Ch. 8 Arrest Jurisdiction & Execution

Question 1

Massachusetts police officers must be certified by

Answer 1

Police officer standards and training commission POST

Question 2

Statue requiring police to be certified by post

Answer 2

6E, 1 4

Question 3

Officers in what agencies must be certified by post (6)

Answer 3

Municipal police
State police
Environmental police
Transit police
College and university police
Deputy sheriffs

Question 4

41,98 says that municipal police officers have full law enforcement authority within

Answer 4

Borders of the city or town at appointed them

Question 5

22C, 10 since state police have full law-enforcement authority within

Answer 5

Borders of the Commonwealth

Question 6

21A/10A Environmental police officers have the same enforcement authority as state troopers, but their specialized duties are more focused on the laws and regulations that protect

Answer 6

Natural resources and wildlife

Question 7

Chapter 664 of the Acts of 1968 says that Transit officers are authorized to enforce the law on any ______ property. They also have full law-enforcement authority within the _____ cities and towns served by or containing _____facilities.

Answer 7

Massachusetts Bay, transportation authority (MBTA)
175
MBTA

Question 8

For the most part campus officers are appointed as special state police officers under (chapter/section)

Answer 8

22C/63

Question 9

Campus officers appointed as special state police officers are empowered to make ____ arrest for crime committed on property owned, used, or occupied by the institution

Answer 9

Any

Question 10

Can campus officers make arrests on public ways that connect to campus facilities?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Can public college and university police officers issue citations for motor vehicle infractions

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Can private college and university police officers issue citations for vehicle infractions

Answer 12

No

Question 13

Can private university police officers enforce vehicle crimes such as operating to endanger and OUI

Answer 13

Yes. Public and private officers can

Question 14

Authority of campus officers extends to the area surrounding their campus when they are dealing with an incident involving _____, _____ or _____connected to their institution

Answer 14

Students
Staff
Or other people

Question 15

Could a Boston University police officer arrest an individual on a street near campus because he had recently violated a restraining order obtained by a student

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

The university of Massachusetts drives its powers under

Answer 16

75/32A

Question 17

Deputy sheriffs acknowledge that their primary function is the care and custody of

Answer 17

Pre-trial detainees and post conviction inmates, along with the service of civil process

Question 18

Sheriffs and their deputies may exercise law-enforcement authority within their counties if

Answer 18

Certified by POST

Question 19

A arrest warrant may be served anywhere in the Commonwealth if _____ exist that the warrant is an effect and the suspect is the “wanted person”

Answer 19

Probable cause

Question 20

Can officers be held liable if they’re acting in good faith on any warrant in WMS

Answer 20

No

Question 21

What is the one exception to statewide enforcement of arrest warrants

Answer 21

Campus police officers may not execute a warrant off-campus unless it is connected to a crime on campus or involves a member of the campus community

Question 22

Within their jurisdiction officers making conduct warrantless arrest for ________ for which they have a right of arrest

Answer 22

Felonies and misdemeanors

Question 23

Officers may rely on ________ to decide the extent of the jurisdiction

Answer 23

Visible boundary markers

Question 24

Can officers go outside their jurisdiction to investigate as long as they don’t detain search or rest a suspect?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Any citizen has the legal authority anywhere in the commonwealth to arrest a

Answer 25

Felon who might otherwise escape

Question 26

When may a Massachusetts police officer continue into a border state to make an arrest

Answer 26

In fresh pursuit of someone who has committed a felony

Question 27

Is a stop that ends outside an officers jurisdiction/state, when made with lights and siren alone, permissible?

Answer 27

Yes. Stay in cruiser and call local pd to handle

Question 28

In order to stop and misdemeanor suspect outside their jurisdiction officers must have

Answer 28

Legal authority

Question 29

The four major reasons an Officer would have legal authority to stop a misdemeanor suspect outside their jurisdiction

Answer 29

Mutual aid Fresh pursuit Requisition Transferred authority

Question 30

What is the best way to avoid challenges to Police jurisdiction?

Answer 30

Mutual aid agreements 40/8G

Question 31

Are bordering states eligible for mutual aid agreements

Answer 31

Yes

Question 32

Mutual agreements are especially important for ____ departments

Answer 32

Small

Question 33

Part of the mutual aid requirement is that you notify the host community _______

Answer 33

As soon as practically possible

Question 34

When justifying police action under a mutual aid agreement in court, what should you do?

Answer 34

Bring the document to court and testify how it was activated

Question 35

40/4J is for

Answer 35

Statewide mutual aid agreement Over 300 municipalities

Question 36

Under 40/4J any party to the agreement may send (3) in response to another member request

Answer 36

Police, fire, medical services

Question 37

Who may initiate a request for mutual aid for any public safety incident?

Answer 37

Chief or OIC

Question 38

Are police officers allowed to self activate under 40/4J the statewide mutual agreement

Answer 38

No

Question 39

Are counties and law-enforcement council permissible parties to the statewide mutual agreement

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

The Sciacca stop was justified under

Answer 40

Mutual aid agreement

Question 41

What agencies are not eligible for membership in the statewide mutual unit?

Answer 41

MBTA, universities and colleges

Question 42

Can school districts and sewer department be members of the statewide muitual aid agreement

Answer 42

Yes

Question 43

Are training exercises covered as public safety incidents for the statewide mutual agreement

Answer 43

Yes

Question 44

What police powers do responding officers have when responding to the statewide mutual agreement

Answer 44

Same authority as if acting in their home jurisdiction

Question 45

What jurisdiction defends the sending jurisdiction against claims by third parties, including while in transit to or from the incident

Answer 45

The requesting jurisdiction

Question 46

Salary and equipment costs are paid by the ______ jurisdiction

Answer 46

Sendint

Question 47

When would the requesting jurisdiction be responsible for reimbursement?

Answer 47

If the requesting jurisdiction receives federal or state aid (Sending jurisdiction keeps records of its expenses)

Question 48

Can jurisdictions agree to additional terms for particular incidents

Answer 48

Yes

Question 49

Officers may engage in fresh and continuous pursuit to stop an offender for any

Answer 49

Arrestable offense committed in their presence within their jurisdiction

Question 50

Fresh pursuit chapter and section

Answer 50

41/98A

Question 51

Can pursuit consist of following without lights or siren

Answer 51

Yes

Question 52

The pursuit may begin in another jurisdiction as long as a suspect travels through the officers homes jurisdiction before____

Answer 52

The stop

Question 53

Do officers need probable cause when they leave the jurisdiction?

Answer 53

No, but they must have reasonable suspicion of an arrestable offense

Question 54

If conducting a motor vehicle stop for an arrestsble offense, and the vehicle comes to a stop in a neighboring town, who is responsible for the arrest

Answer 54

The officer that makes the stop

Question 55

Does an outstanding warrant constitute an arrestable offense for fresh pursuit

Answer 55

Yes

Question 56

Chapter section for requisition of officers

Answer 56

41/99

Question 57

Is a written agreement needed between departments in order to use requisition of officers

Answer 57

No

Question 58

Who has the authority to grant requesition of officers?

Answer 58

OIC in both towns

Question 59

If a requisition of officers is granted, when do the responding officers have full police authority?

Answer 59

When they arrive in requesting jurisdiction

Question 60

Chapter and section for transferred authority

Answer 60

268/24

Question 61

Transferred authority applies to a _______ but is also allowed for civil infractions that ______

Answer 61

Breach of peace Threaten public safety

Question 62

If an Officer is in another town and observes a vehicle engaging in hazardous driving that amounts to a breach of the peace, he can radio an officer in that jurisdiction and get permission to stop the vehicle. Once he stop the vehicle, who should make the arrest

Answer 62

The officer from that jurisdiction who gave permission for neighboring officer to stop the vehicle

Question 63

Does an officer have to believe the arrestable offense occurred at the time of the stop or is it based on the facts

Answer 63

Based on the facts

Question 64

As a last resort, a lack of jurisdiction may be overcome by the _______ rule

Answer 64

Inevitable discovery

Question 65

Officers may detain a suspect in their community, whose original crime occurred in another community, if they have

Answer 65

Reasonable suspicion

Question 66

When an officer detains a suspect whose crime occurred in another municipality, what may the officers do?

Answer 66

Identify suspect Develop probable cause for the original crime Check for warrants

Question 67

When they have detained an offender from another community officers should determine whether they may arrest him based on (3)

Answer 67

warrant Felony Misdemeanor for which there is a right of arrest

Question 68

In general can officers in their own jurisdiction, make a warrantless arrest for misdemeanor that occurred outside the jurisdiction, even if the original jurisdiction request that they do

Answer 68

No

Question 69

The two exceptions that allow officers in their own jurisdiction to make a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor that occurred outside their jurisdiction

Answer 69

Statute permits Misdemeanor involved a breach of the peace and is continuing in the officers presence

Question 70

Warrantless arrest may be authorized under the terms of a _______between municipalities

Answer 70

Mutual aid agreement

Question 71

Warrantless arrest is authorized by 276/28 for certain misdemeanor domestic violence crimes, including

Answer 71

Violation of a protective order anywhere in Massachusetts (209A, 208, 209, 209C) Domestic assault or A&B anywhere in MA

Question 72

Without statutory authority, what will render an arrest improper for a misdemeanor that occurred in another jurisdiction

Answer 72

Any clear break in time or place

Question 73

If an officer makes an arrest for misdemeanor that began in another community, but continued into his own community and involved a breach of peace, who should make the arrest/charge

Answer 73

Charge the offender in the new jurisdiction and use the officers from the original jurisdiction as witnesses. Otherwise release the offender and apply for a complaint.

Question 74

If warrantless arrest is not permitted for a misdemeanor that occurred in another jurisdiction, what is the best course of action?

Answer 74

Officers in original jurisdiction should apply for a criminal complaint

Question 75

______ is when an offender is booked by the jurisdiction making the arrest and then transferred to the original department

Answer 75

Courtesy booking Recognized but not required

Question 76

With a courtesy booking what occurs when the offender is brought to first station (2). The offender is then transferred to the original jurisdiction for (3)

Answer 76

Examined for injuries and booked Re-booked, bail, court proceedings

Question 77

When may officers use reasonable force to affect a lawful arrest

Answer 77

If de-escalation fails or is not feasible

Question 78

Chapter and section for proper use of force

Answer 78

6E/14

Question 79

Is warrantless arrest of a hotel room guest proper when police use a telephone call to induce them to leave their room

Answer 79

Yes

Question 80

Are common areas and hallways of multi unit dwellings considered public areas in terms of arrest rights

Answer 80

Yes

Question 81

Did a defendant have an expectation of privacy when arrested at a homeless shelter without a warrant

Answer 81

No

Question 82

If defendants were present at someone’s home for several hours, did they have an expectation of privacy and expect the police would get warrants for them

Answer 82

No, they were just visitors not overnight guests

Question 83

Following an arrest inside a building officers may sweep the

Answer 83

Immediately adjoining area

Question 84

During a protective sweep, to go beyond the immediate area officers need

Answer 84

Reasonable suspicion of danger