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Last Answer on February 10, 2022

Do weighted vests really work to help calm someone down? I seen it before on inmates. How effective are they?

Asked by Marty almost 5 years ago

I have heard they are effective, but I have never used one nor even seen one used. Can't help you much. Sorry.

You sound like a Trump voter is this true?

Asked by Beto about 5 years ago

I am capable of critical thinking and independent thought, so I expect that makes me sound like a Trump voter, especially to people who are not Trump voters. Of course, that doesn't mean I VOTED for Trump, just that it is true that I sound like a Trump voter.

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Hello, why do people say something was a mistake when it was not. Maybe a bad CHOICE but not a mistake. Say, having sex with someone under age if they did not know he/she was under age that was a mistake. if they did not know that was a poor choice. but i dont understand why sometimes their like when.it was sometning that was just something that was blaintly a bad and dumb CHOICE they say "IT WAS A MISTAKE" do you know why? bad choice of wording maybe? also, why do people buy it?

Asked by Mike about 5 years ago

It is normal for people (even bad or stupid people) to not want to think they made a bad choice. So, instead, they made a MISTAKE in their minds. Accidentally grabbing unsalted butter out of the case when you actually wanted salted butter is a mistake. A 20-year old guy having sex with a 12-year old girl is not a mistake, it is a crime. However they think they can avoid responsibility by calling it a mistake, an honest error. It is human nature, and some people will buy into it. Another analogy would be when you are pulled over for doing 65 in a 55 zone. You might have honestly thought it was a 65 zone and you were doing 65 on purpose. You also might have thought you were doing 55 and just were not paying attention. Those could both be honest mistakes. Doing 80 in a school zone is not a mistake. It is a crime and is also dangerous and stupid. Few people want to admit they did something dangerous and stupid. Especially if they get caught at it.

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Would you ever be a street cop?

Asked by 845 almost 4 years ago

No. Never interested in it.

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What where some pet peeves other Correctional Officer's would do?

Asked by Queen about 5 years ago

I have been retired for over 15 years but I suspect it is about the same as it has been for 60 years. Lame supervisors. Incompetent administrators. Irritating politicians. Prisoners who think they are being picked on just because you want them to follow the rules everybody else has to follow. The usual suspects.

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I know someone has been a correctional officer for 15 years. If they failed a drug test is there a way they wont be fired if they have never been in trouble

Asked by Anonymous almost 4 years ago

It depends on the jurisdiction and the exact circumstances I expect. My GUESS is that one bad test for weed would get you a nasty note in your personnel file. One bad test for coke or heroin might get you fired. Of course the tests are not 100% reliable and, if the person being tested protested his innocence they might very well put him/her on the mandatory test list for a few months. Unless the agency has a hard and fast policy there is a lot of wiggle room and good, long term employees are too valuable to be discarded lightly.

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