APCAT APCAT - Alberta Police Cognitive Ability Situational Judgement Scenarios 2

Question 1

You stop a vehicle for a minor traffic violation. The driver informs you they are a city councillor and suggests that 'we can work this out'. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Issue the ticket or warning as you would for any driver and remain professional

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Let the driver go as a professional courtesy

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Contact your supervisor before deciding

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Ask the councillor for a business card and follow up later

Question 2

You witness a fellow officer making a derogatory comment about a person's ethnicity during a call. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Address the behaviour with the officer privately after the call and report it through proper channels if it continues

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Ignore it as it did not affect the official outcome

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Laugh along to maintain team cohesion

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Post about it on social media to raise awareness

Question 3

You are off-duty and a friend asks you to access police databases to look up information about their neighbour. What do you do?

Accepted Answer

Politely decline and explain that accessing databases for personal matters is a serious breach of policy

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Help your friend — it's a minor favour

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Look up the information but do not share all of it

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Access the database and then delete the search history

Question 4

You observe a supervisor telling a junior officer to falsify the time on an incident report to cover up a response delay. What is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Refuse to falsify the report and report the supervisor's direction through appropriate channels

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Follow the supervisor's instructions — rank must be respected

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Falsify the report but anonymously report it later

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Do nothing as it is not your report

Question 5

During a search of a home with a valid warrant, you discover a large amount of cash hidden behind a wall. The homeowner is not present. What do you do?

Accepted Answer

Document and seize the cash in accordance with the search warrant and have it properly logged as evidence

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Pocket some of the cash — there is no one watching

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Leave the cash where it is as it was not listed specifically in the warrant

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Send photos to your supervisor and wait for instructions before touching anything

Question 6

A member of the public aggressively demands that you arrest someone on the street, claiming that person 'looks suspicious'. The person has done nothing observable to justify detention. What do you do?

Accepted Answer

Explain to the complainant that you cannot arrest someone without grounds and offer to take details if they have specific concerns

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Arrest the person to satisfy the complainant

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Ignore the complainant and walk away without any response

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Detain the person for a short time to check their identity, just to be safe