Since when does NCIC show that the tag or drivers license that is being ran belong to a LEO???? It doesn’t! Yes, CO’s are officers of the LAW and deserve the same respect but please know what you are talking about before you go posting such.

Example:
When a LEO run’s a drivers license it comes back:
Joe Blow
1234 Hwy 567
Anywhere, USA

DOB 10/23/1957 White Male Restrictions: None or Corrective Lenses

History: Speeding with FHP 5/2012 Guilty
DUI with Atmore PD 3/2010 Guilty

No where does it say if the individual is a LEO, CO, Firefighter, Attorney General, etc

The point that I was trying to make was that when the public or media use the term guard, it reminds most people of the way things used to be, back when you could just apply for the job as easily as you could any other job, that basically, required no training at all. With movie references meaning back when it was just men swinging a club any time the inmates said or did anything wrong. Perhaps derogatory would have been a more suitable word than disrespectful.

The State changed the following terms: prison to correctional facility/institution; guard to officer; inmate to offender, etc.

I didn’t write or revise the Florida Statutes that refer to this title as Correctional Officer, just like you didn’t write or revise the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

There are strict requirements from the State & CJSTC that require a basic recruit curriculum (after other qualifications are met) of about 500-hours and upon completion, pass the (timed) 300-question State OFFICER Certification Examination.

Felons are sent to facilities to attempt to correct their behavior. Does it always work? Of course not. But that’s not the officer’s fault any more than it’s the LEOs fault that they got arrested in the first place. They’re all just performing the job that they’re paid to do-protecting the public.

The idea of officer is just like you refer to police officers, except a CO’s “arresting” powers only lie within the facility itself. It’s like a city within a city (including church, dentists, doctors, psychologists, stores, jail (confinement,) sports, houses, barbershops, etc.,) with the worst of the worst being the population.

Most officers know they’re doing a good, yet thankless job. They just want a little respect for the service they provide, and not be thought of in the same regards as the criminals that they supervise.

As a CO, it was described to me when hired 8 years ago that the name change to Correctional Officer, was due to our wonderful “kinder,more friendly” state government. The new name “Correctional Officer and Correctional Facility” (and everything that comes with it) allows the local and state government to give/receive funding for all these extra classes, behind bars rehabs (AA), Bible courses ECT….in hopes of Correcting this criminals. When in fact, all these corrective measures do is allow more movement for inmates, more chances to smuggle items in, more civilians with hug a thug attitudes into the facility (which leads to SEVERAL issues), more rights then the citizens they wronged, more medical treatment then any veteran out there (cant tell you how many females wait till a week before their due date to turn themselves in hoping for free deliverary), and more reasons to come back to jail. More people need to focus their anger of law enforcement to a State and Federal level. The line officers on the road and behind the walls with the inmates you lock your doors to get away from have little rights or ability to do anything because the justice system also works against them and for the criminals. If we as citizens could stop trying to correct these inmates by giving them a free ride, and more rights then any law abiding citizen by laws of our government and start punishing them for their crimes maybe the crime rate would go down and this “kinder, more friendly” world would be just that instead of going to H@$$ in a hand basket where fear of our neighbor runs rampant.

Which leads immediately to the question of why the term “guard” would ever be considered disrespectful. It is descriptive. It is useful. It is noble, just like the word “guardian.”

In contrast, do they really correct inmates? Maybe sometimes, but usually?

And “officer“? If needed since it does include the concept of a position of trust just as the name “guard” states.

Admittedly, troubled, was being disrespectful but that has nothing to do with the name used. Perhaps a variation of Jessie Jackson’s “Black is beautiful” campaign, to convince yourselves the truth that you are doing a good thing. And be sure to oust any of the few who violate that trust.

David for properly descriptive words

I will not say ALL but hey I think anyone of us that has worked in an office or with coworkers….. knows theres always at least one slacker.

But just to reiterate these COs really do put up with ALOT. And they are there to protect US ALL in the long run. And if you feel uneasy about the fact that they are put in heightened “danger” due alot to being short staffed or short on supplies …… PLEASE feel free to send you complaints to the local and STATE powers that are in charge of that. Our family would appreciate it

You have no idea what you are talking about. The term “guard” is disrespectful to the men & women that put their lives on the line every day supervising the violent felons in state & county correctional facilities across this great land. What you seen in movies like the Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile were guards. The politically correct title for these educated & highly trained brave men & women is: Correctional Officer. The only thing they guard is the public, such as yourself, who would never dream of walking a day in their shoes because of the danger associated with the job.

That cell phone that you speak of is the only protection that the work squad officers (or you) have between them and an absconding felon besides pepper spray & a radio, and these are the lower custody level inmates.

Try doing a little research before you open your mouth and post condescending & disrespectful remarks about professionals that protect you & your family while you sleep soundly in your bed at night.

As Blane said, if you think that you can do a better job of supervising these felons & can meet the criteria, they’re always hiring.