ADMISSION-Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education Set 1

If you are called to the scene of a mentally disturbed person you should:

A mentally retarded person should be treated the same as a mentally disturbed person.

A mentally retarded person can be a good witness.

A mentally retarded person cannot "knowingly and willingly" waive his Miranda rights.

A major defense mechanism which "kicks in" to protect a person from violent crime or grief is ____________.

Early stages of grief include shock, emotion, and depression. This is many times followed by ____________.

Crisis reaction occurs when a person is exposed to trauma stress, which is defined as an event that is outside the range of usual human experience and would be be markedly distressing to anyone.

Frozen flight is physical shock, disorientation, and numbness.

Adrenaline charges the body, some physical senses become acute while others may "shut down", heart rate increases, and one hyperventilates. This is evidence of ______________.

In situations manifesting the fight or flight syndrome, the person is able to maintain this condition for extended periods of time.