Chapter 8: Criminal Investigations

1. Common methods of identifying criminal suspects include confessions, admissions, witness testimony, informant information and:

Planted evidence

Defense Attorney statements

Watching how it is done on CSI: MIAMI

Physical Evidence

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Explanation

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2. When determining the primary aggressor in a domestic violence incident an officer should do the following.

Compare notes with the back-up officer and make a determination on who should be arrested.

Ask politely at the incident who started the dispute and arrest that person at the scene.

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Explanation

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3. The Fire Chief at Station #29 notifies Law Enforcement that a mother has just dropped off a newborn infant at his fire station. What actions can a Law Enforcement Officer take upon arriving at the fire station?

Arrest the mother for child neglect.

Congratulate the Fire Chief on the arrival of his new kid.

Initiate a criminal investigation because the mother has left the newborn.

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Explanation

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4. A young child has recently been kidnapped at the Stone Creek neighborhood. Law Enforcement Officer respond to the scene and begin to conduct a door-to-door inquiry for any information about the missing child and about the area. This technique of policing is known as:

Surveilence

Investigating

Canvassing

Following leads

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Explanation

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5. When a victim of a crime become empathic to thier captors they are said to suffer from:

The Andromeda Strain

Stockholm Syndrome

Patty Hurst Syndrome

Asperger Syndrome

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Explanation

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6. The Florida Amber Plan purpose is to:

Provide information about what law enforcement agencies are doing to find abducted children.

Alert the community when a child is born.

Alert the community about runaway children via the radio, television, or internet.

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Explanation

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7. A __________ occurs when a suspect takes property from a person by using force, violence, or assualt, or by putting a victim in fear, with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the victim of his or her right to the property.

Armed Battery

Aggravated assualt

Robbery

Armed Burglary

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Explanation

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8. When notifying next of kin and or relatives about the death of a loved one, officers should:

Notify next of kin via telephone to avoid a confrontational situation.

Not answer any question concerning the deceased person's location and the circumstances surronding the death.

Attempt to identified the location of relatives, and go to the location if feasible.

Do not use a Clergy as it could upset members of the family who are not religious.

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Explanation

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9. When giving testimony an officer should:

Avoid showing biases and prejudice. Always use plain, professional terminology, not slang, or police jargon.

Be expressive and speak in a clear and monotone voice so the jury can understand.

Make suggestions to enhance testimony to strengthen a case because officer are not subject to perjury laws.

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Explanation

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10. ________________ is the unlawful use of a persons identifying information such as a social security number, date of birth, account number, ect.

Embezzelment

Exploitation of an elderly person

Fraud

Identity theft

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Explanation

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11. ______________ are persons who furnish police with information about crimes, either from a sense of civic duty or in the expectation of some personal benefit or advantage, and _________ is any person with whom an officer has contact with while on patrol.

Informants & Field Contact

Witnesses & Informant

Field Contacts & Informant

Concerned citizens & Feild Contact.

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Explanation

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12. Detective Banner has been working missing children investigations for a number of years. He recently received a call concerning a 12 year old girl who has runaway from home for the fourth time. Detective Banner has a number of abducted children cases to deal with. What would be the appropriate action for Detective Banner to take in this situation.

The Detective should focus on the abducted children cases as they have priority.

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Explanation

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13. According to F.S. 406.11 when a person dies in Florida by criminal violence, accident, suicide, or through any suspicious or unusual circumstance the ____________ must ne notified.

Homicide Investigator

Coroner

Sheriff of the County in which the death occured.

Medical Examiner

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Explanation

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14. Victimless Crimes are all of the following except:

Prosititution

Gambling

Drug related homicides

Pornography

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Explanation

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15. In order for a victims of a human trafficking crime to cooperate law enforcement agencies are encouraged to:

Promise victms benefits for their cooperation.

Tell the victim that if they do not cooperate they will just hand them back to the human traffickers.

Collaborate with victim service providers.

Notify victims that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will be informed of their illegal status in the country.

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Explanation

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16. _________________ occurs after the defense, alleging that an officer's improper actions violated their client's rights, files a motion to exclude certain testimony and/or evidence from trial.

Pre-trial hearing

Deposition

Suppression hearing

Bond Hearing

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Explanation

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17. A proceeding in which a sworn testimony regarding the facts of a case are provied to either a defense attorney or prosecutor prior to a trial is known as:

A sworn affidavit

A deposition

A grand jury testimony

A pretrial testimony

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Explanation

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18. According to Florida Law, the first appearance hearing must occur within ________ hours of arrest.

12

72

36

24

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Explanation

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19. _________________ is a person who suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitatin due to a developmental disabiltiy, organic brain damage or mental illness, or who has one or more physical or mental limitations and ___________________ is a person who suffers from the infirmities of aging as manifested by advanced age or organic brain damage or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction to the extent that the ability of the person to provide adequately for the person's own care or protection is impaired.

Elderly person & disabled adult

Disabled elder person & mentally ill person

Elderly person & neglected child

Disabled adult & elderly person

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Explanation

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20. The difference between the preliminary investigation and the follow-up investigation is:

There is no difference.

The preliminary investigation occurs after the follow-up investigaiton.

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Explanation

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21. Types of Vice Crimes an officer may find him or herself involved include all except:

Gambling

Child Pornography

Sexual Battery

Prostitution

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Explanation

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22. C.A.R.T. is an acronym that stands for:

Children Abduction Reaction Team

Crime Alert Response Team

Child Abduction Response Team

Child Abortion Reaction Team

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Explanation

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23. To activate the Florida AMBER plan five conditions must exist, which of the following is not one of the conditions:

The child must be under 18 years of age.

A clear indication of abduction is not required.

The law enforcement agency's investigation must conclude that the child's life is in danger.

There must be a detailed description of child and/or abductor/vehicle to broadcast to the public.

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Explanation

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24. Types of evidence that may be present at a human trafficking crime scene include all the following except:

Humans

Legal or fradulent identification

Endangered animals

Pay stubs

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Explanation

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25. _____________ is altering, or counterfeiting a public record, certificate, legal document, bill of exchange or promissory not with the intent to injure or defraud someone. ____________ is knowingly exhibiting or publishing a document to someone or attempting to cash a check by signifying that the check and the endorsement is real.

Uttering & Forgery

Embezzlement & Fraud

Fraud & Embezzlement

Forgery & Uttering

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Explanation

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26. Which of the following statement in regards to responding to a hate crime is most accurate.

Only officers of the same national origin, race, or sexual orientation should respond to victims of a hate crime.

Officers should listen attentively to victims, but under no circumstances should victims be allowed to vent.

Victims of hate crimes should be questioned sensitively with the officer remaining discrete about requesting answers from distraught victims.

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Explanation

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27. Which of the following are the different kinds of categories of burglars.

Professional, Vandals, Opportunistic, Memento driven

Gang related, Serial, Impulsive, Other burglars

Professional, Juvenile, Drug addicts, and impulse.

Juvenile, Organized, Drug addict, Impulsive

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Explanation

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28. The United States State Department estimates that every year _______ to __________ people are trafficked worldwide.

1, 2

800,000, 2 million

1.5 million, 3.5 million

100,000 to 1 million

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Explanation

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29. When developing suspects for a known crime law enforcement has the privilage of obtaining both public and private records, such as employment history, finacial records,or records of any private organization without a subpoena in order to promptly solve the crime.

True

False

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Explanation

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30. ________________ is a secure internet site used by the Florida criminal justice community as a pathway to FDLE and other online law enforcemetn agencies.

DAVID

NCIC

MCIC

CJNet

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Explanation

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31. __________ is the examination of facts and related law presided over by a judge or other magistrate, who has the authority or jurisdicaiton to hear the matter.

Pre-trial hearing

Deposition

Grand Jury hearing

Trial

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Explanation

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32. Which of the following statements in regards to Sudden Death Infant Syndrome (SIDS) is most accurate:

A greater number of females infants die from SIDS (3-to-2 ratio) than do males.

Infants that die from SIDS are often unheathly and suffer from mild lower respiratory infection.

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Explanation

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33. Which of the following crimes would fall under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) offenses according to Florida Statue Chapter 895.

Sexual battery crimes

Smuggling crimes

Child pornography crimes

Human Trafficking crimes

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Explanation

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34. ______________ is one of the most underreported crimes.

Robbery Homicide

Sexual Battery

Child Pornography

Elderly abuse

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Explanation

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35. ______________ is any person who is not a United States citizen and _____________ is foreign national who entered the United States without inspection at a border crossing or airport.

Illegal alien & alien

Immigrant & refugee

Alien & illegal alien

Immigrant & alien

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Explanation

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36. Officer Maddox stops an individual with a thick mustache wearing aviator sunglasses at 3am on a Thursday morning walking around a residential area for suspicious activity. Officer Maddox has not advised the individual of his rights, but the individual is:

Not compelled to explain his or her presence and conduct regardless of being stopped by the police officer.

To be released without further questioning as mandated by F.S. 856.021

Allowed to flee from the officer since his rights were not given.

Going to be arrested for loitering.

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Explanation

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37. The criteria for an Injunction for Protection Against Dating Violence include all the following except:

The dating relationship should have existed within the past six months.

The expectation of affection or sexual involvement between the parties characterized the nature of the relationship.

Persons would have to have a continuing and significant relationship of a romantic or intimate nature.

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Explanation

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38. An operator of an establishment and a law enforcement officer can be held criminally and civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention.

True

False

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Explanation

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39. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding sex crimes.

Lewd or lascivious molestation occurs when a person unintentionally touches another person in a lewd or lacscvious manner.

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Explanation

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40. An officer is authorized by the state of Florida to enforce a court order issued by another state or jurisdiction unless the court order is domesticated by a court within the officer's jurisdiction.

True

False

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Explanation

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41. Officer Castle is on routine patrol and happens upon the First Church of Worship where he notices a group of juveniles maliciously damaging the stain glass windows of the church. The owner of the church states that the total damage to the church is over a thousand dollars. Officer Castle arrest the juveniles and states they will be charged with _____________ and that the crime they commited is a _____________ due to the amount of damage.

Criminal mischief, second degree felony.

Breach of the peace, second degree misdemeanor.

Criminal mischief, third degree felony.

Crimes against an religous establishment, first degree felony.

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Explanation

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42. When an officer learns of a case of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a disabled adult or elderly person, the criminal conduct becomes a:

Private family matter, and not merely a public concern.

Victimless crime and should be reported to DCF.

Felony punishable under F.S. 415.105.

Public concern, not merely a private family matter.

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Explanation

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43. Officer Summers is on patrol downtown and happens upon two individual who are verbally arguing with each other. Officer Summers attempts to use his crisis intervention, and verbalization skills to calm the two down. Both individuals begin to yell and curse the officer. What would be Officer's Summers best course of action?

Since Officer Summers is on duty he is unable to charge the two individuals with any violation.

Officer Summer should utlize his intermediate weapons such as his dart-firing stun gun or pepper spray on the two individuals.

Arrest both individuals for Breach of the Peace since they began cursing and yelling at Officer Summers.

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Explanation

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44. If property damage is greater than $200 but less than $1,000 then the criminal mischief charge is a _____________.

Second degree misdemeanor

Third degree felony

First degree misdemeanor

Second degree felony

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Explanation

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45. When a minor is trafficked for a commercial sex act law enforcement agency must prove which of the following:

Force was used

Coercion was used

Fraud was used

All of the above

None of the above

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Explanation

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46. __________ maintains that whoever, without lawful authority, knowingly or recklessly takes or entices any child under the age of 18 years from the custody of its parent, guardian, or other lawful custodian, is guilty of a _______ _______ felony.

Kidnapping, first, degree

Interference with custody, third degree

False Imprisonment, second degree

Interference with custody, second degree

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Explanation

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47. The primary responsibility of an officer after the arrival of fire personnel is to:

Notify dispatch

Evacuate occupants of dwellings when possible.

Assist fire personnel

Maintain crowd control

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Explanation

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48. Agencies that may be involved in combating human trafficking include all the following except:

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Prosecutions Offices

U.S. Marshall Special Operations Group (USMSOG)

Legal services

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Explanation

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49. Dealing in stolen property, also known as "fencing" is a _______________ in Florida.

Second degree misdemeanor

Third degree felony

Second degree felony

First degree misdemeanor

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Explanation

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50. Human trafficking is a crime phenomenon about:

People being held in a condition of compelled service.

The movement of people

Immigration servitude.

All of the above

None of the above

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Explanation

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