MO POST study plan

Map the elements of the 15 highest-frequency Missouri offenses - weapons (RSMo ch. 571), controlled substances (ch. 195), and theft/burglary/assault - into a three-column elements chart you can drill from.

Recite from memory the search-and-seizure framework: warrant requirements, each recognized exception, and the vehicle-search limits that apply in Missouri.

Sequence arrest, custody, and interrogation rules on a one-page flowchart - Miranda triggers, waiver, invocation, and the two-step interrogation problem identified in Missouri v. Seibert.

Distinguish reasonable suspicion from probable cause by writing 10 short fact patterns and labeling each with the correct standard plus the case that supports it.

Complete 60 timed practice items on criminal law and procedure and convert every miss into a flash card.

Build a crime-scene protocol checklist covering scene security, contamination control, documentation order, and chain-of-custody entries.

Draft evidence-handling entries for five evidence types - DNA, latent prints, digital devices, firearms, and biological fluids - noting packaging, drying, and preservation rules.

Apply relevance, hearsay and its exceptions, authentication, and chain of custody to eight mock exhibits and write a one-sentence admissibility ruling for each.

Construct three witness-interview outlines on a cognitive-interview structure, then run two timed mock interviews and note where your questioning drifted leading.

Compare corpus delicti with sufficiency-of-evidence standards and apply both to a robbery scenario in 200 words.

Memorize the standardized field sobriety test administration sequence and each test's validated clue threshold, then run five mock administrations with a partner and score them.

Diagram and document four crash types - rear-end, angle, single-vehicle fixed object, and pedestrian - to scale with measurements included.

Compute speed from skid marks and by conservation of momentum across six worked problems, showing units and rounding at each step.

Draw a one-page DWI decision tree covering detention, implied consent, the warrant requirement after Missouri v. McNeely, and the consequences of refusal.

Complete a full crash report for two mock scenes, including narrative, diagram, and contributing circumstances.

State the Graham v. Connor objective-reasonableness factors and apply them to 10 fact patterns, naming which factors are actually in play in each.

Sequence the force decision model - threat assessment, de-escalation options, force selection, reassessment - and recite the duty-to-intervene standard verbatim.

List everything that must be documented after a reportable force application, from the officer narrative through supervisory review.

Drill three control techniques (escort hold, controlled takedown, handcuffing) for 20 clean reps each and self-score against a technique checklist.

Analyze three published incidents where force was found unreasonable and identify the single decision point that changed the outcome.

Recite the firearms safety rules from memory and state the conditions that must be met before drawing, before holstering, and before reholstering.

Design a qualification plan with distances, round counts, time limits, and scoring, then shoot one live-fire session and record the score.

Summarize the legal and policy limits on deadly force, including Tennessee v. Garner, in a 200-word written answer without notes.

Walk through emergency-vehicle decision points - justifying a code response, clearing an intersection, initiating and terminating a pursuit - as a laminated checklist.

Draft a pursuit-report template that captures authorization, speeds, conditions, termination rationale, and injuries.

Draft a patrol shift plan for three call types, specifying priority, approach route, containment, and backup triggers.

Describe three community-policing approaches and argue in 300 words which one fits a given neighborhood profile and why.

Write three incident reports in elements-first format - one arrest, one non-criminal call, one force incident - each under 400 words, first person, chronological, conclusion-free.

Score your own reports against a 10-criterion rubric (elements present, no opinions, no jargon, complete chain of events) and rewrite to raise every weak score.

Convert one narrative report into a probable-cause affidavit that stands on its own without the report attached.

Apply a five-step ethical decision model to six scenarios: gratuity offer, off-duty conduct, misuse of confidential information, social media posting, reporting a colleague's misconduct, and a force cover-up.

State the reporting obligations that attach when an officer witnesses misconduct and explain the consequence of an undisclosed Brady issue.

Demonstrate the MARCH sequence and tourniquet application for 10 timed reps, hitting the target application time each rep.

Perform the adult CPR and AED sequence from memory twice and log compression rate and depth against the current standard.

Build a personal wellness plan naming concrete sleep, fitness, and peer-support actions with weekly numeric targets.

Sit two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions and score at or above 80% on each.

Consolidate every remaining missed item into a 30-card rapid-review deck and clear the deck twice without error.

Recite the 20 highest-yield facts for each of the 10 domains in a single 90-minute speed review.

Deliver a five-minute spoken answer to one force scenario and one ethics scenario, recorded and reviewed against the applicable standard.