Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
The law, and administrative rules, will vary from place to place. In California, and I suspect most states, the relationship would have to be reported both to the probation officer and to the officer's chain of command. It would be at best seriously frowned on and likely prohibited. A person on parole or probation is still under the jurisdiction of the department and is under constructive custody if not actual custody. Any personal relationship, especially a sexual one, could be considered to be coercive.
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Every jurisdiction has its own rules on grooming and appearance. My GUESS is that in most jurisdictions the answer would be NO, but that is a guess and not an informed response.
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In California, yes. There is no legal prohibition against the spouse of a felon of ex-felon being a peace officer. You can count on a very close background check and if he is gang involved there may be issues as you may be regarded as a "mole." There is, however, no outright prohibition on the istuation.
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I don't know. In California the state maintains a web site that can tell you what job an individual person has with the state, but not necessarily the location. There are 33 prisons in CA so you would have to call each individual prison and check with the personnel office. At least in CA the information is not confidential. Other employers might have different ways of doing things. Now days there are lots of commercial web sites that can locate an individual for a modest fee, so as long as you have a name and an approximate age or birth date it shouldn't be that hard.
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Bracketologist
Why have there been so many 15-2 upsets, but no 16-1's?
Emergency Room Manager
What is the most bizarre thing you've seen in your ER?
Waitress
Are you instructed to "push" certain menu items that are at risk of going bad?
I am sorry but I have no idea what you are asking about. Is this income taxes?
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For starters you should NEVER be in that position in the first place. Assuming it did happen, you go with the bird in the hand and keep custody of the prisoner you have. You might be justified in shooting at the fleeing prisoner, but you would not deliberately loose the one you still have to maybe catch the one who is running.
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Sorry, but I don't have enough information on how things work in Connecticut to give even an educated guess. If I were to make a WAG (wild-ass guess) I would say that they don't like employees being sponsors, but if you were already a sponsor when you hired on they would be OK with it. That is, however, a GUESS and not an informed opinion.
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