OACP Exam case studies
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The OACP Certificate is the credential the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police presents as the first step toward becoming a police officer in Ontario. It is administered through the Constable Selection System (CSS), and it is aimed at people who intend to apply to an Ontario police service and who need the recognized selection testing completed before an application moves forward. The OACP Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,908 words.
1The Shed at 02:14
You and your partner are first on scene at a bungalow where a mother called 911 about her 22-year-old son. He is in a detached, unheated shed 12 metres from the back door, holding an 8-inch kitchen knife, and has three superficial cuts on his left forearm that are still bleeding.
800 words, about 4 min2The Mall Office on a Friday Afternoon
Friday, 16:40, at a mall in a mid-sized Ontario city. A 15-year-old is being held in the security office after a loss-prevention officer watched him conceal 214 of cosmetics in a backpack and walk past the last point of sale.
783 words, about 4 min3'A Private Joke Among Friends'
Constable R., four years' service, exemplary record, is off duty and posts in a closed Facebook group of about 40 people, six of whom are co-workers. The post is a photograph of a well-known local man who is homeless and has an acquired brain injury, captioned: 'Found the guy who calls 911 forty times a week.
750 words, about 4 min4The Laneway Before Thursday
A downtown business improvement association (BIA) has sent a 12-page letter: 74 calls for service in 30 days about a laneway behind three restaurants where 12 to 15 people are sheltering, and it wants the lane 'cleared' before Thursday's council meeting. Overnight lows are -12 °C and the only shelter is at capacity with a waitlist.
781 words, about 4 min5Leave It Out of the File
Detective Constable M. is the lead on a robbery file.
794 words, about 4 min