I did my first shakedown today being today was my first day back as being officially a CO. I was looking for some advice and I know this is a good place to get it from seasoned experienced officers. My question is, when you are doing a shakedown, besides the obvious places to look for contraband, what are some not so obvious places to look? for example, like inside all of the stuff in his locker, like I heard a radio was a good place to hide contraband and I would have never thought they could hide the stuff as well as they do in a radio. I know I will learn with time and learn from my mistakes the places I need to look but I was just looking for a little heads up advice from you guys. Also as far as nuisance contraband, I asked my unit manager today about like ketchup packets and stuff like that and he said you really need to take it up but "it's your call to whether you do or not". As they told me in BCOT when you tell an inmate something, leave no room for interpretation. B/C I know a lot of officers don't take their nuisance contraband like that. Does it make life easier on you in the long run if you don't take every little thing they have that isn't going to harm you or put someone in danger? I know you have to walk the fine line between not being a hard *** and not being a whimp either. So that's why I asking, sorry for all the questions.
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Nathan
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Nathan
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