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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NEWS SITE FOR CURRENT AND RETIRED CORRECTIONS OFFICERS! This blog will keep up on current events affecting Detention Deputies and Corrections Officers. SINCE 2006!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
What happans if your employer violates Data Privacy?
Anyone who goes to Internal Affairs is required to sign a Garrity and Tenneson Warning.
Garrity protects your statements from being used against you criminally. Tenneson protects your privacy. Read my Internal Affairs Primer for more info.
So what happens when your employer illegally releases protected information? Ask the Minneapolis Police Department:
A Minneapolis police lieutenant since demoted to sergeant and his attorney will share a $75,000 settlement of his lawsuit that claimed the city defamed him and improperly disclosed news of his suspension. (Star Tribune)
Also read this Ohio case which discusses a Garrity violation:
In other words, a public employer or a public official, who compel an employee’s testimony but then violate Garrity by turning the statement over to the police or use the statement in criminal proceedings, could be held personally liable for violating the employee’s constitutional rights. This may be a powerful incentive for employers and officials, who utilize Garrity to compel testimony, to actually comply with Garrity.
Garrity protects your statements from being used against you criminally. Tenneson protects your privacy. Read my Internal Affairs Primer for more info.
So what happens when your employer illegally releases protected information? Ask the Minneapolis Police Department:
A Minneapolis police lieutenant since demoted to sergeant and his attorney will share a $75,000 settlement of his lawsuit that claimed the city defamed him and improperly disclosed news of his suspension. (Star Tribune)
Also read this Ohio case which discusses a Garrity violation:
In other words, a public employer or a public official, who compel an employee’s testimony but then violate Garrity by turning the statement over to the police or use the statement in criminal proceedings, could be held personally liable for violating the employee’s constitutional rights. This may be a powerful incentive for employers and officials, who utilize Garrity to compel testimony, to actually comply with Garrity.
Our own Sheriff's Office made the law books by violating 2 detention deputy's Garrity rights in State of Minnesota vs. Gault, Zielke. This case was upheld all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
This is serious business.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Our 2 on 2 guard, compliments of Washington State!
READ who you are sitting with:
Gregory Bowles will be released today (Thursday) from the Washington State Prison in Monroe. He's served his time for severely beating a Bellingham man with a baton. But those who've worked with Bowles have concerns about his release. The concern is that he's still violent and may assault someone. Bowles will be monitored in a state program as he re–enters the community.
Gregory Bowles is 27 years old. He's been diagnosed as mentally ill. And recently, he's been suicidal.
He's one of 200 men and women currently classified by the state as a Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender or DMIO. After he's released from the Monroe Correctional Facility, Bowles will have two options. He could be sent to Western State Hospital for a three–day psychiatric hold. Or he could go to a hotel in downtown Seattle.
FULL STORY
State Plans to Release Dangerous, Mentally Ill Offender to King County
Gregory Bowles will be released today (Thursday) from the Washington State Prison in Monroe. He's served his time for severely beating a Bellingham man with a baton. But those who've worked with Bowles have concerns about his release. The concern is that he's still violent and may assault someone. Bowles will be monitored in a state program as he re–enters the community.
Gregory Bowles is 27 years old. He's been diagnosed as mentally ill. And recently, he's been suicidal.
He's one of 200 men and women currently classified by the state as a Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender or DMIO. After he's released from the Monroe Correctional Facility, Bowles will have two options. He could be sent to Western State Hospital for a three–day psychiatric hold. Or he could go to a hotel in downtown Seattle.
FULL STORY
State Plans to Release Dangerous, Mentally Ill Offender to King County
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Rick Kuster has passed away
Detention Tech and former Union Steward Rick Kuster has passed away.
Visitation Wednesday 3:00 PM with services at 5:00 PM at SANDBERG FUNERAL HOME, 2593 E. 7th Avneue, North St. Paul. Social Gathering immediately following at Neumann's Bar and Grill in North St. Paul. 651-777-2600
Visitation Wednesday 3:00 PM with services at 5:00 PM at SANDBERG FUNERAL HOME, 2593 E. 7th Avneue, North St. Paul. Social Gathering immediately following at Neumann's Bar and Grill in North St. Paul. 651-777-2600