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What is the primary responsibility of an officer guarding a crime scene?
What is the primary responsibility of an officer guarding a crime scene?
- The security of the prisoner
- The protection of the threatened officer
- The protection of citizens in the area
- The security of the scene and preservation of evidence (correct)
Based on the information provided, what is the main duty of an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
Based on the information provided, what is the main duty of an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
- The preservation of evidence
- The protection of the threatened officer
- The protection of Doctors in the area
- The security of the prisoner and protection of citizens in the area (correct)
What is the primary responsibility of an officer guarding a threatened officer?
What is the primary responsibility of an officer guarding a threatened officer?
- The preservation of evidence
- The security of the prisoner
- The protection of citizens in the area
- The protection of the threatened officer, his or her family and citizens in the area (correct)
According to the information provided, how long can officers be assigned to guard duty for?
According to the information provided, how long can officers be assigned to guard duty for?
What is the requirement for officers to take breaks while on guard duty?
What is the requirement for officers to take breaks while on guard duty?
What is the procedure for officers to terminate guard duty?
What is the procedure for officers to terminate guard duty?
According to the information provided, should personnel contact when guard duty is being canceled?
According to the information provided, should personnel contact when guard duty is being canceled?
Based on the information provided, who is required to log in before entering a secured area?
Based on the information provided, who is required to log in before entering a secured area?
According to the information provided, when should a Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log be completed?
According to the information provided, when should a Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log be completed?
According to the information provided, who is responsible for assigning personnel to guard duty?
According to the information provided, who is responsible for assigning personnel to guard duty?
Based on the information provided, what should a sergeant do if an officer cannot report for assigned guard duty?
Based on the information provided, what should a sergeant do if an officer cannot report for assigned guard duty?
What is the main responsibility of a sergeant in relation to guard duty?
What is the main responsibility of a sergeant in relation to guard duty?
Who is responsible for the medical expenses of hospitalized prisoners in custody?
Who is responsible for the medical expenses of hospitalized prisoners in custody?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if a suspected felon requiring hospitalization is identified?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if a suspected felon requiring hospitalization is identified?
Who makes the decision to guard an individual requiring hospitalization?
Who makes the decision to guard an individual requiring hospitalization?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if a misdemeanant requires hospitalization?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if a misdemeanant requires hospitalization?
According to the information provided, when should an Incident Report be completed?
According to the information provided, when should an Incident Report be completed?
What should threatened officers do according to the information provided?
What should threatened officers do according to the information provided?
According to the information provided, when will the officer and/or the officer's family receive police protection?
According to the information provided, when will the officer and/or the officer's family receive police protection?
According to the information provided, what is the first action that the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene should take?
According to the information provided, what is the first action that the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene should take?
According to the information provided, when should the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene apprehend any suspects?
According to the information provided, when should the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene apprehend any suspects?
According to the information provided, when should the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene allow suspects to talk?
According to the information provided, when should the first officer(s) at the serious crime scene allow suspects to talk?
According to the information provided, when should potential felony suspects be advised of their constitutional rights?
According to the information provided, when should potential felony suspects be advised of their constitutional rights?
Based on the information provided, what should officers do when suspects are allowed to talk?
Based on the information provided, what should officers do when suspects are allowed to talk?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when felony suspects are taken into custody?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when felony suspects are taken into custody?
According to the information provided, what should be done to preserve physical evidence on suspects' persons?
According to the information provided, what should be done to preserve physical evidence on suspects' persons?
According to the information provided, what should be done with potential witnesses when retained for investigative personnel?
According to the information provided, what should be done with potential witnesses when retained for investigative personnel?
According to the information provided, what should be noted about the statements made by witnesses?
According to the information provided, what should be noted about the statements made by witnesses?
According to the information provided, when should evidence be seized at a crime scene?
According to the information provided, when should evidence be seized at a crime scene?
What is the preferred course of action when conducting a search at a crime scene?
What is the preferred course of action when conducting a search at a crime scene?
What should officers avoid doing to prevent contamination of evidence at a crime scene?
What should officers avoid doing to prevent contamination of evidence at a crime scene?
According to the information provided, unauthorized personnel are not allowed entry into a scene regardless of what?
According to the information provided, unauthorized personnel are not allowed entry into a scene regardless of what?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if someone authorized requests to enter the scene?
Based on the information provided, what should be done if someone authorized requests to enter the scene?
According to the information provided, when should an individual re-enter the scene?
According to the information provided, when should an individual re-enter the scene?
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a supervisor at a crime scene?
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a supervisor at a crime scene?
When should control of the crime scene be transferred to investigative personnel?
When should control of the crime scene be transferred to investigative personnel?
What is the purpose of assigning an officer to provide scene security at a crime scene?
What is the purpose of assigning an officer to provide scene security at a crime scene?
According to the information provided, what should an officer do when assigned to maintain the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
According to the information provided, what should an officer do when assigned to maintain the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
Based on the information provided, when should an officer report and log any unusual occurrences at the crime scene?
Based on the information provided, when should an officer report and log any unusual occurrences at the crime scene?
According to the information provided, what should an officer do with the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log if the scene is released?
According to the information provided, what should an officer do with the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log if the scene is released?
According to the information provided, what is the first action that investigative personnel should take at a crime scene?
According to the information provided, what is the first action that investigative personnel should take at a crime scene?
What action should investigative personnel take when specialized personnel are needed at a crime scene?
What action should investigative personnel take when specialized personnel are needed at a crime scene?
According to the information provided, what action should a guarding officer take when a prisoner's attorney visits?
According to the information provided, what action should a guarding officer take when a prisoner's attorney visits?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer search a visitor?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer search a visitor?
According to the information provided, what action should a guarding officer take when a visitor refuses to be searched?
According to the information provided, what action should a guarding officer take when a visitor refuses to be searched?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer initiate a Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer initiate a Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
According to the information provided, when should an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner take a position in which to observe the prisoner without overhearing the conversation?
According to the information provided, when should an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner take a position in which to observe the prisoner without overhearing the conversation?
Based on the information provided, what should officers do when guarding a hospitalized prisoner for medical reasons?
Based on the information provided, what should officers do when guarding a hospitalized prisoner for medical reasons?
According to the information provided, what information should be recorded in the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
According to the information provided, what information should be recorded in the Crime Scene Entry/Exit Log?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when in doubt about the identity or authority of hospital personnel?
According to the information provided, what should officers do when in doubt about the identity or authority of hospital personnel?
According to the information provided, what should be done with the Visitation Authorization forms regardless of whether visitation was granted?
According to the information provided, what should be done with the Visitation Authorization forms regardless of whether visitation was granted?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer search a visitor?
According to the information provided, when should a guarding officer search a visitor?
According to the information provided, what should be done if a visitor refuses to be searched?
According to the information provided, what should be done if a visitor refuses to be searched?
Based on the information provided, what should be done when guard duty is terminated?
Based on the information provided, what should be done when guard duty is terminated?
According to the information provided, what is the responsibility of an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
According to the information provided, what is the responsibility of an officer guarding a hospitalized prisoner?
According to the information provided, what instructions should a sergeant convey to the guarding officer(s) depending on the circumstances of the threat?
According to the information provided, what instructions should a sergeant convey to the guarding officer(s) depending on the circumstances of the threat?