Choose the ONE best answer for each question.
An officer is preparing a missing persons report. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Denise Blackwell were reported missing on March 17th, 2016.
2. By that point, she had been missing for two days.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
The 16-year-old boy was intoxicated and ___________, so it took two officers to subdue him.
An officer is preparing a report about a burglary. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. The alarm sounded at 6:09 p.m. on July 2nd.
2. Officer Cristo and me responded to the alarm immediately.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
Police officers must be trained to assist citizens in ___________ situations.
An officer is preparing a missing persons report. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. On September 30th, 2016, Mr. Richard Fetter, a teacher and basketball coach at Oakdale High School, were last seen.
2. Mrs. Anna Wilson, a science teacher at the school, were the last person to see Mr. Fetter.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a burglary report. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. The forensics team noted that the suspect did not leave no fingerprints at the crime scene.
2. However, the team also discovered several fibers that may provide clues to the suspect’s identity.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing an auto theft report. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. A witness said that she saw a six-foot man at the scene of the crime.
2. However, the footprints near the stolen car were too small to be a six-foot mans’.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a report after a murder. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. We found the victim laying on the sidewalk in front of 101 Bergman Avenue.
2. The knife protruding from the victim’s sternum and it’s handle failed to turn up any fingerprints.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a drunk and disorderly behavior report. She reviews the rough draft of her report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. The man became extremely belligerent.
2. The officer handcuffed the intoxicates man.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
An officer is preparing a stolen goods report. He reviews the rough draft of his report, which contains the following two sentences:
1. Ms. Tomlin reported that several items had been stolen from her office.
2. These items were taken from her desk drawer, the cubbyhole above her desk, and taken from the cloak room.
Which of the following best describes the above sentences?
For the following items, please choose the line that contains the misspelled word, grammatical error, or punctuation error by choosing the line number. Only one of the lines will contain an error.
I. On her first day in the police department, Officer Cady patrolled Brooker Avenue,
II. wrote three parking tickets, and, asked a man loitering in front of a bank
III. to move to another location. It was an uneventful but positive first day on the job.
IV. She knew that every day would not go so smoothly.
I. The officer approached Mr. Bradley, who was asleep on the sidewalk
II. in front of Murray’s Pub. She asked him to move along, but he was
III. very slow to respond. Eventuly he sat up to explain himself,
IV. but his speech was difficult to understand; he was clearly very intoxicated.
I. Going way over the speed limit, 23 people were injured when the
II. bus careened off Oakdale Drive. The officers attended to the injured parties
III. as best as they could while waiting for backup. Additional officers arrived at
IV. 3:30 p.m. Several ambulances arrived to tend to the injured people.
I. As Lucy Witt exited the store, the alarm sounded. Officer Aimee Shuk then
II. arrived to interview her. She took a quick break to take a phone call.
III. The officer then viewed the security camera recording, which clearly
IV. showed Witt shoplifting the sweater.