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| Fitness&wellness - the condition of the human organism that consists of the health and disease status and risk potential. |
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| History of Policing - according to the occupations code, a person licensed as a peace officer must complete 40 hours of legislatively required continuing education training once every ____. |
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| if a license's name is changed for any reason, such as marriage, divorce, or other court action, it must be reported to the commission within ____. |
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| if a current license holder is arrested for any offense above a class C misd, the license holder shall report the facts of the arrest to the commission in writing within ____. |
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| the license of any license who does not meet the legislatively required continuing education by the expiration date will ___. |
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| Professional and Ethics - which of the following is an advantage of having the professional model for law enforcement? |
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| more effective problem solving techniques |
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| the expression or use of facts without distortion by personal feelings or prejudices is the definition of ____. |
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| investigation relating to the deprivation of civil rights under color of law are usually conducted by the ____. |
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| federal bureau of investigation |
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| a public servant acting under color of office or employment commits the offense of official oppression if the public servant _____. |
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| intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment |
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| U.S & Texas Constitutions and Bill of Rights - the sixth amendment to the U.S Constitution _____. |
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| gives the right to trial open to the public |
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| cruel and unusual punishment are prohibited by which amendment? |
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| according to the_______ amendment of the U.S Constitution, powers not specifically reserved to the federal government are reserved to the state government. |
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| a ______ is an order issued by the judge directed to anyone having a person in their custody, commanding them to produce such person and show why they are in custody. |
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| which court case affirmed a person's right to free speech? |
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| the 5th amendment to the U.S Constitution gives citizens the protection from _____. |
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| the _____ amendment limits the level of fore that may be used to reasonable force. |
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| Criminal Justice System - the primary components of the american criminal justice system are _____. |
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| police, courts, and correctional |
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| _____ is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. |
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| Code of Criminal Procedure - which of the following are NOT a magistrate? |
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| which of the following are NOT Texas peace officers. |
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| special agents of alcohol, tobacco and firearms |
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| the court of criminal appeals does NOT ____. |
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| review decisions of civil cases |
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| the ____ courts shall have original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to the justice court and when the fine to be imposed shall exceed five hundred dollars. |
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| a peace officer who investigates a family violence allegation or who responds to a disturbance call that may involve family violence shall advise any possible adult victim of all reasonable means to prevent further family violence, including ______. |
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| giving written notice of a victim's legal rights |
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| which of the following is NOT a use of force option for dispersing a riot? |
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| an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the commission of an offense is called a/an _____. |
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| the security given by the accused that he will appear and answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is known as _____. |
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| a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person of an offense is a/an ____. |
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| a person is arrested when the person has been _____. |
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| a written statement that is filed and presented on behalf the state of Texas by a district attorney. |
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| a peace officer from another state may pursue fleeing person into Texas and arrest them there, if the person is suspected of committing _______. |
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| the time allowed for the execution of a search warrant shall be ____ whole days, exclusive of the day of issuance and the day of its execution. |
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| which court has jurisdiction over all felony cases? |
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| what is a writ issued by a court directing any peace officer in the state. |
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| appeals from the justice court are heard by the _____ court. |
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| what is the term for a written order from a magistrate. |
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| based on an individuals ethnicity or national origin rather than the individuals behavior? |
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| whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he _______ command a sufficient number of citizens of his county to overcome the resistance. |
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| Arrest Search & Seizure - _______ circumstances exist when there is not enough time to obtain a warrant and the officer must establish probable cause. |
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| the right to have an attorney present during questioning was affirmed by ____. |
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| persons found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons are about to commit some offense against the laws may _____. |
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| be arrested without a warrant |
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| a peace officer or any other person may without a warrant arrest a offender when the offense is committed in their presence or within their view if the offense is classified as _____. |
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| in U.S v. carroll, the supreme court upheld an officers right to search a vehicle's trunk when the officer have ____. |
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| under temporary detention a person ______ be required to identify himself. |
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| the act of keeping back or withholding by design a person is the definition of ______. |
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| the right of the officer to search the immediate areas of control in a search incident to an arrest was affirmed in ____. |
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| a search warrant is a written order, issued by a magistrate and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to ______. |
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| search for any property or thing and seize the same |
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| holding a person for a limited time. |
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| if a _____ from another states comes into or passes through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he is not subject to arrest or the service of civil or criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this state under the order. |
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| an officer must have _____ to believe the property is stolen to justify seizure of the property. |
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| a peace officer may arrest without a warrant when a felony or breach of the peace as been committed in the presence or within view of a ______ and such person verbally orders the arrest of the offender. |
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| _________ exist when the facts and circumstances known to the officer would warrant a prudent man believing that an offense has been committed. |
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| what is the actual forcible detention of a person and other coercive measures to detain him within certain limits? |
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| which U.S. constitution amendment is the primary focus of the miranda v. arizona case? |
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| a citizen may without a warrant arrest an offender when the offense is committed within their view is a _____. |
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| which of the following occurring in the presence of an officer requires an arrest even without a warrant? |
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| there is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is violating a protective order |
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| a peace office may break down a door of any house for the purpose of making an arrest. |
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| the poisonous tree doctrine. |
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| you can frisk if there is ______ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon. |
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| when a search is conducted after a lawful arrest, within immediate control and contemporaneous with the arrest the search is justified under _______ to lawful arrest. |
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| area of open space surrounding a dwelling which is so immediately adjacent to the dwelling that it is part of the house? |
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| Penal Code - what is NOT part of the element of an offense? |
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| in the case of an "exception to an offense" the burden of proof lies with the _____. |
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| a person acts ______ with respect to the nature of their conduct, when is the conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result. |
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| a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is _____. |
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| committed by his own conduct |
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| what is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of serious bodily injury to engage in the proscribed conduct? |
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| a mistake of fact is _____. |
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| in order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must _____. |
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| appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger himself/herself or another |
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| a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot ans killed by the person, what is the most serious offense committed? |
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| a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release, the person gets scared and releases the child unharmed, what is the most serious offense committed? |
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| what offense is committed when a person threaten to harm another by an unlawful act, on account of their service as a witness or public servant? |
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| obstruction or retaliation |
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| a person causes a explosion with intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about whether the explosion will endanger the life of some individual? |
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| causes bodily injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death has committed what offense? |
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| a person knowingly cause serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing theft, what is the most serious offense committed? |
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| a person breaks into an attached garage, breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage, and steals a $1,500 computer from the back seat, what is the most serious offense committed? |
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| a person commits the offense of theft if they ____ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner of the property. |
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| a person removes a $450 price tag from a retail item, replaces it with a $200 price tag and pays the lower price, the person has committed the offense of ____. |
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| fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing |
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| a person steals a credit card with the intent to use it, the person has committed the offense of _____. |
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| a person knowingly prevents a writ from being served in a civil case, the person has committed the offense of ______. |
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| preventing execution of civil process |
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| a person enters the county commissioner's meeting and begins to shout obscenities, that person has committed the offense of _____. |
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| disrupting a meeting or procession |
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| a person knowingly solicits another to engage in sexual conduct with another person for compensation commits the offense of ____. |
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| promotion of prostitution |
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| intentionally operates or participates in the earnings of a gambling place has committed the offense of ______. |
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| what is the definition of a deadly weapon? |
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| anything that in its manner of intended use is capable of causing serious bodily injury |
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| all persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proven ____. |
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| beyond a reasonable doubt |
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| which of the following persons is NOT permitted to carry, on or about their person, a handgun? |
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| a person carrying large sums of money |
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| intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the intent to use them as a shield or hostage, the person has committed the offense of _____. |
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| a person intentionally or knowingly restrains another person, the person has committed the offense of ______. |
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| a person intentionally or knowingly abducts another person the person has committed the offense of _________. |
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| a person is engaged in sexual contact with a child younger than 17 years of age, who is not their spouse, and is more than 3 years older than the child, the person has committed the offense of ____. |
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| intentionally,knowingly, recklessly causes bodily injury to another including the persons spouse the person has committed the offense of _______. |
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| intentionally or knowingly causes death of an individual the person has committed the offense of _________. |
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| recklessly causes the death of an individual the person has committed the offense of _____. |
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| a person operates an amusement ride while intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication causes the death of another by accident or mistake, the person has committed the offense of ______. |
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| intoxication manslaughter |
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| which of the following is a short barrel firearm? |
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| a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches |
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| which of the following is NOT covered in unlawfully carrying weapons? |
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| a person not the operator knowingly possesses an open container of alcohol in a passenger area of a motor vehicle that is located on a public highway, the person has committed the offense of _____. |
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| possession of alcoholic beverage in motor vehicle |
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| a license, certificate, permit, seal, title, letter of patent or similar document issued by a government by another state or by the united states is a ______. |
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| penal code what offense has been committed? |
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| a person retains a child younger than 18 knowing this violates the express terms of a judgement what offense has been committed? |
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| interference with child custody |
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| conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute ______. |
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| a person is justified in using deadly force against another when and to the degree he reasonbly believes the deadly force is immediately necessary to ____. |
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| prevent the other's imminent commission of robbery |
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| Traffic - turn a vehicle right or left shall signal continuously for not less that the last ____ feet. |
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| farm implement to draw an implement of husbandry is the definition of ______. |
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| is NOT designed or used primarily to transport persons or property and that is only incidentally operated on a highway is classified a/an _______. |
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| before a violation for expired registration exists there is a _____ grace period after expiration. |
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| through traffic is the definition of a ____. |
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| an improved shoulder is defined as a ______. |
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| beginning one half hour before sunrise and ending one half hour after sunset is _____. |
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| an injury to any part of the human body and that requires treatment is a ______. |
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| disposes of litter on the public highway, what offense has been committed? |
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| an unmarked crosswalk only exists ____. |
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| at intersections with sidewalks on either side |
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| a temporary prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle is what type of order? |
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| railroad grade crossing shall stop? |
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| an operator emerging from an alley shall stop the vehicle _____. |
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| before moving on a sidewalk |
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| how many feet of fire hydrant? |
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| giving hand signals shall give them from ____. |
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| the left side of the vehicle |
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| an operator may not drive at a speed greater than is reasonable and _____. |
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| turn signal lamps mounted on the rear of a vehicle shall emit _____ light. |
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| a lighting device or reflector mounted on the rear of a vehicle must be or reflect ______. |
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| ambulance closer than ______ when it is displaying headlights. |
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| what is the minimum light transmission percentage allowable for window tinting? |
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| a person has a disability if they have a/an _____ that substantially impairs the persons ability to ambulate. |
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| a motor vehicle is abandoned if the motor vehicle is inoperable is more than 5 years old and has been left unattended on public property for more than ___ hours. |
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| a buyer's tag is valid _____ days from the date of purchase or until the vehicle is registered, whichever is the earlier. |
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| which of the following is a recognized way to establish in the financial responsibility required for the operation of a motor vehicle? |
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| a ____is the width between the boundary lines of a publicly maintained way, any part of which is open to the public for vehicular traffic. |
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| an operator moving around a rotary traffic island shall drive only to the ____ of the island. |
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| of an approaching vehicle if a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction is used in passing. |
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| it is unlawful to operate an open bed pickup truck with a child younger than ____ in the open bed. |
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| an operator shall dim headlights when an approaching vehicle is within ___ feet. |
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| the document that commands a sheriff or constable to take into their possession the property, if so be found in their county, and keep the same subject to further orders of the court, is known as a writ of _____. |
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| a distress warrant may be filed with a ____. |
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| sexual harassment is an element of which offense? |
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| a citation may normally be served on any day except a ______. |
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| a writ instruction the tenant and all persons claiming under the tenant to leave the premises immediately is a writ of ______. |
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| a mixed beverage permittee may normally sell and offer for sale mixed beverages between the hours of ____ of any day except sunday. |
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| Drugs - addiction forming or addiction sustaining liability. |
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| inhalant paraphernalia seized as a result of an offense is subject to _____. |
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| the major classifications of drugs includes narcotics, depressants, stimulants, and ____. |
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| _____ means a principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a controlled substance. |
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| Juvenile Issues & Texas Family Code - the taking of a child into custody is not considered a/an ___ except for the purpose of determining the validity of search. |
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| when may a child be fingerprinted when taken into custody? |
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| for conduct that constitutes a felony or misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail |
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| a child who is accused, adjudicated, or convicted for conduct that would not, under state law, be a crime if committed by an adult is a ____. |
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| a peace officer taking a juvenile into custody may dispose of that case without referral to the juvenile court if _____. |
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| the officer is following the guidelines of his/her department |
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| the duty of a parent to support his or her child exists while the child is a/an ____. |
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| the adult which the juvenile could stay with? |
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| a child ma be detained in a juvenile processing offense only for ____. |
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| the issuance of warning to the child |
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| a child is defined as a person who is at least _____ years of age and under 17 years of age. |
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| the absence of a child on three or more days or parts of days within a four week period from school is _____. |
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| conduct indicating a need for supervision |
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| Note Taking - field notes give an officer the advantage of being able to _____. |
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| provide more details in reports and testimony |
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| brief notations concerning specific events and circumstances that are recorded when fresh in the officer's mind and used to prepare a report are ____. |
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| Interpersonal Communications/ Report Writing - chronological reports organized information by _____. |
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| Use of Force Law - _____ is failing to return to custody following a temporary leave for a specific purpose. |
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| peace officers are granted the authority to use force by the Texas _____. |
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| deadly force is NOT justified to _____. |
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| prevent someone from committing suicide |
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| an amount of force that is intended or known by the actor to cause or in any manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury is ____. |
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| the threat of force is justified only when ____. |
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| the use of force is justified |
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| a person who uses force against another may be _____ liable if the force is justified. |
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| civilly but not criminally |
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| even though an actor is justified in using deadly force against another if in doing so he recklessly kills an innocent third party, the justification is _____ in a prosecution for the reckless killing of the innocent third party. |
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| the use of force but not deadly force against a child younger than ____ years of age is justified if the actor is the child's parent. |
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| a person is justified in using deadly force against another ____. |
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| if a reasonable person in the actor's situation would not have retreated |
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| the use of force against another when and to the degree they reasonably believe the force is immediately necessary to protect themselves against the other's use or attempted use of lawful force, is justified as _____. |
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| Use of Force Concepts - that degree of influence the officer must exert over the violator to take him or her safely into custody is known as _____. |
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| _____ are obstacles to effective communication and officers should try to eliminate them if possible. |
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| which of the following is one of the helpful tools used in verbal persuasions? |
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| one of the tools an officer uses to maintain a psychological and physical eagle is ____. |
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| the good faith defenses for an officer is enhanced when following the ____ of the department. |
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| a police officer supervisor has a/an ____ duty to intervene to stop officers who are engaging in excessive force in their presence. |
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| which of the following is NOT a consideration used by the courts to determine if unreasonable force was used? |
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| area in which offense occurred |
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| one of the greatest assets to use in dealing with a violator is ____. |
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| handcuffs are only a _____ restraining device. |
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| when two officers are interviewing one subject., the second officers position should be ____. |
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| to the right or left of the subject |
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| which of the following is a force option? |
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| weaponless strategies include _____. |
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| which of the following is considered a risk factor in the physical process of arrest? |
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| justification of baton use includes _____. |
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| physical stature of offender |
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| one of the advantages of the rear approach to suspect is ____. |
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| when handcuffing two suspects together with one set of handcuffs, it is recommended to handcuff ______. |
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| Strategies of Defense Firearms - which court case dealt with warning shots? |
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| jones v. wittenberg university |
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| the commission requires a minimum of _____ rounds for basic handgun qualification. |
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| the minimum firearms qualifications is established at what percentages of the total possible score? |
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| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking - research has shown that an effective way to improve one's skill in problem solving is to work in small groups think aloud and _____. |
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| the SARA problem solving method includes _____. |
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| Professional Police Driving - the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle may exceed a maximum speed limit as long as the operator does not ______. |
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| endanger life or property |
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| fatigue poses a threat to safe driving by causing _____. |
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| this is one of the most frequent contributors to law enforcement collisions. |
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