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      CRIMINALS WATCHING CRIMINALS

      An officer was upset one day because he had applied for a policeman’s job and was turned down. It seems as though they didn’t like it that he had abused drugs. They weren’t even aware of his robbery conviction when he was younger.

      BAD CONSEQUENCE TO HORSEPLAY

      Officers screwing around can cause major problems as it did this day. Back in segregation officers were screwing around with each other when breakfast arrived to be served to the inmates. Officers are not supposed to eat this food, but there is a lot of peer pressure to do so. If others eat it, and they are going to, you better eat it too or they will think you might out them and then they will make it tough on you.

      I can’t remember all that led up to the main problem. It generally starts out small and escalates with everyone trying to top the next person.

      One officer wound up spraying chemical irritant on another officer’s tray of food. Then an officer thought it was a bright idea to serve that tray to an inmate.

      The inmate wound up lying on the floor yelling that staff had sprayed his food with mace causing him breathing problems. He was taken to Health Services in a wheel chair.

      A sergeant was involved. He was demoted. Suspensions were handed out too.

      ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

      An officer stopped showing up at work. This happens from time to time without us knowing why. This time we found out. He was convicted of abusing and raping his wife. He was now an inmate.

      TURKEY IN A-EAST

      When I transferred to A-East, there was an officer there that hated my guts and everything else about me. He had bid on the spot that I bid on and got in that unit. He felt he deserved it. This is a seniority system, so he did not deserve it. His skills, knowledge, initiative, etc. did not even come close to mine. He was a slacker that was buddies with the sergeant in this cell block.

      He was a liar. He told falsehoods about me to this sergeant buddy of his and the sarge bought into them. Working in this place, I was used to situations like this. I followed policy and worked hard, so these kinds of people eventually did themselves in.

      This turkey eventually became frustrated, quit and returned to his home country that he said was so fantastic and constantly raved about. He would complain about the United States.

      Shortly before I retired, he was back in this country working again in this prison. I never had to deal with him after he returned. Too bad others had to. Too bad the DOC let him return. Too bad the United States let him come back.

      MODEL OFFICER

      Inmates will compliment female officers to get them to violate policies. Some of them get full of themselves and think they are hot stuff. Some of them that buy into the flattery laid upon them actually are good looking women; however they must have a dysfunctional mind to go along with men that are locked up and seeking any attention they can get from a female.

      A picture of a female officer still working here was found in an inmate’s cell. That instantly became her last day.

      Whether she was ugly or a looker, she now probably had the confidence to apply for a modeling job.

      When we search cells, we always or at least, should always wear the latex throw away gloves provided by the institution. Finding pictures like this, you never know what is on them.

      GOOD OFFICERS

      First off, there are many more good officers than there are bad ones. The good ones just don’t make the headlines like the bad officers do. Someone doing their job is not as noteworthy as what happens when someone creates problems.

      I was fortunate early on to be able to work with many of these excellent officers and to be able to learn from them. Throughout these books, you have read about many of them of which I have not revealed their names. Following is the exception as he became a legend in Stillwater Prison.

      SGT. RICHARD M. DODGE

      I use this man's actual name in this chapter because of the type of man he was. As far as I could tell, no man was held in higher regard than this man. Sgt. Dodge was highly respected by officers and inmates alike. He spoke to us for a couple of hours during our academy.

      He showed us pictures of himself when he was beaten and taken hostage back in a 1980 riot in Stillwater Prison.

      He spoke of seeing inmates dive off tiers to get away from bees and bats.

      He stated that he was a survivor of Acute Myologenoush Leukemia.

      He had a BA in philosophy, was working on an MA in education and a PHD in something else. He viewed himself as a “correctional counselor.”

      He said that he tried hard to connect with people and inspire them to be better.

      He felt that he turned around 1 inmate every 2 years.

      He said that there were a few inmates that became his friends and that he was still in contact with since they had been released.

      DODGISMS

      Dodgisms are some of the words of wisdom this man spoke. When he spoke, everyone listened. Doing what he said made doing the job less of a hassle. Here are a few of them. If I had ever been a regular in his block, Doghouse/D-Hall, I am sure that I would have thousands of them to relay to you.

      The hardest thing for human beings to do is to change.

      Chances of turning around a sex offender are ZERO.

      When walking the tiers, the shorter officer should go first with the taller officer following, so as to not block the view of the shorter officer.

      Boredom is good, non-boredom is really exciting, but it’s not good for you. You want to achieve boredom.

      Take care of the little things. Little things not taken care of become big things.

      Get each task done as quickly as possible, because you never know when something will happen to pull you away.

      Keep an eye on your fellow officers.

      We are caretakers, a duty bound robot.

      The purpose of keys and prison are to restrict movement.

      Don’t give inmates an opening to question our integrity.

      The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

      Prisons and their clientele are not predictable. We must avoid set-ups. We are their new bait.

      Give pat downs before locking someone down for an ICR.

      Inmate ID’s are also their phone card and dining room seating indicator.

      Telephones are a privilege, not a right.

      When in doubt, write a report.

      If you catch an inmate with a joint or a cigarette, give them a direct order not to move, run water or flush the toilet. They will receive a greater penalty for disobeying an order than they would for having contraband of that nature.

      LOGBOOK

      Nobody touches Dodges logbook. Did I mention that nobody touches Dodges log book? We would always hear this whenever conversations came up about Sgt. Dodge. When Sgt. Dodge was working, he was the only one that touched that log book. Nobody touched Sgt. Dodges log book except Sgt. Dodge. If you think you’ve heard this too many times now, it’s only a fraction of how many times we heard it. I never worked for him and it was drilled into my head. You knew that

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