LE has been and likely will be facing some bleak times ahead, corrections facilities included. I recently have been watching the dealings with Cook County Illinois where cuts were cause for concern for the administration because the COs were aggitated and threatening because they were facing cuts.

Yes the state also wants to take away our CBA days and take them unpaid if we request them off.  They also want to increase our healthcare costs by 117%.  

Riot says ...

mystikdragon7 says ...

 I just don't understand why our DOC is continuing to hire several CO's but is giving us all pay cuts.  While every other department that I know of has hiring freezes and/or a few lay offs they are not getting pay cuts.  They are trying to cut us more than 5%, more like 20% pay cut if the state gets their way.  I have no idea why our wonderful governor says that by giving us pay cuts it will help our economy.  

Part of accepting Federal money came with the stipulation that the states manage their finances better (some with Federal Oversight). So, if they want to continue receiving federal funding, they have to do what the feds ask.

Oh, and the pay cuts are just a start...it's rumored that they plan on taking holliday pay, make us pay more for insurance premiums and enforce furlows (mandatory, unpaid leave).

Great times...

 

 

Travis2106 says ...

Hello, I am a part time jail officer where there is only one officer on at a time. We have a ten person jail that usually houses 15- 25 inmates. our county also has one road officer on at a time as does the town. One town in our county doesn't even have police coverage unless the S.O. gets called there, and they say the economy is "getting better"

They only said "getting better" so that the governors could get in their tidy seats and dodge the bullet of blame for the crappy economy. The reality is that it will get worse before it gets better...

mike1955 says ...

Can it get any worse then it already is??

It sure can...wait until they let inmates go early, privatize corrections and make more useless laws for the police to enforce.

If you think the cell phone laws are bad now, wait until the state makes it illegal to touch your radio! One thing that Washington has realized, is that it is better just to make more laws and have the police ticket people than to raise taxes.

Riot says ...

mike1955 says ...

Can it get any worse then it already is??

It sure can...wait until they let inmates go early, privatize corrections and make more useless laws for the police to enforce.

If you think the cell phone laws are bad now, wait until the state makes it illegal to touch your radio! One thing that Washington has realized, is that it is better just to make more laws and have the police ticket people than to raise taxes.

Speaking of useless laws, did you hear about Washington's new smoking while driving.  It will allow you to get a ticket for holding a smoke and driving at the same time.  But anyway, how about our wonderful 3% paycuts we are getting at the middle of the year.  One of our union reps was explaining that all the higher ups in Headquaters  in Olympia are reorganizing their job class and giving themselves a 2% raise.  Isn't that just great, we get a paycut while they give themsleves a payraise....

Ooops sorry let me rephrase that, the smokintg while driving has only been proposed but I am willing to bet it will be rejected. 

WOW! cuts in Corrections, i have not heard much of that before, we are just opening another facility, 250 Officers , ME, ME,ME 

Wow! It is tough where you are!