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BCOT CERTIFICATION EVALUATION GUIDE
2026 FULL SOLUTION
โ For a Tort case the inmate has to prove. Answer: Simple Negligence, Gross or Wanton Negligene, Intentional Wrong. โ Section 1983 Case states the inmate must prove: Answer: The staff member deprived the prisoneer of a U.S. Const right,privilege, or immunity, and the staff member acted under the "Color of Law" (misuse of authority). โ Good Faith:. Answer: No intent to harm; absence of malice โ Reasonable Conduct:. Answer: Behavior that is acceptable โ Justification. Answer: The act can be justified according to laws, rules, regulations, and training. โ Demeanor. Answer: Ones outward behavior, conduct or deportment. โ Credibility. Answer: Ones testimony is worthy of confidence or is believable.
โ First Amendment. Answer: Freedom of religion, speech, press, right to assemble peaceably. โ Fourth Amendment. Answer: unreasonable arrest, unreasonable search and seizure. โ Fifth Amendment. Answer: Right of a grand jury indictment for capital or otherwise infamous crime, right against double jeopardy, right against self-incrimination, prohibition against taking of life, liberty, or property w/o due process, right against taking of private property for public use w/o just compensation. โ Sixth amendment. Answer: Speedy and public trial, impartial jury, informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, right to have assistance of counsel. โ Eight Amendment. Answer: Prohibition against excessive bail, right to equal protection. โ Fourteenth Amendment. Answer: Right to due process, right to equal protection of the laws.
โ 1st Step to a DR:. Answer: (1) Offender commits violation, (2)Staff Member observes/Has reason to believe offender committed violation โ 2nd Step to a DR:. Answer: (1) DR is given to shift supervisor, upon approval reporting officer delivers DR to offender w/in 24 hrs. โ 3rd Step to a DR:. Answer: Disciplinary hearing will take place w/ Disciplinary investigator, staff advocate, and accusing officer present. โ 4th Step to a DR:. Answer: The offender has fifteen days to appeal the charge to the warden. โ 5th Step to a DR:. Answer: The offender has fifteen days to appeal the Wardens decision to Director of the office of personal standards. โ D.R. Investigator. Answer: Appointed by the Warden. Ensures a thorough finding of the facts. Primarily responsible for advising the prisoner of their rights. โ Staff Advocate. Answer: Appointed to ensure that due process is afforded, and the offender understands the disciplinary process.
โ Hearing Officer. Answer: Must have considerable knowledge of the rules, regulations and experience in the disciplinary process. โ Multiple Offenses. Answer: an offender w/ multiple offenses of the same level in a period of 90 days can have a sanction placed on them on a higher category of punishment. โ Communication Process. Answer: (1) Sender encodes the message, Message sent, (2) Message recieved, (3) reciever decodes the message, (4) receivers shows understanding,(5) Feed back. โ Communication Definition:. Answer: The passing of information between one person and another that is mutually understood and results in the other person behaving in a manner which demonstrates understanding. โ Seven Elements of a good report. Answer: (1) When (2) Where (3) What (4) Who (5) Why (6) How (7)Action taken โ K.I.S.S.. Answer: Keep It Simple & Short โ 7 Most common reports by a C.O.. Answer: (1) D.R. (2) I.R. (3) Witness Statement (4)Log book entry (5)Status Report to Superviser (6) Segregation Report (7) Memos
โ Greivable Issues. Answer: Unless otherwise stipulated, any condition, policy, procedure, or actions directed toward oddenders over which the GDC has control may be grieved. โ Non-Greivable issues. Answer: Tentative Parole Month, Disciplinary Hearings/Sanctions, Placement in Administrative Segregation, Medical Co-Pay Appeals, Transfers to or from specific prisons, Room, Dorm, or Bed assignments โ Greivance Limits. Answer: Limited to two active greivances. In order to file a third he or she must drop a greivance. Greivances w/ threats, slurs, profanity, insults, or racial slurs will be rejected. โ Original Greivance. Answer: The offenders complain and requested relief must be stated legibly & in writing in the space provided, the offender must sign the form and hand deliver it to any counselor so they can get a receipt. The incident must be submitted no later than 10 day from the incident. โ Screening the Greivance. Answer: The Greivance Coordinator will screen it to determine whether to accept it or to recommend rejection to the Warden. If the Warden rejects the grievance, the warden will send the rejection decision to the Greivance Coordinator, who will send it to the offenders counselor. The offender may appeal the Warden's rejection to central office.
โ Processing the Greivance. Answer: Look in book and notes for this portion. โ Color Codes of Awareness: White. Answer: relaxed/unaware and unready โ Color Codes of Awareness: Yellow:. Answer: relaxed, but alert and aware โ Color Codes of Awareness: Orange. Answer: Specific Alert โ Color Codes of Awareness: Red. Answer: Instant reaction mandatory โ Color Codes of Awareness: Black. Answer: Panic; Paralysis โ Mass Movement. Answer: All posts staffed, Effective positioning along route, blind areas covered, Tower/Perimeter officers alerted. โ Pass System benefits. Answer: Ensure accountability, Maintain accurate records, Monitor offenders movements. โ Escort positioning. Answer: One Officer--three paces behind, level two and one half positioning.
โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Close. Answer: Offenders assigned to this category are suspected escape risks, habitual rule violtors, have assaultive criminal or facility history, unreliable and those against whom detainers for serious crimes are on file. Requires armed supervision while outside security bounds. โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Medium. Answer: Must establish relibility, have no major adjustment problems and have no current alchol or drug addiction. Typically cooperative, and require constant supervision outside security bounds. โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Minimum. Answer: Have shown themselves capable of abiding by rules and presenting minimum risk of escape as well as minimum risk to community and facility safety. subject to hourly checks inside and outside the facility. Must not have multiple escape or violent offenses. โ Drug. Answer: Any chemical substance, including alcohol, which affects a person in such a way as to bring about physiological, emotional, or behavioral changes. โ Drug Abuse. Answer: The misuse of any substances or drug. โ Narcotics. Answer: Drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. (i.e. opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone.)
โ Stimulants. Answer: Stimulants are drugs which increase alertness and activity (i.e. amphetamines, math amphetamines, cocaine). โ Depressants. Answer: slow down the central nervous system and relieve anxiety. (i.e. alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers) โ Major Risks associated w/ barbiturates and tranquilizers. Answer: Intoxication similar to alcohol, overdose when used w/ alcohol, Addiction (need for the same effect.) โ Hallucinogens. Answer: Mind altering substances (LSD, Marijuana, Hashish, MDMA). โ Inhalants. Answer: Inhalants are substances that can cause changes in the mind or body when inhaled into the lungs (i.e. pam, acetone, gasoline, lighterfluid, Lacquer, Glue, Brake Fluid, Paint Thinners, Spray Paints, Cleaning Fluids.) โ
