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StudiGuide 28: California Traffic Enforcement
Study Guide for the California Police Academy (P.O.S.T.) Written Examination
Created byMichael Rubacha
Last updated 3/2020
English
What you'll learn
- At the end of this StudiGuide course, students will be able to understand the California Criminal Justice System.
- Students will be able to understand the basic concepts of Traffic Enforcement.
- Students will be able to have a better understanding for the testing and passing of the (POST) basic police academy written examination.
- Students will be able to use their California Vehicle Code book to assist in the examination.
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Course content
10 sections • 40 lectures • 1h 55m total length
Requirements
- Students should have a copy of the state of California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST) workbook and review it prior to starting a StudiGuide course.
Description
This StudiGuide course provides a practice review-testing resource for police academy cadets (based on the state of California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standard and Training 'POST' requirements) to help understand and pass the POST written examinations.
DIFFERENTIATE between mandatory and optional appearances before a magistrate
RECOGNIZE the elements and common names for:
• violations involving failure to obey the lawful orders of a peace officer or designated employee
• traffic control signal and device violations involving red signal lights, stop signs, other traffic control signals and devices
• right-of-way violations involving failure to yield the right-of-way and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle
• rights and provisions involving bicyclists
• violations involving pedestrians
• violations involving turning and signaling
• speed violations involving basic speed laws and maximum speed
• driving and passing violations involving following too closely, unsafe lane change, passing on the right/left and passing a stopped school bus
• public offense violations involving reckless driving, speed contests, hand-held wireless telephone and electronic wireless communications device
• hit and run violations
• basic motor vehicle licensing requirements
• violations when driving with a suspended or revoked license
• basic motor vehicle registration requirements
• basic vehicle equipment requirements for motor vehicles driven upon highways
• violations involving the possession of alcoholic beverages in a motor vehicle
• violations involving Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
RECOGNIZE a peace officer’s legal authority to remove vehicles
RECOGNIZE driving that might indicate a driver of a vehicle may be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
RECOGNIZE the indications of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs a peace officer may observe upon making contact with a driver
RECOGNIZE appropriate peace officer actions if a subject refuses to cooperate in performing a Field Sobriety Test (FST)
DISCUSS:
• the elements and Vehicle Code section(s) governing arrest
• medical conditions that may cause a person to appear under the influence
• the primary elements included in the statutory admonition read to drivers who refuse to submit to a chemical sobriety test
DEMONSTRATE:
• effective use of hand signals, flashlights and other warning devices to control traffic
• FSTs that may be used to determine impairment, to include Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), One-Leg Stand (OLS) and Walk & Turn (WAT)
EXPLAIN:
• the relevance of traffic enforcement to public safety and quality of life within a community
• the relevance of traffic enforcement to legally establish probable cause for accomplishing general law enforcement objectives
• the organization of information within the Vehicle Code
• the meaning of the phrase “under the influence”
Who this course is for:
- Students who want to maximize their study time while attending a police academy in the state of California.
- Students who want a clearer understanding of the material they will be tested on while attending a police academy.
- Our StudiGuides are an eLearning experience that short-cuts the normal "study groups" at home with the fundamental, straight forward, no-nonsense knowledge required, in a practical setting; your home, vehicle or other study place.