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I was once employed by the California Department of Corrections for 15+yrs. I even personally know a couple of the morons who posted on the pacovilla.com thread.
it comes as no surprise the way some of them act. I would say 20% of the staff are good honest professionals that have common sense. the other 40% are dump trucks that only show up for a check and play desk cop or snack bar rover, and the other 40% are in my opinion Sadists, who only want to make others peoples lives miserable. most of them are McDonalds rejects IMHO.
in the course of my duties there, I have witnessed a lot of wrong things happen, I've seen evidence planted or frabicated by staff, Falsified reports, inmates beaten, or provoked by staff to fight. aka *Creative counseling* cleaned up by *Creative Writing* and it's easy to fall into this mob mentally when all the staff around you are more crooked than the inmates, in order to keep the inmates in "Check"
and if you are one of the rare or few staff that report serious staff misconduct to I.A. you are then ostracized by the staff and management. and evenutually terminated or feel forced to quit.(I've seen this happen a few times) and labeled an "Inmate Lover" rather than "Pro-Staff"
Also, I feel they/we were overpaid, I know of some officers who earn in excess of 120k+ a year. the only timeI felt we earned this money was when we were FOT (forced over time) 4-5 days a week. working 16 hr days, and unable to spend time with family. in addition they get 3.0 at retirement, which basically comes out to 90% of your last years pay if you have 30 years in. so if your at your top pay scale with all the other little bonuses, you end up with a very healthy retirement package of 6-7k a month with full health and dental.
getting a Job at CDC is like winning the "lotto" as many of us put it. but yet is also the easiest job I ever had. and often times I couldn't beleive I was making so much money, for so little work.
in order for them to get fat raises each year, they would contribute big $$$ to the person/governor they know would win in exchange for love at the bargaining table. once they have a deal set in place, CCPOA would tell the CO's who to vote for. cause it meant more money for them. I think there is like 70k+ Correctional staff that fall under Bargaining unit 5. so that a nice chunk of votes for who ever promises them sweet heart deals at the Union Table.
years ago I left CDC, and was more than happy to leave it. while the money and benefits were good. I was happy to leave such a crooked organization. I consider many of them nothing more than"Criminals with Badges"
I also have many friends who are Kings county Sheriffs and Fresno PD i grew up with, and the stories those guys would tell me while throwing a few pints down would make you sick.
Also when staff get fired it is usually a quiet affiar, I've seen these Criminals with Badges get busted for Armed robbery, Crack, Meth,PCP, Opium, engaging in sex with female inmates, Domestic Voilence, muling drugs into prisonetc etc, the list and stories are justendless...
and the Biggest Joke told around the prison is, How many officers does it take to push an inmate down the stairs? none, because the inmate "Tripped" like i said, they are nothing more than Sadists. and wanna be control freaks.
I am soo glad CDC is behind me, as I had a lot of moral issues working there. now because of that said, some of the CDC staff will probably call me an Inmate lover. when in fact I conducted myself as a true Professional, and earned the respect of Staff as well as inmates, point is, there are many rogue cops out there that should not be wearing badges. I am glad to be Living in Idaho, away from all the california cops.
I only wish more citizens would excersize there right to Open carry, as well as police need to be properly educated.
