Person elected, employed, or appointed as a peace officer. Remember ABC Officers are not Peace Offcers

a.Interfere without warrant to prevent or suppress crime

b.Execute all lawful process issued to the officer by any magistrate or court

c.Give notice to some magistrate of all offenses committed with officer’s jurisdiction.

d.Arrest offenders without warrant in every case where officer is authorized by law

e.Duty of every officer to take possession of a child

a.The Court of Criminal Appeals

b.Courts of Appeals

c.The District Courts

d.The magistrates appointed by the judges of district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, Tarrant county, or Travis County.

e.The County Courts

f.All County courts at Law with Criminal Jurisdiction

g.County Criminal courts h.Justice courts i.Municipal Courts

j.The magistrates appointed by judges of the district courts of Lubbock County.

Exclusive original jurisdiction in territorial limits of municipality of criminal cases are:

i. Under ordinances and a fine not to exceed;

ii. $2000 that govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, other than dumping of refuse;

iii. $4000 under municipal ordinances that govern dumping of refuse; or

iv. $500 in all other cases under a municipal ordinance

a.Protect any potential victim and inform them of victims’ rights

b.Enforce the law of the state

c.Enforce a protective order

d.Make lawful arrest of violators

May be seized by any officer under authority of a search warrant; may be made without warrant if:

i.Owner, operator, or agent in charge of the property knowingly consents

ii.Seizure is incident to a search

iii.Subject of a prior judgement in favor of the state

iv.Incident to a lawful arrest, search, or search incident to arrest.

BPOC 2.1.1 What is watch and ward system

Watch is nighttime patrol and ward is daytime patrol, which began in northeastern states

BPOC 2.1.1 American Policing developed in large cities, what did the system begin to experience? 

BPOC 2.1.2. Who contributed to reform era?

August Vollmer for professional policing

J. Edgar Hoover for federal Law Enforcement System

Reactive response

incident driven

Use of the criminal justice system

Use of aggregate statistics

Lack of community and employee involvement in decision making process

1. Philosophy
2. Organizational Strategy
3. New breed of line officers "community policing officer"
4. continuous sustained contact with community
5. building new relationships with the public
6. full-spectrum police service
7. Find new ways to protect and serve the community 
8. Usage of technolgoy
9. fully integrated approach that involves everyone in department
10. decentralized policing and make it into personalize police service

1. Reducing fear
2. establishing trust and harmony
3. exchanging information to strengthen rapport and enhance safety
4. assisting in identifying and resolving problems
5. clarifying responsibilities on behalf of citizens and P.O. 
6. Help define service needs 

An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts

BPOC 5.1.1. Ethnocentrism Definition 

Act of regarding one's culture as the "center of the universe" and hence as the bias for all comparison with other cultures

Shared culture and background. Members of an ethnic group usually have common ancestry and generally share language, religion, and other cultural patterns

Requirement of voluntary act or omission  

and 

Conduct

Reckless

When Police officer action changes form providing opportunity or simple observation of crime to enticing an innocent into committing crime

or; 

Defense if induced by a law enforcement agent using persuasion or other means likely. Merely affording a person an opportunity to commit a crime does not constitute entrapment

Terry v. Ohio: Frisk for a weapon; 

Exclusionary Rule: Mapp v. Ohio: cannot use evidence obtain from illegal searches or seizures

Relationships between individuals, who have or have had continuing relationship of romantic or intimate nature based on: 

• Lengthy of relationship
• Nature of relationship, and 
• Frequency and type of interaction between the persons involved in relationship

• yield the right of way
• immediately drive to position parallel and as close possible to the right hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection 
• stop and remain standing until emergency vehicle has passed

Operator of any emergency vehicle may: 

• drive pass stop sign, red lights, in whatever direction, after slowing down for safe operation
• park whenever/whereever
• exceed maximum posted speed limit as long as it is safe and does not endanger life/property

The vehicle must have engine stopped: 

• ignition locked
•  key remove from ignition
• parking brake set effectively, front wheels turned to the curb/side of the highway if on hill

May not:

• drive while using a wireless communication device (except in emergencies)
• Drive between the hours of 12:01 am- 4:59 am, unless for work/school/medical related activities 
• Drive more than 1 non-family member/person under 21 

actor reasonably believe the force is immediately necessary to protect him/herself against another person's use/attempted use of unlawful force

a.     To provide for the protection of the public and public safety

b.     Consistent with the protection of the public and public safety

c.     To promote the concept of punishment for criminal acts

d.     To remove, where appropriate, the taint of criminality from children committing certain unlawful acts

e.     Provide treatment, training, and rehabilitation that emphasizes the accountability and responsibility of both parent and child’s conduct

f.       Provide care, protection, and wholesome moral, mental, and physical development off children

g.     Protect welfare of community and to control commission of unlawful acts by children

h.     Achieve the foregoing purposes in a family environment whenever possible, separating child from parent only when necessary for the child’s welfare or public safety

i.        Provide  a simple judicial procedure through which provisions of this title are executed and enforced

Person's who's 10 years of age or older and under 17

or; 

17 years of age or older but under 18, who alleged or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct/conduct indicating a need for supervision as a result of acts committed before turning 17

Conduct, other than a traffic offense, that violates a penal law of this state, U.S. punishable by imprisonment/confinement in jail 

or; 

Conduct that violates a lawful order of a court under circumstance that would constitute contempt of that court 

Accuracy

Legibility

Conciseness

Objectivity

Completeness

Grammatically 

Clarity

Spelling 

Offense Report

Arrest Report

Incident Report

Supplement Report 

Identification of people involved, vehicles, etc. 

Narrative description of the offense/incident

Elements of the offense or probable cause