Comments on: Corrections Officer Arrested On Drugs For Sex Charges

By: Collins

Collins — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:52:28 +0000

How many years has this person been a corrections officer? 20 something!!!!!! yes 20 something.. He started at the road prison 2or 3 years ago after working over 20 years at the escambia county jail. What one person can do to mess up what so many others have worked so hard to do. I feel sorry for the officers at the road prison.They do a lot for our community and to have this one thing happen to over shadow all they have done. One bad corrections officer,police officer,school teacher,preacher and yes even the president makes all the rest look o so bad. It will take time for the road prison to recover from this but they will and I will be praying for them.I was proud to read that the road prison took action and reported it to the sheriffs office and helped catch this officer so he could not do this again ,when they could have swept it under the rug to protect there own reputation.

By: SW

SW — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:18:32 +0000

Cynical,

Huh?

By: EMD

EMD — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:10:06 +0000

Cynical,

What does that mean? Translation?

By: Cynical

Cynical — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:37:45 +0000

Honestly – couldn’t this guy have put more thought into this alleged crime and just given it a miss?

It’s hard enough to keep corrections officers without having to charge them with crimes.

By: me

me — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:21:50 +0000

The county road prison is run by Escambia County (I believe through the Board of County Comissioners) not the Department of Corrections (DOC) They also have county work release (by the Health Dept) and County Probation
He is not a DOC or ECSO employee

By: ocdoc2009

ocdoc2009 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:17:40 +0000

Umm, I think a lot of responses here are misinterpreting what I meant by the manipulation process. 1st and foremost, I am not EXCUSING,saying it wasn’t HIS FAULT for letting himself get manipulated if he did. I was simply implying that this idiot most likely was watched and observed until an inmate knew he was an easy target. And yes I do believe that he was a degenerate from the beginning since he committed this act of stupidity. He has been employed with DOC since 2006,plenty of time for inmates to get enough info to know if he was a target. And as far as the manipulation stopped with the pills?Former cop, the manipulation stops when “the sting” is enacted and in most cases the officer either resigns or is arrested. I have a better link for the article “Steps to a set-up” by Sgt. James Topan.

Now I will do what former cop did and place a statement before some or any of you think I am trying to say he was set up, or what he did was excuseable. I DO NOT THINK HE WAS SET-UP. I am merely trying to say he was in some way manipulated during this ordeal that he felt comfortable enough to try this idiotic act. No where does it say in the information currently released that he threatened the inmate with anything, which I DO NOT think it is an excuse. However, that duma** wouldn’t have attempted to do something so bold unless he has done it before and gotten away with it.
( I am assuming so since one of his charges is sexual battery which implies an act has occurred)
And former cop, I do agree with you that he was a degenerate that slipped through the cracks. I do recall my time with the state (11 yrs here one year in another state) when my friends would ask me,”do you ever worry about the inmates?” I answered it truthfully ” No, most(not all) of my co-workers would stab me in the back quicker than an inmate would.”

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/adult-children-addicted-alcoholic-parents/146124-has-anyone-ever-been-s_e_t_u_p.html

By: Former Cop

Former Cop — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:01:13 +0000

Well, at least he doesn’t use tobacco products. Goodness knows we don’t want that kind working for the county.

We can’t condemn all law enforcement for the actions of a few. The profession is conducive to the occasional bad conduct. There are a variety of reasons. Thankfully this thug was caught and will be taken out of one system and put into another.

I must disagree with the manipulation part. It would seem that manipulation would have stopped with the pills; but, c’mon, prostitution and sexual battery? Nah, this guy was a degenerate from the beginning that got through the process undetected; hey, it happens-remember the FBI agent that got busted for spying a few years ago?

(Oh yeah, before someone tells me that I don’t know what I’m talking about-I am a former certified corrections officer in FL and a former certified law enforcement officer in AL, FL, and GA with 14 years experience and a college degree in the field; I left the field honorably to enter the private sector.)

By: D

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:23:20 +0000

It doesn’t matter where you work. Manipulation is no excuse for getting caught doing something wrong. If you have it in you to do something immoral, THIS is how it comes out. The world has gone to the dogs. And they work right beside us all everyday.

By: A. Davis

A. Davis — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:42:32 +0000

If a officer lets anyone manipulate them its their own fault. Im sure that this was not the first time. Its what the officer liked. Its funny to think that some of these officers think noone knows what is going on. The walls do talk remember that next time you think noone will know.

By: angie

angie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:54:22 +0000

All I can say is gross.