CPD CPD Quality & Compliance 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under CPD policy, how long must standard body-worn camera footage be retained when there is no complaint or significant incident?
- 30 days
- 90 days (Correct answer)
- 1 year
- 5 years
Correct answer: 90 days
CPD policy requires a minimum 90-day retention for routine BWC recordings absent a triggering event requiring longer storage.
Question 2: Which of the following best describes a 'sustained' finding in a CPD misconduct investigation?
- The allegation could not be proven either way
- The investigator found the alleged conduct did occur and was a violation (Correct answer)
- The officer was exonerated of all wrongdoing
- The complaint was withdrawn by the civilian
Correct answer: The investigator found the alleged conduct did occur and was a violation
A 'sustained' finding means evidence supports that the conduct occurred and violated department policy.
Question 3: The CPD Consent Decree requires the department to achieve 'full compliance' in a paragraph for how many consecutive reporting periods before it can be removed from oversight?
- 1
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 5
Correct answer: 2
The Consent Decree specifies that CPD must maintain full compliance in a provision for two consecutive semi-annual reporting periods.
Question 4: A CPD officer fires their weapon at a fleeing vehicle. Under department policy, this discharge is:
- Permitted if the vehicle recently struck a pedestrian
- Permitted whenever the officer believes the driver is armed
- Generally prohibited unless occupants pose an imminent deadly threat to others (Correct answer)
- Permitted with supervisor authorization prior to firing
Correct answer: Generally prohibited unless occupants pose an imminent deadly threat to others
CPD policy restricts firing at moving vehicles to situations where occupants present an imminent deadly threat — the vehicle's movement alone does not justify it.
Question 5: The CPD's Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform (OCPR) was created primarily to:
- Prosecute officers criminally for misconduct
- Oversee Consent Decree compliance and reform implementation internally (Correct answer)
- Manage officer training budgets
- Handle public-records FOIA requests
Correct answer: Oversee Consent Decree compliance and reform implementation internally
OCPR serves as CPD's internal engine for tracking, coordinating, and implementing Consent Decree reform obligations.
Question 6: When an officer's BWC is not activated during a required activation event, CPD policy requires the officer to:
- Submit a written explanation to their district commander within 24 hours (Correct answer)
- Verbally notify dispatch of the failure
- Complete a BWC Activation Exemption Form
- Have a supervisor deactivate the camera retroactively
Correct answer: Submit a written explanation to their district commander within 24 hours
Officers must document failures to activate in a timely written explanation reviewed by the chain of command.
Question 7: Which standard of proof does COPA use when determining whether officer misconduct occurred?
- Beyond a reasonable doubt
- Clear and convincing evidence
- Preponderance of the evidence (Correct answer)
- Probable cause
Correct answer: Preponderance of the evidence
COPA applies the 'preponderance of the evidence' standard — more likely than not — in its misconduct investigations.
CPD CPD Quality & Compliance 3
Under CPD policy, how long must standard body-worn camera footage be retained when there is no complaint or significant incident?