NJ LEE Patrol Techniques & Traffic Enforcement 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: New Jersey's 'Move Over' law requires drivers approaching a stationary emergency vehicle with lights activated to:
- Stop completely until the emergency vehicle leaves
- Reduce speed and move one lane away if safely possible (Correct answer)
- Flash headlights as a warning to other drivers
- Maintain speed but increase following distance
Correct answer: Reduce speed and move one lane away if safely possible
N.J.S.A. 39:4-92.2 requires drivers to slow down and, if possible, vacate the lane adjacent to the emergency vehicle.
Question 2: During a foot pursuit through a residential area at night, an officer loses sight of the suspect. The BEST immediate action is to:
- Continue running in the last known direction of travel
- Stop, establish a perimeter with responding units, and use a systematic search (Correct answer)
- Return to the patrol vehicle and broadcast a description
- Knock on every door to ask residents
Correct answer: Stop, establish a perimeter with responding units, and use a systematic search
Establishing a perimeter prevents the suspect from escaping the area while allowing a coordinated, safe search.
Question 3: Under SFST (Standardized Field Sobriety Tests) protocols approved by NHTSA, which test is considered LEAST reliable as a standalone indicator of impairment?
- Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)
- Walk-and-Turn
- One-Leg Stand
- Romberg Balance Test (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Romberg Balance Test
The Romberg Balance Test is not part of NHTSA's standardized battery and has lower validated reliability compared to HGN, Walk-and-Turn, and One-Leg Stand.
Question 4: An officer on directed patrol is assigned to a 'hot spot.' This assignment is based primarily on:
- Officer preference for a particular neighborhood
- Crime analysis data identifying areas with concentrated criminal activity (Correct answer)
- Alphabetical assignment of patrol zones
- Random selection to eliminate bias
Correct answer: Crime analysis data identifying areas with concentrated criminal activity
Hot-spot patrol uses crime mapping and analysis to concentrate patrol resources where incidents are statistically most likely to occur.
Question 5: When an officer initiates a traffic stop, activating emergency lights but NOT the siren, and the driver continues for several blocks before stopping, this MOST likely constitutes:
- Eluding, a criminal offense under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2
- A minor civil infraction only
- Justified driver behavior if they were seeking a safe location (Correct answer)
- No violation since the siren was not used
Correct answer: Justified driver behavior if they were seeking a safe location
New Jersey courts recognize that drivers may travel a short distance to reach a safe, well-lit location before stopping without triggering eluding charges.
Question 6: A 'saturation patrol' differs from routine patrol primarily because it:
- Uses unmarked vehicles exclusively
- Concentrates a high density of officers in a specific area for a set period (Correct answer)
- Focuses only on pedestrian enforcement
- Is conducted only during daylight hours
Correct answer: Concentrates a high density of officers in a specific area for a set period
Saturation patrols flood a targeted area with officers to deter crime and increase enforcement visibility during a defined time window.
Question 7: New Jersey's implied consent law (N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2) means a licensed driver in NJ has already consented to:
- A search of their vehicle upon any stop
- Chemical breath or blood testing if lawfully arrested for DWI (Correct answer)
- Roadside field sobriety tests at any time
- DNA sampling upon arrest for any offense
Correct answer: Chemical breath or blood testing if lawfully arrested for DWI
By obtaining a New Jersey driver's license, motorists implicitly consent to chemical testing following a lawful DWI arrest.
NJ LEE Patrol Techniques & Traffic Enforcement 3
New Jersey's 'Move Over' law requires drivers approaching a stationary emergency vehicle with lights activated to: