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This is a testing material document for the Gainesville Florida Police Department's 2025 Lieutenants written examination, outlining the knowledge domains and source materials that will be assessed. The examination will evaluate candidates across five primary content areas: Legal Standards covering the United States Bill of Rights, Florida State Statutes addressing criminal offenses and law enforcement procedures, and City of Gainesville Ordinances; Correct and Safe Use of Equipment including GPD General Orders on weapons, department property, body-worn cameras, vehicles, and speed measurement devices; Investigations and Interviews covering interrogation procedures, domestic violence investigations, sexual assault protocols, evidence collection, and property control; General Orders, Policies, and Procedures addressing arrest procedures, command and control, conduct standards, traffic enforcement, and administrative functions; Leadership principles; and Administrative Practices encompassing collective bargaining agreements with the Fraternal Order of Police and Communications Workers of America. The test plan identifies specific legal bulletins issued between 2015 and 2025 addressing contemporary law enforcement issues such as cannabis odor, nuisance abatement, Baker Act procedures, Marsy's Law, and use of deadly force that candidates must understand.
This document serves as the foundation for constructing the lieutenant promotional examination as part of the City of Gainesville's broader promotional testing process contract. The specified source materials include approximately 40 GPD General Orders, 30 legal bulletins, three collective bargaining agreements, and referenced Florida statutes and city ordinances. The examination structure indicates a comprehensive assessment methodology designed to ensure lieutenant candidates possess knowledge of current legal standards, departmental policies, investigative procedures, and administrative requirements necessary for supervisory-level law enforcement responsibilities. The materials referenced reflect the operational and legal complexities of contemporary policing, with particular emphasis on constitutional protections, specialized investigations, and recent legislative or policy updates relevant to the Gainesville Police Department's operations.
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GAINESVILLE FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT
2025 LIEUTENANTS WRITTEN TEST PLAN
LEGAL STANDARDS - # of Questions United States Bill of Rights Florida State Statutes
112.532 - Law enforcement officers’ and correctional officers’ rights 784.011- Assault
784.021 - Aggravated assault
784.03 - Battery; felony battery
784.045 - Aggravated battery
784.048 - Stalking
787.01 - Kidnapping; kidnapping of child under age 13, aggravating circumstances
787.06 - Human trafficking
790.01 - Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms 794.011- Sexual battery
810.02 - Burglary
810.08 - Trespass in structure or conveyance.
810.14 - Voyeurism prohibited; penalties
812.014 – Theft
812.13 - Robbery
812.133 – Carjacking
812.135 – Home Invasion Robbery
827.03 - Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child
827.04 - Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child 856.011- Disorderly intoxication
856.015 – Open house parties
901.15 - When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful. (Misdemeanor exceptions) 901.151- Stop and Frisk Law
901.21 - Search of person arrested
City of Gainesville Ordinances # of Questions
Chapter 4: Alcoholic Beverages Chapter 15: Noise Chapter 17: Offenses Chapter 19: Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers.
CORRECT / SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT - # of Questions GPD General Orders
1.6 - Weapons
17.4 – Department Owned Property
40.12 – A car audio/video system procedures
40.14 - Body worn camera video systems (BWC)
40.29 – Access and use of the city computer systems
41.3 – Department vehicles Memo Dated 1-13-22 – Take Home Car
41.4 - Vehicle Pursuit
41.6 – Authorize duty equipment
61.5 – Speed measure devices
INVESTIGATIONS / INTERVIEWS - # of Questions United States Bill of Rights GPD General Orders
1.2 – Police Citizen Encounters, Enforcement and Bias-Based Profiling
1.4 - Searched
1.7 - Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Response
26.5 - Disciplinary System and Investigative Process
40.1 - Sexual Battery/ Sexual Violence Investigations
40.4 - Criminal Investigations Division (CID)
40.6 - Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Investigations
40.8 - Investigations of the Physical and/or Sexual Abuse of Children
40.13 - Infectious Disease Control
40.16 - Stolen & Recovered Vehicle, Vehicle Part, and License Plate Procedures
40.20 – Seizure and Forfeiture of Property
40.22 - Sexual Predator and Offender Registration and Tracking Procedures
40.26 – Noise Ordinance Enforcement
40.32 - Nuisance Abatement Procedures
40.37 - Trespassing
42.2 - Investigative Procedures: Case Documentation and Intake Function
42.4 - Confidential Informants and Sources
43.1 - Vice, Drugs, and Organized Crime and Covert Investigations and Operations
51.1 - Crime Analysis and Criminal Intelligence
61.3 - Impaired Driver Enforcement
61.4 - Zero Tolerance Law
61.6 - Traffic Crash Investigation
61.7 Department Traffic Crashes & Vehicle Damage Investigations
61.8 - Traffic Fatality Procedures
83.1 – Evidence collection and preservation
83.3 - Digital Evidence Procedures
83.4 - Seizure of Allegedly Obscene Material
84.1 - Property and Evidence Control
GENERAL ORDERS / POLICIES / PROCEDURES - # of Questions GPD General Orders
1.3 - Arrest
1.5 - Response to Resistance
12.1 - Command and Control
2.1 Mutual Aid
22.3 - Physical Examination/Fitness
22.4 - Overtime/Extra-Duty Details
22.5 - Outside Employment, Business or Volunteer Activity
22.7 - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
22.8 - Administrative and Personnel Matters
26.1 – Rules of Conduct
26.3 - Harassment
40.9 - Hate and Bias Crimes 54.1- Public Information
54.2 - Social Media
61.1 - Traffic Enforcement
61.2 - Traffic Checkpoints
61.9 - Illegally Parked / Abandoned Vehicle Procedures
84.2 - Vehicle Inventory, Tow and Release Procedures
Legal Bulletins # of Questions
2025-3 - Odor Cannabis 2024-7 - Nuisance Abatement – final 2024-6 - Bottle Clubs - FINAL 2024-4 - Hotel Evictions.
2023-11 - Open Container Ordinance Updated 2023-10 - Joint GPD and ACSO on Arrests outside of Jurisdiction FI 2023-8 - Missing Persons 2022-16 - Firearms in Vehicles 2022-15 - City Sexual Offender Residency Restrictions 2022-14 - Warning Requirement for Noise violations 2022-13 Noise Ordinance Amendments 2022-06 -Baker Act Seizure of Weapons 2022-04 - Baker Acts and Escapes 2022-01 Interviewing minors 2023-2 Crash Reports UTC PRR exemption 2021-04 - Confidentiality Limitations Of Cism Team 2021-03 - Marsy Law LEO's 2023-12 - Marsy's law update 2020-05 - BB Gun Can be a Deadly Weapon 2020-04 - Extension of Traffic Stop Beyond Issuing Citation 2020-02 - 2020-01 - Traffic Stop Based on Knowledge that Registered Owner's DL is Suspended 2019-12 - Use Of Deadly Force 2019-09 - 2019-07 - Alcohol Overdoses Immunity 2019-03 - Smokeable Marijuana Legal Bulletin 2018-05 2017-02 - Interrogation Invocation Of Right To Counsel 2017-01 - Qualified Immunity: Probable Cause Affidavit 2016-01 - DL Proof On Demand 2015-17 - Unlawful Stop - License Status 2015-04 - Terry Stops: Suspects Refusal to Identify Him/Herself Alone
LEADERSHIP - # of Questions
Chief Moya’s Memo 2024-02
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES - # of Questions
Agreement between the City of Gainesville and Gator Lodge 67 Inc. Fraternal Order of Police. Oct 2024-Sep 2027. All pages.
Agreement between the City of Gainesville and the Police Benevolent Association Oct 2025- sept-2028
Agreement between the City of Gainesville And Communications workers (NON-SUPERVISORY UNIT) of America Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Agreement between the City of Gainesville And Communications workers (SUPERVISORY UNIT) of America Jan 2025 – Dec 2027
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