IN State Police case studies
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This page supports candidates preparing for the Indiana State Police Trooper Entrance Examination, the selection test used in hiring sworn troopers for the Indiana State Police. It is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the Indiana State Police, the Indiana State Personnel Department, or the State of Indiana, and it makes no claim to reproduce actual test content. The IN State Police case studies are 5 cases and about 3,898 words.
1The Suspended Driver and the Two Unrestrained Children
At 2147 hours on a two-lane state route you stop a sedan whose license-plate lamp is out. The driver, 34, hands you an Indiana license and says the car belongs to his cousin.
825 words, about 4 min2Skid Marks, Drag Factor, and a Road That Has to Reopen
You are the first unit at a single-vehicle crash on a dry asphalt county road. The car crossed the centerline, struck a mailbox, and came to rest in a ditch; the driver has minor injuries and is being treated.
755 words, about 4 min3The Green Pickup and the Transposed Plate
At 1410 dispatch broadcasts a BOLO for an armed robbery that occurred at a pharmacy at 1320. The suspect is described as a white male in his 40s, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, with a red beard, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, last seen in a dark green pickup, 2000s model, with a ladder rack, Indiana plate beginning with the letters T-K.
808 words, about 4 min4The Report Directive and One Bad Sentence
The following excerpt is from a fictional department directive written for this exercise: 'Officers shall complete an incident report before the end of the shift in which the incident occurred. A supervisor may authorize a delay of up to 24 hours when the officer is required to appear in court or when information needed for the report is not yet available.
727 words, about 4 min5Four Keypad Entries and One Broken Camera
An equipment yard is surrounded by a fence with one keypad gate and one north gate that has no keypad; the north gate camera has been offline for a week. The keypad log for the night of a theft shows four entries: 2140, code assigned to Alvarez; 2255, Boone; 0030, Cross; 0505, Dyer.
783 words, about 4 min