CT POSTC Basic Training flashcards

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Theft first degree, Connecticut

In Connecticut, a theft is first degree, a Class B felony, when the value of the property taken exceeds twenty thousand dollars.

Class A misdemeanor penalty

In Connecticut, a Class A misdemeanor is punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of up to two thousand dollars.

Family violence, Connecticut definition

Connecticut defines family violence to include crimes between spouses, former spouses, relatives by blood or marriage, persons with a child in common, current or former dating partners, and people who live together.

Connecticut infraction

An infraction in Connecticut is an offense punishable only by a fine; there is no jail time and no right to a jury trial.

Reasonable suspicion

Reasonable suspicion exists when an officer has specific, articulable facts, plus rational inferences from those facts, that criminal activity may be occurring or about to occur.

Frisk standard

A pat-down frisk requires separate reasonable suspicion that the detained person is armed and dangerous, and it is limited to the outer clothing in a search for weapons.

Miranda custody test

Custody exists when a reasonable person in the suspect's position would not feel free to leave, considering the totality of circumstances including duration and degree of restraint.

Recording custodial interrogations

Connecticut law requires electronic recording of custodial interrogations conducted at a place of detention in felony investigations, subject to limited statutory exceptions.

Double-blind photo lineup

Connecticut requires photo lineups to be presented sequentially by an administrator who does not know which photograph depicts the suspect, preventing inadvertent suggestion.

Reactionary gap

The reactionary gap is the distance an officer keeps from a subject so there is time to perceive and respond to a sudden attack, commonly six to eight feet or more.

Contact and cover

In contact-and-cover, one officer handles communication and the contact while a second officer watches hands, weapons, and surroundings without dividing attention.

Graham v. Connor factors

Courts judge force by objective reasonableness, weighing the severity of the crime, the immediate threat to officers or others, and whether the subject was resisting or fleeing.

Deadly force, Connecticut

Connecticut defines deadly force as physical force that a reasonable officer would expect to cause death or serious physical injury to another person.

Duty to intervene

Connecticut officers must intervene to prevent another officer's use of excessive force and must report the incident to a supervisor.

Tennessee v. Garner rule

Deadly force may not be used to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect unless the officer has probable cause that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury.

Reportable crash, Connecticut

Connecticut requires a written crash report when a collision causes injury or death, or property damage exceeding one thousand dollars.

Legal BAC limits, Connecticut

The per se limits in Connecticut are 0.08 percent for adults, 0.02 percent for drivers under 21, and 0.04 percent for commercial drivers.

HGN clue threshold

Six clues are possible on the horizontal gaze nystagmus test; four or more clues indicates a blood alcohol concentration at or above 0.08.

Chain of custody

A chain of custody is the documented record of every person who handled an item of evidence, with the date, time, place, and purpose of each transfer.

Packaging biological evidence

Biological and damp evidence is air-dried and packaged in paper rather than plastic so moisture escapes and mold and degradation are prevented.

Photograph before moving

At a crime scene, photograph an item and its surroundings in place before moving it, then sketch and measure from fixed reference points.

Forty-hour CIT training

Connecticut requires officers to complete forty hours of crisis intervention training covering mental illness, developmental disabilities, and de-escalation techniques.

Emergency examination, 17a-503

An officer with reasonable cause that a person has a psychiatric disability and is dangerous to self or others may take that person into custody for an emergency examination.

De-escalation core elements

De-escalation relies on time, distance, cover, and a single communicating voice, giving the subject opportunity to comply before force is used.

Report narrative elements

A complete report narrative answers who, what, when, where, why, and how, in chronological order, written in the first person and past tense.

Correcting a report error

Errors in a written report are corrected with a single line through the error plus the officer's initials and the date, never with correction fluid.

Procedural justice pillars

The four pillars are voice, neutrality, respect, and trustworthy motives, the elements that shape whether people perceive the police as legitimate.

SARA problem-solving model

SARA stands for Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment, a four-step framework for addressing recurring community problems.

Due regard, emergency driving

Emergency driving privileges do not relieve the operator of the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.

Clearing an intersection on response

On an emergency response, slow down, confirm that traffic in every lane has stopped, make eye contact, and then proceed through the intersection.

CPR compression ratio

Adult CPR uses thirty chest compressions followed by two rescue breaths, at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute.

Tourniquet placement

Apply a tourniquet two to three inches above the wound, never directly over a joint, tighten until bleeding stops, and record the application time.