StudiGuide 7: Crimes Against Persons / Death Investigations

Study Guide for the California Police Academy (P.O.S.T.) Written Examination

Crimes Against Persons – Death Investigations

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.

RECOGNIZE the crime elements required to arrest for and the crime classification as a misdemeanor or felony:

· Battery

· Assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force

· Elder or dependent adult abuse

· Kidnapping

· False imprisonment

· Child abduction without custodial right

· Child abduction with custodial right

· Robbery

· Carjacking

RECOGNIZE the crime elements required to arrest for murder

RECOGNIZE the crime and classification for manslaughter crimes

IDENTIFY information that should be obtained and documented when conducting an investigation involving the death of a child

IDENTIFY indicators that a child’s death may be due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

IDENTIFY appropriate actions for responding officers interacting with parents or care givers involved in a SIDS Incident

Selected information from this written examination will also appear on your Mid-Course and End-of-Course Proficiency Tests.