Things OPD never taught me | Concord Trivia | Movie Trivia | Potent Potables | Case Law |
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What is the CHP-180
The form that every department (excepting you-know-who) uses when a person reports their car stolen
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What is Todos Santos
This downtown park still bears the original city name before it was changed to Concord
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What is End of Watch
This millennial cop favorite stars Jake Gyllenhal and Michael Pena
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What is a martini
James Bond always asks for his shaken, not stirred
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What is Miranda v. Arizona
This case led to possibly the most well-known and yet most-misunderstood (by the public) legal admonition
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What is PC 647(h)
Any person who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private party of another without lawful business and for the purpose of committing a crime
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What is Salvio Pacheco Square
This downtown square is named for the ranchero who first founded the city which would become Concord
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Who is Lynda Carter
This famed former beauty queen has a wonderful cameo in Super Troopers
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What is a Rob Roy
It's a Manhattan, but made with Scotch
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What is Terry v. Ohio
This case defined when an officer can "stop and frisk" a person they suspect is involved in a crime
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What is the CHP Collisions Investigation Manual
OPD does not adhere to a "strict interpretation" of this CHP guide to reporting crashes
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What is The Concord Pavilion
This local fixture was first designed by famous architect Frank Gehry in 1975, and expanded upon again by Gehry in the 1990s
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Who is Dennis Hopper
"Colors" relaunched the career of this famous Hollywood iconoclast, previously best known for directing "Easy Rider"
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What is Rum
This tropical spirit used to be part of the daily rations for the Royal Navy
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What is Graham v. Connor
This case defined the objective reasonableness standard for use of force by law enforcement
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What is chocolate old-fashioned
My FTO's favorite doughnut
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Who is Tom Hanks
This actor, much beloved of dads everywhere, was born in Concord in 1956
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What is To Live and Die in LA
This Secret Service classic, directed by William Friedkin, shares a name with a Tupac Shaker track
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What is Jameson
This classic Irish whiskey was created in Scotland and is now owned by a French company
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What is Tennessee v. Garner
This case removed the justification to shoot a simple "fleeing felon"
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What is PC 485
One who finds lost property under circumstances which give them knowledge or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to their own use, without first making reasonable/just efforts to restore the property to the owner
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Who is Dave Brubeck
This park is named for a famous jazz pianist and co-founder of his eponymous quarter
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What is Manhunter
This 1980s movie, directed by Michael Mann, is the feature-film debut of famed cannibal Hannibal Lector
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What is Wormwood (aka Artemisia Absinthium)
This plant was originally thought to be the primary cause of hallucinations for Absinthe enthusiasts (spoiler: it was just the high ABV)
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What is Whren v. US
This case allowed the continuation of "pretext stops" as long as there was objectively reasonable PC for the traffic stop
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