CPD Industry Standards Flashcards
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Under CPD's Critical Incident Policy, a 'critical incident' that triggers mandatory COPA notification includes which of the following scenarios?
Answer: An officer-involved shooting regardless of injury
Officer-involved shootings, regardless of whether injury occurred, are critical incidents that trigger mandatory immediate COPA notification.
CPD's policy on interacting with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis (Crisis Intervention Team standards) recommends officers first attempt:
Answer: Verbal de-escalation techniques and requesting a CIT-trained officer
CIT-trained CPD officers are taught to prioritize verbal de-escalation and, when possible, request a CIT specialist before using any force.
According to CPD standards, the Department Rules of Conduct Rule 14 prohibits officers from:
Answer: Making false statements or misrepresenting facts in any official report or proceeding
CPD Rule 14 explicitly prohibits members from making false statements or misrepresenting facts in any official report, investigation, or proceeding.
CPD's Community Policing program (CAPS) requires district-level officers to engage the community through which primary mechanism?
Answer: Regular beat meetings where officers and residents discuss crime trends and solutions
CAPS centers on regular beat community meetings where officers and residents collaborate to identify and address neighborhood crime issues.
Under CPD General Order G03-08, strip searches conducted at a CPD facility must be performed by:
Answer: An officer of the same gender as the person being searched
CPD policy requires strip searches to be conducted by an officer of the same gender as the subject being searched.
Which CPD standard governs the handling of evidence and requires chain-of-custody documentation from collection through final disposition?
Answer: CPD Special Order S04-19 on Property and Evidence Control
CPD Special Order S04-19 establishes property and evidence control procedures, including chain-of-custody documentation from collection through disposition.
According to CPD's duty-to-intervene standard, a fellow officer witnessing another officer using excessive force is required to:
Answer: Physically intervene if safe to do so and report the incident to a supervisor
CPD's duty-to-intervene policy requires officers to physically intervene when safe and report the incident up the chain of command.