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not have the authority to direct an individual to
change his or her mode of living if it is not
unlawful.
24. (A)
The officers acted improperly. No arrest
should have been made since no one was hurt
(see Rule 8).
25. (D)
Prisoners have been known to hang them-
selves with their belts. The other three choices
offer no conceivable danger.
26. (B)
This choice identifies the victim, tells
where she lives, and tells when and where the
crime took place, what happened, and the
nature and value of the stolen property.
27. (B)
The passage talks exclusively about tire
tracks. No mention is made of autos being used
in the commission of crimes, scientific police
work, or positive identification through cars.
28. (D)
Refer to the third and fourth sentences of
the passage.
29. (C)
Refer to the second sentence of the
passage.
30. (C)
Refer to the last sentence of the passage.
31. (A)
The objective of the officers is to get
the prisoner to supply the names of the
other parties involved. Refer to Rule 4 of the
procedure.
32. (B)
Refer to Rule 3 of the procedure. If the
officer is sufficiently convincing, the man is
likely to confess.
33. (D)
This approach is the most direct, and it
will probably convince the woman to cooper-
ate with the police in the upcoming proceed-
ings.
34. (C)
When date and time are indicated in a
report, the most coherent summary usually
begins with this information. Focus first on the
choice that begins with date and time but do
not take it for granted. Be sure to read it
through to be certain it includes all other per-
tinent information in a logical arrangement.
35. (B)
The report must make it clear just who
was abused, who is accused of the abusing,
who has made the report, and where the abused
and abusers may be found. You can be certain
only from choice (B).
36. (B)
Blount and Wallace both committed
harassment: Blount because she pushed
Wallace in an attempt to scare her and Wallace
because she made an obscene gesture at Blount.
37. (A)
William Hammer did not injure either
Bates or Collins, so he is not guilty of assault.
He was, however, intentionally reckless.
38. (C)
Larceny is the wrongful taking of prop-
erty from its owner without use of force, vio-
lence, or threat of injury.
39. (D)
Since Calvin may be considered "under
the influence of an extreme emotional distur-
bance" over the death of his daughter, the
crime Calvin committed was manslaughter.
40. (B)
The definition of the crime of criminal
mischief involves the intentional destruction
of another person's property. This was not
arson because a car is not a building and there
was no explosion.
41. (D)
Making obscene gestures in public places
is considered harassment.
42. (B)
This is a well-written report. It states the
nature of the problem (a missing person),
describes the missing person, and tells when
and where that person was last seen.
43. (D)
A police officer must always hesitate to
use a gun in a crowd because of the danger to
innocent bystanders. In this case, however, the
man with the axe is already presenting a clear
and present danger to the people who surround
him. A well-aimed shot to the man with the axe
may preserve the safety of a far greater num-
ber. The officer must take this calculated risk.
