Originally Posted by CO ECCF
Yes I have. On one it was a male and it seemed to be more of a problem (this was one year or so ago. Five officers were hurt, one was out for a few weeks and one was sent to the ER and returned that day. Three of us returned to work that day. His answer was "Well if we go to a grand jury, that means he'll have to come back to your facility when his state time is up." After arguing with him, me and my partner left after telling him the inmates and officers at the facility think you guys are nothing but pussies. I was wrong to say that, but it's true. We just had a female officer get assaulted. She went to court (female prosecutor this time) and she released the guy on his own recognizance. He won't see anymore jail time when he returns to court 2/6/08. The female officer has a broken wrist, fractured rib?, and she fell on the metal hinge of a jail door with her head. This is the classic case of an assault. The inmate left the pat frisk position (hands on wall, feet separated) and knocked her down to punch the other inmate he was fighting with.
Do I plan on talking directly with the prosecutor? No. I plan on using our union to go and talk to the Town Supervisor, prosecutor and judges to see what can be done to limit this.