Correctional Officer Research Paper

One of the major components of the correctional system are the correctional officers, they are the first thing a person thinks about when “corrections” is mentioned. The officers are the ones that restrict people from their rights and give the lawbreakers their first taste of corrections. Putting them in their patrol car and booking them in, if they’re where no officers restraining people then the jails would be empty. Being an officer means they are the ones that have to deal with the public and they have developed a different mentality, even in their academy training, they are thought to think like everyone is trying to harm them developing a “warrior mentality.” Not only that but being n the 21st century the officers are starting to get more technical devices on their person like the body worm camera, so that it can be a 2 second pair of eyes everywhere he/she goes. …show more content…
Many of the officers see the encounters they have with civilians as a threat to themselves. This mentality is very simple for example an article puts it very blunt, “Remain humble and compassionate; be professional and courteous — and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” In other words it means that an officer is constantly thinking of being in danger or taking someone down. Although this was set in place to help officers stay safe and do a better policing, many police brutality cases have been caused by this type mentality, especially with young officers because they seek “action.” This type of mentality also takes away the community policing feeling that police should be seen as, instead the officers think of them self as a solder like