LAPD Detective Fatally Shoots Herself In Sheriff's Departmnent Lobby

annarocket · Guru

LAPD Detective Fatally Shoots Herself In Sheriff's Departmnent Lobby

Stuckinahs · Senior Member

I can really understand the pressure this officer must have been under.

I work in a correctional setting, and although I am the senior officer on our shift, the men on the shift are such robocops that I'm choking on the testosterone. Last night a Sheriff's officer came into the facility and started berating an inmate, calling him "retarded" and asking him if he had Downs syndrome. Another inmate said, "Hey that's not cool. I have a nephew who has Downs syndrome." The Sheriff's officer pulled his taser and drew a bead on the inmate that spoke out. Then turned to me and hollered, "What kind of place are you running here?" I was so livid I could have burst! All my fellow male officers jumped right in and supported this jerk. Made me want to walk off the shift.

It really is hard for females in this line of work. Some of my male co-workers are so crude and nasty that I've had to file complaints...but nothing is ever done. It's depressing.

-- Edited by Stuckinahs on Friday 10th of July 2009 12:13:45 PM

annarocket · Guru

I have a tremoundous respect for anyone in the corrections field who tries to do the right thing. I have several in my family and I try to remember,it's not everyone that's a jerk,and you just proved it.

Justice Junction salutes you! evileye

Stuckinahs · Senior Member

annarocket wrote:
Ahhh, thanks Anna. This is a second career for me. I have been a psychologist for 20 years, but when I left my last job, I couldn't find a job anywhere. I was out of work for eleven months. I've always been interested in criminal justice, so I applied to be a corrections worker in a community corrections setting. I think my background helps me cope with the stress, and I have really learned a lot from the inmates. I have worked with victims of violent crimes since 1984, so this is a real turn-around for me. I've learned that many of the folks we serve will probably spend their lives in one correctional facility or another. But some of them are good people who got caught up in bad things, and this is the first time they've been locked up. The personalities and personal stories are really interesting, and frankly, I trust the clients more than I do some of my co-workers.

-- Edited by Stuckinahs on Tuesday 21st of July 2009 01:15:08 PM

annarocket · Guru

Johnny Cash once said,"To be an honest man sometimes you live outside the law".

And that's why I'd trust a good person who made one mistake than someone in a position of power wanting to shove that power down my throat.

It is so much easier to be a profiler,an author and an all around smartass. I couldn't do what you do. evileye