FREE NYPD Trivia Question and Answers

Question 1

When making an arrest of a suspect, there are three things you must never forget to do. And what are they?

Accepted Answer

Handcuff the suspect, Search the suspect for possessions, and Read the Miranda Rights to the suspect.

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Handcuff the suspect, Search the suspect for possessions, Bring him down to the station.

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Handcuff the suspect, Bring him to your car, Drive to the station.

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Do not handcuff the suspect, Ask him some questions on why he did the crime, Read him the Miranda Rights.

Question 2

You receive a dispatch request to go to a gas station. When you get there, you peer through the store's window and notice three armed men holding the clerk hostage. What do you initially do out of instinct?

Accepted Answer

Call for back-up immediately, and wait for them to arrive, seeing as you are out-numbered.

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Proceed inside wielding your firearm.

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Get onto your megaphone, and yell inside the store from the outside the building.

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Drive away as if nothing happened.

Question 3

You are seated at your desk at the NYPD station. You see a woman enter, crying and battered. In front of you, she takes a seat and says, "I need your assistance; a man is after me. I was just raped." What do you do after that, as a police officer?

Accepted Answer

Calm the woman down, and help her file a report, along with asking her some questions about what happened.

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Grip onto a stack of papers, and make the woman answer a bunch of questions about what happened.

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Ask her a bunch of questions about what happened.

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Refer the woman to the other division that handles rape kits.

Question 4

You are traveling down the road in your police car. To your left, an alley is discovered. You witness a man in a black suit pointing a gun at a woman and ordering her to hand over her pocketbook. Your cruiser comes to a complete stop. What should you do after that to catch the suspect?

Accepted Answer

Call for back-up immediately, then proceed by aiming your firearm down at the man, and announce yourself as NYPD.

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Grip onto your firearm, and shoot the man in the arm holding the weapon.

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Grip your firearm, aim to the mans chest and announce yourself as NYPD before proceeding.

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Run after the man, ram him down to the ground and kick the weapon away. Then handcuff him.

Question 5

A inmate is there because they assisted in another person's murder. How do you refer to this?

Accepted Answer

Second Degree Murder

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First Degree Murder

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Aiding and abetting a suspect

Question 6

Once more, you're at the station and seated at your desk. At the opposite end of the station, an additional officer is seated at his own desk. You witness a man entering the station while trembling. "Sir, may I assist you?" you inquire. The man walks down to the desk of the other officer while ignoring you. He takes his gun, removes it, and throws it to the ground before holding the officer hostage. You witness every step of this. What do you do next, out of instinct?

Accepted Answer

Calmly ease the man down, and ask politely what he needs. Try and do as he says, and he may let the officer go.

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Grip onto your firearm, and shoot the man with the weapon.

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Run after him, and try to get the gun away from his grasp, while handcuffing him.

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Pull the fire alarm immediately, alerting other authorities.

Question 7

A judge issues you a search warrant so that you can search an apartment for drugs. When you and a squad reach the suspect's home, you see that the door is only slightly ajar. When you see the door open, what do you do?

Accepted Answer

Yell out, "NYPD SEARCH WARRANT!" Grip your firearm, kick down the door, and run in searching the area.

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Grip onto your firearm, kick down the door, and run in searching the area without saying a word.

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Call for more back-up to help with the situation that you don't know of yet.

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Kick the door open immediately, and run right in, unarmed.