I was trained for a lot of things in the CDCR Academy, riots, fights, ODs, ect... what they did not prepare me for is the plain old WTF moments that I get pretty much daily.
I was working D Building 2 on 3/w, walk in one day and the women I normally relieve isn't there, whatever maybe she was sick. My phone starts blowing...
Working A Yard as an SPO on 2/w, we get a call from Education that one of the teachers that they are having a problem with an inmate. One of my partners and I walk back there to see what's going on;...
Working in D building 3 and we had this crazy guy, everytime we tried to cell someone with him they'd refuse; guess one guy who spent a few days with him would wake up every night with the crazy guy...
Movies overhype the danger IMO, 90% is normal program and being bored. Only 10% is 'oh sht'. We lose more officers to car crashes being tired driving home than to assaults.