Test #9 Sgts

Question 1

______________________ is intended to modify an employee’s behavior, and should instruct and train the employee to act and perform in accordance with established standards of conduct.

Answer 1

Progressive discipline (10.2, 3-3)

Question 2

Which document(s) can contain the Bazemore Admonition

Answer 2

Memorandum of Counseling

Memorandum of Direction

Question 3

How many penalty types exist for adverse actions?

Answer 3

6 (10.2, 3-9)

Question 4

When a departmental supervisor is notified of or discovers alleged misconduct on the part of an employee, notification to the next level in the chain of command shall be made _________________.

Answer 4

As soon as practical (10.2, 1-5)

Question 5

You are a sergeant assigned to the Jonesville Area. While at the office you receive a phone call from one of your beat officers. While the officer was arriving at their favorite coffee shop in the unincorporated town of Jonesville, a citizen flagged them down and stated they want to make a private persons arrest for reckless driving on an individual that was detained by the citizen. Your guidance to the office would be to:

Answer 5

Accept custody of the detained individual, issue a CHP 215, complete an arrest report (100.68, 2-10)

Question 6

While driving in a rural part of your area, you observe a pickup truck enter the highway from a nearby field. You observe that there are four persons seated in the back of the pickup. The pickup proceeds down the highway for approximately ¾ mile before entering a nearby field. You make an enforcement stop on the pickup for a violation for Sections 23116(a) and (b). The driver of the pickup identifies himself as a ranch owner and explains he was just driving workers from one field to another. What actions would you take?

Answer 6

Conclude the stop as no violation was committed (100.68, 5-12)

Question 7

Per HPM 100.68, Chapter 1, officers patrolling the highways observing motorist behavior or writing reports _____ remain on their assigned beats and in public view at all times.

Answer 7

Shall (100.68, 1-7)

Question 8

As the swing shift sergeant you are on a ride-along with an officer patrolling a freeway in your area. You observe a vehicle pass the patrol car at a speed approximately 10-15 MPH in excess of the 65 MPH limit. The officer makes a casual comment that the driver must be in a hurry but makes no effort to make an enforcement stop. You decide this would be a good opportunity to discuss departmental policy with the officer. As such policy dictates:

Answer 8

5; shall; should (100.68, 3-5)

Question 9

You receive a call from sheriff sergeant who’s working a missing person case. She informs you that the person is elderly and the sheriff’s department wants to issue a Silver Alert. What age does the missing person have to be to meet the Silver Alert criteria contained in Section 8594.10 of the Government Code?

Answer 9

65 (100.69, 11-3)

Question 10

Section 627 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proves that minor in custody has the right to make _____ telephone calls and that the calls should be allowed no later than ________ after the minor is taken into custody.

Answer 10

2; 1 hour (100.69, 1-6)

Question 11

As the admin sergeant at Rocky Flats Area, you receive a telephone call of an irate citizen who wants to file a complaint against an officer for verbal misconduct during a traffic stop. After taking the initial information, the command is required to acknowledge receipt of the complaint within how many days?

Answer 11

5 business days (10.4, 3-3)

Question 12

The Department will not accept and investigate complaints against uniformed employees made via the Department’s internet web site.

Answer 12

False (10.4, 3-7)

Question 13

Once a citizen’s complaint has been rescinded, the Area Commander is mandated to accept the rescinded complaint and stop all investigations into an officer’s alleged misconduct

Answer 13

False (10.4, 7-1)

Question 14

The normal suspense time assigned to a complaint received at the Area level is ____ days.

Answer 14

60 (10.4, 4-1)

Question 15

Areas will forward a copy of the CHP 555, Traffic Collision Report; Std 270, Report of Vehicle Accident; and CHP 208, Accident Prevention Report, involving departmental motorcycles to the Academy within ___ working days.

Answer 15

10 (70.10, 1-15)