I know a guy who was a corrections officer, until he apparently got himself fired over some off duty incident. The details are fuzzy because I believe his story is his story and theres really more to it. The jist of the deal is that he apparently observed some woman driving erratically on the fwy on his way home from the klink, and, somehow or another, ended up on the shoulder with her and flashed his badge (he says unintentionally). The incident was investigated and even the union apparently wouldn't grievance the issue and he was out.
The organization was Santa Clara County but I believe their corrections are non-sworn persons in some sort of a contract arrangement.
This may not be enough info for any real input, but I guess what I'm looking for is if anyone knows what the deal is regarding the badge thing, is it true that some corrections personnel are "non-sworn" and therfore have no off duty powers, rendering him essentially guilty of falsely identifying himself as a peace officer? Can anyone make a guess at what, if any, bigger underlying issue may have been at work? Until this time he was a standout at the facility, training personnel and doing extra assignments and such. I just have a strange feeling about this whole deal.
The organization was Santa Clara County but I believe their corrections are non-sworn persons in some sort of a contract arrangement.
This may not be enough info for any real input, but I guess what I'm looking for is if anyone knows what the deal is regarding the badge thing, is it true that some corrections personnel are "non-sworn" and therfore have no off duty powers, rendering him essentially guilty of falsely identifying himself as a peace officer? Can anyone make a guess at what, if any, bigger underlying issue may have been at work? Until this time he was a standout at the facility, training personnel and doing extra assignments and such. I just have a strange feeling about this whole deal.
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