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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
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I thought in California the sherriff's dept still handled the jails?
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I thought in California the sherriff's dept still handled the jails?
Sheriff's handle the jails (county and detention centers), State Pens still use CO's.......
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I really think you should call the expert.....Vince Goodrum, he used to be a correctional officer as far as I know. :P D
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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
check out the forums at http://forums.officer.com/forums/. there is a corrections forum http://forums.officer.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=27
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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
When my dad retired from wrestling he worked as a detention officer for the Dallas Sherifs Dept. He said he loved it. You had to be tuf and let the inmates know who was in charge. He said he would treat them however they treated him. He has now sens retired from that as well and enjoys fishing and watching the antiques road show.
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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
It depends on your desire for law enforcement. If you are planning to be a parole then I would recommend taking a position as a volunteer or part time deputy rather than a correctional officer because it would help more towards it.
A correctional officer deals with housing and securing inmates while a parole officer keeps tabs on released inmates and insures that they are where they are suppose to be. Completely different jobs and a parole officer would be in a position to where is would need to use a firearm. Correctional officers are not unless they are escorting an inmate.
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It depends on your desire for law enforcement. If you are planning to be a parole then I would recommend taking a position as a volunteer or part time deputy rather than a correctional officer because it would help more towards it.
A correctional officer deals with housing and securing inmates while a parole officer keeps tabs on released inmates and insures that they are where they are suppose to be. Completely different jobs and a parole officer would be in a position to where is would need to use a firearm. Correctional officers are not unless they are escorting an inmate.
Yeah but the easiest/fastest way to become a parole officer in california is to transfer from corrections officer after two years of exp. along with your bachelors degree. Parole seems to be a more attractive job, eventhough you have to carry a gun you are often only drawing it when you are accompanied by large groups of backup.
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It depends on your desire for law enforcement. If you are planning to be a parole then I would recommend taking a position as a volunteer or part time deputy rather than a correctional officer because it would help more towards it.
A correctional officer deals with housing and securing inmates while a parole officer keeps tabs on released inmates and insures that they are where they are suppose to be. Completely different jobs and a parole officer would be in a position to where is would need to use a firearm. Correctional officers are not unless they are escorting an inmate.
yeah, but what the audience wants to know is: where's the gay sex better??
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yeah its a lateral transfer to parole officer. if you can put up with being a corrections officer for 2yrs. do it. after 5yrs of so it will drive you nuts though..might as well get on some meds.
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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
Im not sure where you got this info from but my workout partner is a cop and he doesnt advise anyone to work for the gvt.
Cops can make good money working extra jobs though.
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been there...done that. Great job if you can stand your fellow C.O.'s
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State corrections you will have more fights, more cell extractions, a little more "action" overall but decent pay depending on the state. Federal corrections (currently employed) is not as active unless you are at a Penn or the supermax. Federal worked for me beacuse I was able to tack my military time onto my retirement, I can also move out of custody into admin, also will be able to transfer to another Federal prison outside of the state I'm in. We do carry weapons when we are on perimeter, a 9mm, a remington 12 gauge and an M16.
It's not for everbody. Been Federal 4 years did 6 years State prior to that.
Good luck.
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if your serious PM me, i work for CDCR.
I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
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You need some experience behind bars. I recommend you either kneecap a cop or try to get laid on a playground. The jail time will toughen you up and let you know if a career in that area is right for you.
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I also work for CDCr. I have been there for a year and I cleared 50 grand my first year with no overtime. Most of my coworkers do alot of overtime and they made about 70-80 Gs last year, on average. Those were people that came through the academy with me, also in their first year. Quite a few vets cleared 100 grand last year. :o Pissed off the state legislature. But we are understaffed, and those positions have to be filled. That means overtime pay! :D So, it is good money. That is, if you work in a Ca State prison. Our union is pretty powerful, so we get a lotta dough. It can be stressful, though, depending on your post. You might want to visit www.pacovilla.com. Go to the CDC board. Lots of good insight there. One warning, though....Arnold is not too popular on that board. :-[
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been there...done that. Great job if you can stand your fellow C.O.'s
Why?
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State corrections you will have more fights, more cell extractions, a little more "action" overall but decent pay depending on the state. Federal corrections (currently employed) is not as active unless you are at a Penn or the supermax. Federal worked for me beacuse I was able to tack my military time onto my retirement, I can also move out of custody into admin, also will be able to transfer to another Federal prison outside of the state I'm in. We do carry weapons when we are on perimeter, a 9mm, a remington 12 gauge and an M16.
It's not for everbody. Been Federal 4 years did 6 years State prior to that.
Good luck.
here in Canada its different. In the states what dictates u do fed time as oppose to state jail?
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You need some experience behind bars. I recommend you either kneecap a cop or try to get laid on a playground. The jail time will toughen you up and let you know if a career in that area is right for you.
Just do what this clown does... hahahaha . ;D
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Im a Correctional Officer here in Canada, and I love my job. The fact is that it pay well, we have good social advantage and its bodybuilder friendly. I mainly work 8-16 or 16-24 , rarely bight shift. I can eat almost anytime I want, and its not as physical demanding as working in a factory or something like that. Sure sometime its hard , we fight , we had all kind of dangerous situations , but hey A little rush of adrenaline sometimes is cool heyyyy!!!!
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Question for kh300 or other Law Enforcement Officers;
I am not asking this to start a debate on police brutality or anything like that because this kid had that whoopin' coming....but in the video I linked ...what would be the charges filed on the idiot that gave the cop the finger? What would the officer likely use as an excuse/reason for kicking the kid's ass? Was this standard procedure?
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Question for kh300 or other Law Enforcement Officers;
I am not asking this to start a debate on police brutality or anything like that because this kid had that whoopin' coming....but in the video I linked ...what would be the charges filed on the idiot that gave the cop the finger? What would the officer likely use as an excuse/reason for kicking the kid's ass? Was this standard procedure?
This has to be a joke. The cop couldn't just start wailing on him like that. Also, there are no other people walking around in the video and they are just parked where a cop happens to stroll by; possible but not likely. If this were true, this kid and this video would be all over the news because of the lawsuit he would throw on the police.
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try applying here first www.cagedtushy.com/main.html
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I am looking for feedback about the job. I am from California and have applied for positions in the state and federal programs. I am getting my degree in crim. justice shortly and I know you can make a good living especially working for the state. I am also thinking of working as a CO for 2 years and then lateraling over to a parole officer. Any input from current or past co's would be really appreciated.
Bullshit pay though.
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100,000 a year is bullshit? ??? ::)
Bullshit pay though.
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what you want to know? I was a C.O here in ca. for 10 years. ask and i give you the no B.S truth
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Here was some recent good news. For CDC officers, anyway. Im still waiting for my retro check of about 5800 bucks to come any day now. 8)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/19/state/n184236S17.DTL&type=politics
"With the 3.1 percent raise, the base pay for a correctional officer will range from $60,576 to $68,780, depending on years of service. About 6,000 corrections officers now earn more than $100,000 a year including overtime, according to the state controller."