LEAB Problem Sensitivity & Ordering 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A store manager notices that cash is consistently missing from the register, but only at the end of shifts worked by one specific employee. What is the MOST likely problem?
- The register has a software glitch that causes miscounts on certain shifts
- The employee working those shifts is likely stealing from the register (Correct answer)
- Customers are leaving without paying during that employee's hours
- Another employee is taking cash before the closing shift begins
Correct answer: The employee working those shifts is likely stealing from the register
When theft patterns consistently correlate to a single employee, that person is the most probable cause.
Question 2: During a traffic stop at night, the driver immediately reaches toward the glove compartment without being asked. What problem should an officer identify FIRST?
- The driver may be reaching for a weapon, posing an immediate safety threat (Correct answer)
- The driver is retrieving registration documents as required by law
- The driver is nervous and reacting automatically to a routine stop
- The driver is hiding evidence of a traffic violation in the glove box
Correct answer: The driver may be reaching for a weapon, posing an immediate safety threat
Unsolicited movements toward concealed storage areas are a primary officer safety concern during traffic stops.
Question 3: Neighbors report that an elderly woman's newspapers and mail have been piling up for four days and her car has not moved. What should an officer identify as the PRIORITY concern?
- The woman is traveling and forgot to stop mail delivery
- The woman has changed her daily routine without notifying neighbors
- The woman may be incapacitated or deceased inside the residence (Correct answer)
- The mail carrier has been delivering to the wrong address
Correct answer: The woman may be incapacitated or deceased inside the residence
Accumulating mail combined with an immobile vehicle strongly suggests a wellness emergency for an elderly person.
Question 4: An unknown caller has phoned a jewelry store three times asking about employee shift schedules, the number of staff on duty, and whether the store has an alarm system. What problem should you identify?
- A robbery or burglary of the store is likely being planned (Correct answer)
- A security company is conducting a routine risk audit of the business
- A journalist is writing a story about small business security practices
- A former employee is checking on the status of the business
Correct answer: A robbery or burglary of the store is likely being planned
Questions about staffing, schedules, and security systems are classic pre-robbery reconnaissance indicators.
Question 5: You observe a car parked directly across from a bank for two hours with the engine running, tinted windows, and the driver never exiting. Which is the MOST significant problem to recognize?
- The driver is waiting for a passenger who is conducting business inside
- The vehicle may have a mechanical issue preventing it from being safely parked
- The driver is using the location as a comfortable place to make phone calls
- The vehicle may be conducting surveillance of the bank for a planned robbery (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The vehicle may be conducting surveillance of the bank for a planned robbery
Prolonged stationary observation of a financial institution with obscured occupants is a high-priority threat indicator.
Question 6: A school counselor reports that a 13-year-old student has been receiving cash, gifts, and special attention from an adult community member she met online. What problem should an officer identify?
- A generous community member has formed a platonic mentoring relationship
- An adult may be grooming the child for sexual exploitation (Correct answer)
- The student is participating in an authorized community service reward program
- The gifts are academic achievement awards from an anonymous scholarship program
Correct answer: An adult may be grooming the child for sexual exploitation
Adult strangers providing gifts and attention to minors online is a recognized pattern of grooming behavior.
Question 7: During a domestic call, the victim insists she is 'fine' and wants officers to leave, yet she has fresh bruising on her arms and wrists and avoids eye contact with officers when her partner is present. What must officers recognize?
- The victim's statement should be accepted at face value since she is an adult
- The victim may be intimidated and unable to speak freely in front of her partner (Correct answer)
- The bruising is most likely from a recent accidental injury unrelated to domestic violence
- Officers must leave because the victim has asked them to depart the premises
Correct answer: The victim may be intimidated and unable to speak freely in front of her partner
Visible injuries combined with fearful body language while the abuser is present is a classic coerced-denial pattern.
LEAB Problem Sensitivity & Ordering 2
A store manager notices that cash is consistently missing from the register, but only at the end of shifts worked by one specific employee.
What is the MOST likely problem?