700s, 800s & 900s

Question 1

Purchased property is any property or props purchased with department approved funds to further an undercover criminal investigation. All property valued at ____________ purchased to enhance an investigation and is not illegal to possess will be listed and fully described in the purchasing divisions inventory

Answer 1

$250 or more

Question 2

Counterfeit currency, whether seized or tagged will be tagged where?

Answer 2

U.S. Secret Service lock box

Question 3

Vehicles seized as contraband for fleet use must have less than _____________ miles

Answer 3

50,000

Question 4

If an officer does not receive a confirmation response from the dispatcher in a timely manner in regards to an outside stolen vehicle, the officer shall contact who?

Answer 4

Auto Theft Division

Question 5

Records Division shall leave reports in Supervisor Approved status for _____________ to allow supervisors time to review the reports.

Answer 5

24 hours

Question 6

During special threat situations, media reps shall be directed to an area predetermined by the ___________

Answer 6

scene commander

Question 7

If a nonexempt civilian employee is within ______________ days of the 120 calendar day time limit for comp time usage, a request for comp time leave shall be given preference above any other leave request except emergencies, vacation or FMLA

Answer 7

45 days

Question 8

When incidents are investigated by several divisions, employees shall obtain hold authorizations from ________

Answer 8

each responsible division

Question 9

The viewing of a photo spread

Answer 9

MAY be video or audio recorded

Question 10

A blinded administrator during a line up is:

Answer 10

an administrator who MAY know the identity of the suspect, but does not know the position of the photo spread, live line up or video line up.

Question 11

______ or designee is responsible for citywide files management and the direction and control of the City’s records disposition program.

Answer 11

The City Records Management Officer

Question 12

If an officer is involved in a shooting, discharge of a firearm, or injury or any other significant incident, the media release shall be done by:

Answer 12

The duty public information officer

Question 13

Department employees may acquire photographs of other employees only with approval from:

Answer 13

the requesting employees division commander

Question 14

Property purchased during a police sting are considered:

Answer 14

seized property and placed in the appropriate property storage facility

Question 15

Vehicles seized as contra band for an auction must be inspected by:

Answer 15

The Fleet Unit and Narcotic personnel

Question 16

Who is responsible for completing the Incident Tab of the original incident report during a Homicide scene?

Answer 16

Homicide hold desk personnel

Question 17

All city records are property of:

Answer 17

the City of Houston

Question 18

Civilian employees benefit year spans:

Answer 18

September 1st - August 31 of the following year.

Question 19

Who can authorize the use of filler photos in a photo line up where the filler photos have no identifying numbers?

Answer 19

The shift commander of the concerned investigative division

Question 20

Can a supervisor allow the media through police lines if it would interfere/jeopardize public safety or compromise a criminal investigation?

Answer 20

Yes, because employees are expected to assist members of the media by allowing passage through police lines in these circumstances.

Question 21

If a classified employee retires, resigns or is indefinitely suspended, can their photo be released to the public?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Who is responsible for populating the CJIS Compliance Verification Database with the physical access status (escorted/unescorted) of all non HPD personnel scheduled to perform services at any physical secure location?

Answer 22

the CJIS Compliance Unit

Question 23

If an employee burns more than half of their shift due to an unforeseen, exceptional circumstance in the 24 hour period before or after working an OT program, who may or approve the work of the OT program?

Answer 23

the division commander

Question 24

No details of an internal investigation shall be given to the media until the case has been concluded and only with approval of who?

Answer 24

Chief of Police

Question 25

If an employee is relieved of duty, access to the HPD computer system including TCIC/NCIC is:

Answer 25

automatically suspended by ESD until the employee is returned to full duty.

Question 26

Nonexempt civilian employees shall earn overtime after they have worked:

Answer 26

in excess of 40 hours in the workweek

Question 27

Who signs receipts for shipment of tagged property?

Answer 27

The employee initiating the transaction

Question 28

Employees _______ scan original documents and place them in an electronic format in lieu of maintaining the original hard copy.

Answer 28

shall not

Question 29

Data categorized as restricted due to a legal mandate, such as date that falls under CJIS, HIPAA or other legal guidelines or CJI within a crime report that is access restricted within the Records Management System is:

Answer 29

Confidential data

Question 30

TCIC/NCIC records shall be validated between __________ days after they are entered.

Answer 30

60 and 90

Question 31

If an email of a simple routine matter such as a meeting notice, the email is to be considered transitory information. These emails should be deleted as soon as they are no longer..

Answer 31

administratively valuable

Question 32

The investigating unit shall notify the prosecuting authority at least ____ days prior to the department releasing core footage of a critical incident to the public.

Answer 32

7

Question 33

A __________ may be requested by HPD’s IAD or Office of Legal Services or the city of Houston Legal Department. These requests must be forwarded to the administrative Lt. of the Property Division and the property may be released upon receipt of written notification from the original office that requested it.

Answer 33

Special Hold

Question 34

The name, employee # and division of the person authorizing the hold does not need to be on the narcotics submission form if:

Answer 34

All that is being tagged is a controlled substance.

Question 35

Offices who receive a call to _________ having no solvability factors, may request that the police dispatcher redirect the call to either Teleserve or the Online Police Report.

Answer 35

a misdemeanor case

Question 36

Civilians can accrue a max of _______ hours of vacation time.

Answer 36

420