Thursday, June 10, 2010

Police Oral Board Interview - Sample Questions For Candidates

If you want to become a police officer, then the police oral board interview is something that you'll have to pass. If you have a poor performance on your oral board exam, you''ll most likely get eliminated. However, if you do well during the oral board interview, you'll likely get offered the position, sometimes on the same day depending on the agency. Here's a scenario base question that the interview panel may toss your way.

Police Oral Board Interview - Sample Questions For Candidates

Officer Rogers is dispatched to a fight in progress between one male and two females. While en route to the fight, Officer Rodgers was informed via radio that the fight has grown from three people to over 15 individuals. Upon arrival, Officer Rodgers notice that there were three other officer on scene engaged in a physical confrontation with one of the suspects involved in the fight. Officer Rodgers quickly exit his patrol car to assist the Officers. As he ran over to assist the Officers, he was intercepted by an angry female subject carrying a broken beer bottle.

The female was advancing toward Officer Rodgers in an aggressive manner. She was giving orders to drop the bottle, but she refused. The unknown female then took a swipe at Officer Rodgers' head, but missed? What should be his next course of action?

A. Officer Rodgers should simply ignore the female and start helping the other Officers

B. He should turn around and run the opposite direction and call for back up

C. He should retrieve his departmental owed taser and apply a stun to the suspect's person until she drops the bottle

D. He should try to physically wrestle the bottle from her grasp

Explanation:

The correct answer here is C. The suspect has already displayed a lack of willingness to listen to verbal instructions. Once she was told to drop the bottle, and she refused, Officer Rodgers has no other option but to use force in order to subdue the suspect. The officers course of action should not chance just because the suspect is a female. Be prepared to answer some follow-up questions from the panel.

In Conclusion

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