Question 1

What is an arrest?

Accepted Answer

Placing a person in custody based upon probable cause they committed a crime

Answer

Taking someone to the station for an interview

Answer

Placing someone in the back of your patrol vehicle

Answer

Holding a person in handcuffs

Question 2

What are the four elements of arrest?

Accepted Answer

Intent, authority, custody, understanding by the subject

Answer

Handcuffs, search, reading of rights, interrogation

Answer

Mere hunch, reasonable suspicion, probable cause, proof beyond a reasonable doubt

Answer

Secure, search, transport, booking

Question 3

What is the standard needed to detain someone?

Accepted Answer

Reasonable suspicion

Answer

Exigent circumstances

Answer

Probable cause

Answer

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

Question 4

What is the standard needed to arrest someone?

Accepted Answer

Probable cause

Answer

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

Answer

Exigent circumstances

Answer

Reasonable suspicion

Question 5

What is the standard needed for a criminal conviction?

Accepted Answer

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

Answer

Reasonable suspicion

Answer

Probable cause

Answer

Exigent circumstances

Question 6

What type of force may you use to arrest?

Accepted Answer

Reasonable and necessary

Answer

Excessive

Answer

No level of force may be used

Answer

Minimal

Question 7

Why might you need to detain someone?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Answer

They were making suspicious or furtive movements

Answer

They match the description of a suspect

Answer

They were in the area of an active crime scene

Question 8

How long can you detain someone?

Accepted Answer

A reasonable amount of time

Answer

Five minutes

Answer

Six hours

Answer

An hour

Question 9

What Supreme Court case set the standards for investigative detention?

Accepted Answer

Florida v. Royer

Answer

Terry v. Ohio

Answer

Matheson v. City of New York

Answer

Weeks v. United States

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