable information to find who is at fault at an accident scene...

Uninvolved Witness

Your accident diagram should be neat and accurate, but does NOT have to be to scale. True or False?

TRUE

What information is needed of vehicle occupants on the accident report?

(A and B)
Location within the vehicle
Age and Sex

Minimum gross vehicle weight required to fill in side blocks in back of report

10,000

Where do you report the weather and road conditions?

Sideblock

Generally speaking, the side blocks on an accident report which occurred on private property do NOT have to be filled in. True or False

TRUE

Which of the following pieces of information are NOT required to be on an accident report?

Race

What information is required when reporting injured parties on the report?

(A and C)
Name and address
Sex, position in vehicle, severity

Your first responsibility when RESPONDING to an accident scene is...

Safe response

Generally, who is responsible for cleaning an accident scene?

Tow Truck Driver

In a car accident, what is the most common forms of induced damage?

(longest answer)
Molded sheet metal, displaced parts or creasing and wrinkling of metal sheets
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After obtaining information pertaining to an accident report, how long do you have to file a report

5 days

CRS

9/28/2016

Solicitation only applies to felonies. True or False?

TRUE

Crowd Control

...

What's the difference between a mob and a crowd?

A mob is a criminal crowd

Independent officers' actions can sabotage...

Unity of the team

What direction does the formation fill to?

The right

People's right to peacefully assemble is what right?

First amendment

What are the elements of a riot?

3 or more people, grave danger

A mob seeking an exit is an?

Escape mob

Acquisitive mob is?

Looking to acquire something

A 42" baton held in port arms effective? True or False?

False

2nd step of a formation of a mob?

They become less individual and act more like a mob