Comments on: Man Charged With Lying, Falsifying Records In Jail Inmate Death

By: billy

billy — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:15:23 +0000

There is good and evil in this world….this one aint good.

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:21:43 +0000

Probably because something happened on his watch. Bad Luck but should
have done his job better.

By: kelley underwood

kelley underwood — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:02:24 +0000

This stuff happens all the time I know SGTs who have officers do and sign their work all the time I guess for what ever reason they picked this CO out.

By: atmore

atmore — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:37:29 +0000

ANOTHER fine person from the atmore area

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000

Sgt, I did not know that.

By: Sgt. @ DOC

Sgt. @ DOC — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:47:24 +0000

@ 429SCJ–
He DIDN”T work for the Department of Corrections he worked for a county detention center. The officers that work at detention centers/ county jails do not recieve the 12 weeks MANDATORY training that the ALABAMA PEACE OFFICER TRAINING COMMISSION requires of DOC employees.
But to answer your question, they do go through extensive back ground checks and screening process.

By: jcellop

jcellop — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:08:41 +0000

im sure that there are screening processes, background checks, etc to become an employee w/the DOC…..as with many jobs, it is difficult to accurately predict moral integrity and honesty with an eye into the future…thats one reason why some sensitive professions require periodic lie detector screenings…personally, my “GUESS” is that he may have falsified periodic schedualed visual checks that required specific documentation…as an example: an inmate on “suicide watch” has to be VISUALLY checked every 15 minutes (according to what a relative in the DOC told me years ago)…if he documented that the inmate was alive/secure for each of the 15 min checks and the medical examiner determins that the body had advanced regamortis when discovered..well, there you go….he would have been better off telling the truth (IF THIS WAS THE FALSIFICATION ISSUE, which i dont really know) prob still would have gotten fired, though…..IF THIS WAS THE CASE, it leaves the DOC open to a potential law suit from the family

By: WORRIED RESIDENT

WORRIED RESIDENT — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:59:22 +0000

First, I don’t know any of the people involved. If his actions didn’t contribute to the inmate’s death, maybe he just got scared. Maybe, just maybe he went to the restroom without a relief (mistake), and when he got back, the inmate was dead. There’s nothing in any screening process that could tell how someone will act if put in this man’s position.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:13:36 +0000

Is there not a screening process for DOC?