McGraw-Hill Education Police Officer Exams, Second Edition

SECTION 4
ABILITY TO WRITE REPORTS AND COMPLETE FORMS

Use the information provided in the pretest materials to answer the following questions. You may not refer to any pretest materials or notes during the exam.

INCIDENT

On September 29, 2017, at approximately 6 P.M. Eric Jackson walked into the Super-Mart, located at 12122 E. Seneca Street. Jackson proceeded to walk through the store, and then loaded a $179 television-video cassette recorder combo into a shopping cart, removed the security tag, and pushed the cart out the front door. Two security guards observed him leaving the store with the television-video cassette recorder at 6:15 P.M., followed him into the parking lot, and confronted him. Jackson abandoned the shopping cart beside a late model maroon Buick and started to run away, but suddenly turned back. One of the guards grabbed Jackson’s arm. Jackson punched the guard in the nose, attempted to hit the second guard in the arm, and ran away. The guards were unable to catch him, but a police officer positioned his car in Jackson’s path and arrested him at approximately 6:22 P.M. The crime of robbery, 9A.56.190, was complete when Jackson left the store. No weapons or intoxicating substances were indicated or found at the scene. No ambulance was called.

1. What entry should be made in box 2?

(A) 1800 hours

(B) 1900 hours

(D) 1922 hours

2. What entry should be made in box 7?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

3. What entry should be made in box 8?

(A) Injury to arm

(B) Injury to nose/face

(D) No injury noted

4. What line should be marked in box 15?

(A) Drugs/narcotics

(B) Alcohol

(D) N/A

5. What entry should be made in box 16?

(A) Knife

(B) Blunt object

(D) None

INCIDENT

On August 2, 2017, at approximately 10:13 A.M., a Central City police officer stopped Jason Goodman, age 42, for making an illegal left turn at the 1300 block of Washington Streets. The officer asked Goodman for his driver’s license, vehicle registration, and insurance information. Mr. Goodman said he did not have his wallet with him, but he provided the vehicle registration for his pickup truck. He also gave his name, address, and date of birth. The officer conducted a driver’s check through the local police database and learned that Goodman’s out of state driver’s license had been suspended. The officer also smelled an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from Goodman’s vehicle. The officer arrested Goodman for driving while his license was suspended, handcuffed him, searched him, and placed him in the back of his patrol car at 10:27 A.M.

A second officer arrived. Pursuant to city police procedure, the officers conducted an inventory search before impounding Goodman’s truck. One of the officers began the inventory on the driver side, seeing nothing on the driver’s seat, he reached under the front seat and felt a satchel directly under the driver’s seat. The Officer pulled the satchel out from under the seat, unzipped the top, main portion and saw what appeared to be a gun holster. The Officer removed this object from the backpack and found a black 9mm pistol in the holster. The pistol was unloaded, but a fully loaded magazine for the pistol was found in the satchel. Goodman was also charged under CR 9.41.050 for transporting a weapon without a license.

6. What line should be marked in box 14?

(A) Juvenile

(B) Probation revoked

(D) No line should be marked

7. What line should be marked in box 11?

(A) Attempt

(B) Complete

(D) Neither line should be marked

8. Although the officer noted many details possibly associated with offenses, Goodman was actually charged with how many offenses according to the report?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

9. Which of the following is the correct response to put in box 9 associated with the offense of transporting a weapon without a license?

(A) CR

(B) 9.41

(D) 9.41.050

10. What entry should be made in box 6?

(A) 10:13 hours

(B) 10:27 hours

(D) Unknown at this time

INCIDENT

On the afternoon of October 1, 2017, at approximately 4:00 _P.M., a two-vehicle accident occurred in Central City. Vehicle No.1. a green Toyota Corolla driven by Harry Dillon collided with a parked Chevrolet minivan occupied by two people. A Central City Police Department code enforcement officer (CEO) on bike patrol saw Dillon staggering toward his car parked in front of 155 James Street, approximately 200 feet west of the intersection of Central and James, just prior to the accident. The CEO noticed that although the day was clear and warm with no wind, Dillon was having trouble with his balance and co-ordination. As Dillon entered his car, the CEO called dispatch to inform the police that he believed he was witnessing an intoxicated driver getting into a vehicle. The collision occurred while the CEO was still on the radio. Dillon backed into vehicle No.2, a Chevrolet minivan parked behind the Corolla. The minivan sustained a severely damaged front end. The Toyota’s back end was also seriously damaged causing the trunk to open. Two clear bags containing a white powdered substance were clearly visible in the trunk. Following on-scene testing both bags were seized as evidence, and Dillon was arrested and charged with various traffic offenses and criminal offenses. (See case No. CR 100600343.)

The driver of the Chevrolet minivan was injured and was taken to hospital via ambulance. Her two-year-old son was uninjured. Dillon was uninjured, but was transported by police vehicle for blood testing.

11. What entry should be made in box 2?

(A) 155 James Street

(B) 200 W. James Street

(D) Unknown at this time

12. What lines/entry should be made in box 11?

(A) Wind

(B) Fog

(D) Warm day

13. What entry should be made in box No.10?

(A) Damaged front end

(B) Damaged back end

(D) Undetermined amount of damage

14. What entry should be made in box 5?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

15. What entry should be made in box 12?

(A) CR 343

(B) CR 100600343

(D) CR 100600334

INCIDENT

On the evening of May 3, 2017, at approximately 7 _P.M. Stacy Moore was driving herself and her husband, Trey Moore, home after attending church on Lincoln Avenue. En route to their home, the Moores had an altercation with the driver of another vehicle, Caleb Lewis. The altercation began when Lewis started tailgating the Moores and flashing his headlights. In response, Stephanie Moore slowed down and pumped her brakes, attempting unsuccessfully to get Lewis to drive around her car, a 2001 convertible yellow Volkswagen. As they approached a stop-light, Lewis pulled alongside the Moores’ car and he and the passenger in his car exchanged words with Tracy Moore. The verbal altercation then ended and Stephanie Moore proceeded to drive away. At about the 2000 block of E. Lincoln, Lewis passed their car and slammed on his brakes causing the Moore vehicle to collide with the rear of the vehicle driven by Lewis, a 1991 White Ford Explorer. Lewis then left the scene but was apprehended on May 5, 2017, in an incident detailed in case No. CR 100601253. The Moore vehicle spun out of control through the intersection of Lincoln and Jefferson, hit a telephone pole, and rolled over. It came to rest in the eastbound lanes of Lincoln Avenue where other drivers rendered aide and called for assistance. Stacy Moore was seriously injured and was transported to Mercy Hospital. Trey Moore died at the scene. Lewis was charged with Manslaughter, 9A.32.060, in the criminal case associated with this traffic incident, No. CR 100601214. Weather was not a factor in this accident.

16. What entry should be made in box 5?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

17. What entry should be made in box 7?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

18. According to the report, which driver was issued a traffic citation at the scene?

(A) Stephanie Moore

(B) No one

(D) Trey Moore

19. Which of the following information should be marked in box 11?

(A) Information not provided

(B) Snow

(D) Rain

20. What entry should be made in box 12?

(A) No. CR 100601253

(B) No. CR 9A.32.060

(D) N/A

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SECTION 4
ABILITY TO WRITE REPORTS AND COMPLETE FORMS