Captain Strong has several patrol officers that are dissatisfied with their jobs. They are feeling overwhelmed by the excessive workload, they are unable to complete their preliminary investigations and often have to cut corners on their shift. They are rarely allowing to socialize with other officers because they patrol alone and are not allowing to take a lunch break with more than one officer at one specific location (More, Chapter 6, 2012). They are having difficulty feeling like they are making a difference with their role in the police department. Captain Strong has several options of approaches on how to address these issues. It is imperative to the success of any police department to ensure their officers are motivated by the work they do. This motivation ensures they duties are performed appropriately, which helps to establish trust within the community.…
The Weston Family practice clinic is looking for a new office manager. As a Weston clinic advisor I will be responsible for hiring the office manager. During the hiring process I will conduct a job analysis for the position. I will also develop an assessment strategy for evaluating the qualifications of the potential candidates for the position. Sets of responsibilities are utilized for an assortment of reasons. There are tools for selecting, deciding pay ranges and levels or evaluations, building up occupation titles, making worker's employment objectives and goals, and leading neglect reports. They can likewise be utilized for vocation arranging, making sensible lodging and meeting lawful prerequisites for consistency purposes. In view of…
Upon completion of my undergraduate work, I will be pursuing a Masters of Business Administration, with a focus of healthcare administration. After the completion of my first year of graduate work, I intend to apply for a work-study position as a “Health Systems Specialist”, at the local VA facility. These work-studies are paid internships in which the department of veteran’s affairs trains and evaluates the competencies of prospective employees. Upon completion of the one-year work-study, I will be eligible for a non-competitive conversion to a permanent or term appointment within the VA health care system (U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, n.d.).…
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Similar to military service, individuals are attracted to a law enforcement profession for various reasons. Some are interested in the authoritative position while others are attracted by the ability to uphold high standards of law enforcement. Whatever the reason for pursuing this line of profession, one thing remains constant for each law enforcement professional is the stress, and how the stress has a limited or lasting effect. The focus of this paper is on the effects of stress to law enforcement professionals and may be generic in some aspects in order to generalize effects as each individual’s reaction to a situation may be significantly different depending on many factors. Much research has been…
In the prison documentary Predators at Prey, we learn about the daily challenges correctional officers face every day. The Lebanon Correctional Institution, located in Ohio, is a rehabilitation based prison that focuses on inmate reentry by offering various services. Just like most other prisons, correctional officers at this institution have to deal with individuals who have committed murder, sex crimes, and drug related crimes. As a result, stress is seen to manifest in different forms in an environment such as this one. Sanford Whitlow, a correctional officer of twelve years, made an interesting observation of correctional officers being unsung heroes who never receive credit for dealing with the worst people in society. Hence, the…
Fulton, Betsy, Amy Stichman, Lawrence Travis, and Edward Latessa. "Moderating Probation and Parole Officer Attitudes to Achieve Desired Outcomes." Prison Journal 77.3 (1997): 295-313. CECybrary. ProQuest Database. Allentown Business School, Center Valley, PA. 7 July 2004 . This study was an assessment of the role preferences of probation and parole officers and the conflict between control and treatment. It was determined that organizational philosophy is a determinate on officers ' attitudes and preferences. Specifically, the authors ' focus was on offender outcomes of two polar intensive supervision programs. It was determined that the law enforcement, surveillance-oriented approach was not effective in reducing offender…
What are the effects of treatment programs and how do these programs assist the rate of recidivism?…
Throughout the years, there has been one major dilemma that continues to hassle the administration whose sole purpose is to provide institutional sanctions, treatment programs, and services for managing criminal offenders. This dilemma is the high turnover rate of the Corrections Officers, whom agencies nation wide are losing at an extremely high rate. Recent statistics indicate that nearly half of all Corrections Academy graduates will have left their agency within a two-year period (“State questions high, “2004). This high turnover rate is causing a staff shortage, which is forcing agencies to put new officers on the job immediately while being untrained. Though the amount of Corrections Officers departing from their agencies continues to rise, the amount of inmates entering prisons remains the same. This of course can become a serious safety issue for the departments employing these new hires that are inadequately trained.…
Corrections officers are often asked to work in understaffed and overcrowded facilities. Physical violence, a shared trait with the combat Veteran, is a possibility any day for these officers. Another shared trait between these two professions is PTSD. Corrections officers generally suffer from some level of PTSD during their tenure. Finally, most correctional officers will pass away before their 59th birthday. Corrections officers definitely are one of the hardest civilian professions. (Pittaro, 2015)…
Probation and parole officers play a critical role in the criminal justice system, their involvement with offenders prior to incarceration and after release help keep the public safe. There are a multitude of duties they are responsible for, and the actions or inactions can potentially affect the outcome of the offender’s rehabilitation. The effectiveness of probation and parole officers can depend on the size of their caseloads, which can be excessive in numbers. They must balance the caseloads with the numerous entities, and outside agencies that they encounter daily. In addition, changes to the legal system, politics, and societal norms influence how probation and parole are regulated, and administered throughout the United States.…
They are responsible for enforcing the rules of their confinement. (Carlson & Garrett, 2008) This is why corrections work is one of the most stressful jobs in law enforcement. (Carlson & Garrett, 2008) Correctional officers are required to remain continually alert during their entire shift which can be between…
In an overpopulated prison inmates obtain a higher level of stress and elevate blood pressure. This leads to physical and psychological impairment and in an increase in medical complaints. Errors in social judgmentsand interpersonal mistakes are made. The resources for prisoners deplete rapidly due to availability. The screenings for inmates are overlooked and the management for possible problematic prisoners is skipped causing an uneasy environment when mentally ill prisoners interact with the general population. Systems that grow at this lightening speed are at risk for losing their organizational stability and unable to maintain the grounds they guard with authority in place. There are a few simple solutions to help the population from increasing without costing the California taxpayers more money to build new construction prisons that appear to be…
Many officers find the field to be stressful because it holds the highest risk of injury and illness, often resulting from confrontations with inmates. Jail and prison security must be provided 24 hours a day, officers work all hours of the day and night, weekends, and holidays these factors affect their daily lives very heavily but they do it in the name of justice. The daily interactions with inmates are a big responsibility which I do not take lightly. Although an officer is an authority figure they are civil servants and are required to respect the inmates rights and treat them with respect.…
References: Sumter, M. (2008, August). The correctional work force faces challenges in the 21st Century. Corrections Today, 70(4), 100.…