WEEK 11 [Crime Scene Management, Traffic Stops]

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Crime Scene Management & Traffic Stops Quiz

Test your knowledge on crime scene management and the protocols for traffic stops in this comprehensive quiz. Designed for law enforcement professionals and enthusiasts, this quiz covers essential concepts and procedures.

20 challenging questions to assess your understanding
Multiple-choice format for easy navigation
Understand important concepts like search patterns and legal citations

20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by InvestigatingStone425

Before locating, identifying, and interviewing witnesses, victims, and suspects, an officer's first priority should be:

Determining if a crime has been committed

Arresting suspects

Protecting the crime scene

Aiding the injured

Why is it important to perform a safety sweep BEFORE aiding the injured?

To maintain officer safety

To look for illegal contraband

To find any evidence that may be hiding

Which of the following is a recommended method for locating witnesses, victims, and suspects not present at crime/collision scenes?

Find footprints and follow them

Utilize media broadcasts

Request a helicopter to spotlight the area

Which describes a strip/grid search pattern?

Two or three searchers follow each other in a path of a spiral starting on the out¬side and spiraling toward the center

The area to be searched is divided into quadrants with one searcher assigned to each quadrant.

Searchers proceed slowly at the same pace, parallel to each other and parallel to one side of the rectangle.

Searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radius

Which describes a spiral search pattern?

Two or three searchers follow each other in a path of a spiral starting on the out¬side and spiraling toward the center

The area to be searched is divided into quadrants with one searcher assigned to each quadrant.

Searchers proceed slowly at the same pace, parallel to each other and parallel to one side of the rectangle.

Searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radius

Which describes a quadrant search pattern?

Two or three searchers follow each other in a path of a spiral starting on the out¬side and spiraling toward the center

The area to be searched is divided into quadrants with one searcher assigned to each quadrant.

Searchers proceed slowly at the same pace, parallel to each other and parallel to one side of the rectangle.

Searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radius

Which describes a point-to-point/wheel search pattern?

Two or three searchers follow each other in a path of a spiral starting on the out¬side and spiraling toward the center

The area to be searched is divided into quadrants with one searcher assigned to each quadrant.

Searchers proceed slowly at the same pace, parallel to each other and parallel to one side of the rectangle.

Searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radius

Which most closely describes the message of Locard's Principle?

People should always check in when they enter a crime sscene

People may inadvertently contaminate or destroy evidence

Officers should protect people before they protect property

What is ALETS?

Arizona Law Enforcement Telecommunication Systems

Archived Legal Entities Tracking Structure

Arizona Law Enforcement Tracking Sytem

Prior to pulling over a violator, it is important to note the:

License plate number, vehicle description, and number of occupants

Specific violation, state on license plate, date of registration expiration

Description of driver, presence of a passenger, possession of driver's license

What are the options a violator has once given a traffic citiation

Pay the fine

Pay the fine, traffic school

Pay the fine, traffic school, contest in court

Pay the fine, traffic school, contest in court, refuse to sign the ticket to not admit guilt

True or False: If a violator offers their wallet or purse to the officer, the officer is correct in taking it to obtain their license and registration.

True, the wallet or purse was given with their consent

False, officers should avoid this for liability reasons

True or False: Improper tickets cannot be discarded. They must be voided out and turned in to a Sergeant.

True

False

When will a ticket need a report number written on it?

All tickets will have a report number written on them

Only when an accident is involved

Traffic tickets will never have report numbers written on them

Which violations require the violator to sign the citation?

Both criminal and civil violations

Criminal violations

Civil violations

Neither criminal nor civil violations require a signature

There are three types of traffic stops. What are they?

Speeding, moving, braking

Traffic enforcement, investigative, high risk

Criminal, civil, warning

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