CPD CPD Quality & Compliance 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A CPD officer receives a gift from a citizen they assisted on a call. Under department ethics policy, the maximum permissible value of an accepted gift is:
- $0 — gifts are never permitted (Correct answer)
- $25
- $50
- $100
Correct answer: $0 — gifts are never permitted
CPD's code of conduct generally prohibits officers from accepting gifts that could create a perception of impropriety or obligate the officer.
Question 2: Which of the following scenarios triggers a mandatory CPD Critical Incident Notification to the chain of command?
- A traffic stop that results in a misdemeanor arrest
- An officer-involved shooting regardless of injury (Correct answer)
- A foot pursuit that ends without incident
- A verbal altercation between two civilians
Correct answer: An officer-involved shooting regardless of injury
Officer-involved shootings are always critical incidents requiring immediate notification regardless of whether anyone was injured.
Question 3: Under CPD's de-escalation policy, before using force an officer must consider all feasible alternatives EXCEPT:
- Verbal commands
- Creating distance and time
- Using a cover officer
- Immediately drawing their firearm as a deterrent (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Immediately drawing their firearm as a deterrent
Displaying a weapon as a default de-escalation tool is not a recognized alternative; de-escalation centers on non-force options.
Question 4: A sergeant discovers that an officer under their command falsified an arrest report. The sergeant's required action under CPD policy is to:
- Counsel the officer informally and monitor future reports
- Initiate the complaint process and notify their commander immediately (Correct answer)
- Allow the officer to amend the report without formal action
- Consult the union before taking any step
Correct answer: Initiate the complaint process and notify their commander immediately
Falsifying records is a serious violation requiring formal complaint initiation and immediate supervisory escalation — informal counseling is insufficient.
Question 5: Under CPD's Consent Decree, required implicit bias training must be completed by officers:
- Once upon hire only
- Every five years
- Annually (Correct answer)
- Only when assigned to a new district
Correct answer: Annually
The Consent Decree mandates annual implicit bias and procedural justice training for all sworn CPD members.
Question 6: When completing an Investigatory Stop Report (ISR), an officer must document the legal basis for the stop, which must meet the standard of:
- Probable cause
- Reasonable articulable suspicion (Correct answer)
- Preponderance of the evidence
- Officer discretion without specific criteria
Correct answer: Reasonable articulable suspicion
Investigatory stops require reasonable articulable suspicion — specific, objective facts — consistent with Terry v. Ohio.
Question 7: A CPD officer who is the subject of a COPA investigation has the right to:
- Refuse all interviews without any consequence
- Have union representation present during an investigative interview (Correct answer)
- Review all witness statements before their own interview
- Require COPA to complete the investigation within 30 days
Correct answer: Have union representation present during an investigative interview
Officers have Garrity rights and Weingarten/union rights allowing representation during investigative interviews.
CPD CPD Quality & Compliance 5
A CPD officer receives a gift from a citizen they assisted on a call.
Under department ethics policy, the maximum permissible value of an accepted gift is: