StudiGuide 6: Crimes Against Property

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

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 be able to RECOGNIZE the crime classifications as either a misdemeanor or felony:

· theft

· vehicle theft

· defrauding an innkeeper

· burglary

· shoplifting

· possession of burglary tools

· possession of or receiving personal property with altered serial numbers or identification marks

· receiving stolen property

· forgery

· arson

· unlawfully causing a fire

· possession of a flammable or combustible material

· unauthorized entry of property

· trespass

· vandalism

RECOGNIZE:

· what constitutes a lawful repossession

· what constitutes lawful conduct in a landlord / tenant dispute

DESCRIBE:

· appropriate peace officer actions when taking a Burglary report or other similar property crimes

· information that should be obtained when interviewing the victim/victims of or witness/witnesses to a burglary

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