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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    I dont mind it, I actually enjoy it. I am a member of the DCT (less lethal tactical team) and i get to do more inside the walls that i would never get to do on the streets. The brotherhood is great between staff we have fun and keep our house in line!
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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    ahh yes the spider bite....and they start taking their cellies old antibiotics that he for something else. Then they get mad when you take it from them and charge them for more.
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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    I'm pretty lucky, all my guys are paranoid and wear gloves all the time
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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    Its cost prohibitive. $65,000 min for one ambulance, $25,000 to stock it, insurance, maintenance. Versus $0.08 for a bullet to stop the escape. And as far as getting along with them.... I'm easy to get along with and all the thuglets know this but they also know that I will not hesitate to...
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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    Our officers are pretty good at leaving them alone until I get there if its something serious, otherwise I just get a phone call "hey I'm sending you one he says hes sick". Most of the time its b/s.
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    Dispatchers Say the Darndest Things...

    Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why? Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller : Someone broke into my...
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    Virtual Heart

    That's awesome....thanks for posting!!!
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    Hi 2nd year in college had a few questions

    I have been an EMT for going on 8 years, I have tried to leave EMS and keep coming back because it's what I love to do. I will say this...don't come into this profession thinking that you are going to make lots of money and all you do is sit around the station and wait until the next call. If...
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    Anyone else work in a "correctional setting"? (Jail, prison, "crossbars hotel", etc)

    In the Bureau we are all CO's first but my primary mission is medical. I'm also on the Disturbance Control Team as a tactical EMT. I really enjoy it, it's quite different than working the streets for 7 years prior.
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