220 - Traffic function Flashcards
Officers shall only conduct traffic stops on vehicles for which there is at least ______ to do so.
Reasonable Suspicion
Whenever possible an officer will avoid conducting a traffic stop on ______ property.
Private
Where should an officer position their police car while conducting a traffic stop?
Approximately 20 feet behind and slightly offset to the left of the violators vehicle.
Warnings will always be given for:
- Tag expired 30 days or less
- No vehicle registration paperwork
- Speeding 5 mph or less (Except school zones or other areas where speeding fines are doubled.
Officers are prohibited from issuing ______ or more citations unless the driver is being arrested.
3
Officers are required to obtain permission for arrests related to misdemeanor traffic charges from who?
Supervisor
The white copy of a traffic citation should be forwarded to a supervisor within _____ hours.
24
Each radar device shall be serviced and calibrated every _____ months.
Six
Radar maintenance and calibration written records submitted to the Special Events Unit are maintained for ____ days past the devices working life.
90
Officers may issue parking citations on private property provided the officer has _________ to be on the property.
A legal right
How many violations should be listed on each parking citation?
Only one
Officers are prohibited from issuing more than ___ parking citations unless the violator is being arrested.
3
COJ parking citations will only be utilized for handicap parking citations. _____ will not be used.
Uniform Traffic Citations
The _____ shall provide a copy of every traffic crash report to the COJ Traffic Engineering Division.
JSO Copy Center
The Chief of Patrol Support shall on a ______ basis analyze traffic crash data, traffic enforcement data, and roadway hazard information.
Quarterly
What color FDOT sticker shall be placed on damaged state property?
Orange
The location of a crash must be known in order to use a Traffic Crash Report in Arms. If the location is unknown a _____ shall be completed and routed to traffic homicide.
FIR
If a person provides proof of insurance within 24 hours of a crash that was valid at the time of the crash. The law enforcement agency may ___ the citation
Void
The investigating officer must use the driver exchange of information form in every crash with ____ or less vehicles or pedestrians.
Three
In all hit and run cases the investigating officer shall record the number of _______ that he spent investigating the case in the narrative.
Hours and minutes
Anytime a JSO vehicle is involved in a traffic crash which results in death or life threatening injury, the ______ shall assume all the responsibility for the investigation. FHP shall not be used.
JSO Traffic Homicide
Officers investigating a traffic crash involving a non-JSO COJ vehicle shall complete _______ regardless of the value of the damage caused by the crash.
A traffic crash report
A traffic crash report _____ when a vehicle catches on fire unless the vehicle was involved in a collision.
is not required
At no time will _______ personnel be used to direct traffic.
Civilian or nonsworn
