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How to Be an Effective Jail/Correction
Officer
Length of Seminar:
2 Days
Instructor: Perry
Hollowell
Course Overview:
Working within the Jail/Correction Facility today is much
more complex and demanding than ever. No longer are Jail/Correction
Officer duties just booking and turn key responsibilities.
Today’s correction officers are faced
with problem inmates, suicide, high risk and high profile
inmates, transportation security, drugs, inmates with medical
problems and treating incidents within the facility as crime
scenes.
All of these factors and the scrutiny of
the news media and court systems have created additional
stress factors, ethic problems and the need for continuing
training for the Jail/Correction Officer.
Upon Completion:
Officers will be provided the skills and knowledge to:
- Perform high risk transports and prepare for high risk
trials.
- Conduct a facilities security survey.
- List and identify at least seven (7) types of dangerous
contraband.
- Determine what personality type they are.
- List five (5) ways to relieve stress.
- Identify five (5) risk factors associated with heart
disease.
- Determine what constitutes a breach of ethics both
legally and morally.
- Describe what the ABC’s of a good report are.
- Demonstrate their knowledge of proper writing techniques
through practical exercise.
- Explain the five (5) W’s and an H theory in report
writing.
- Identify the three (3) necessary parts to effective
communications.
- List and describe the different levels of communication.
- Explain verbal intervention.
- Identify a special needs inmate.
- Deal effectively with the manipulative inmate using
the tactics discussed in class.
- Identify three (3) dangers posed to the officer during
booking procedures.
- List four (4) important record files that must be maintained.
- Explain the levels of force usage.
- Secure a crime scene as a first responder.
- Deal with witnesses and give professional testimony.
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