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| Trainer says complaint led to firing |
| By Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Published: 07/14/2008 |
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WASHINGTON - If an inmate acts up in the back of the patrol car, slam on the brakes so he hits the cage divider and just say you ran into a patch of squirrels. If you get in trouble for violating policy, take your suspension during fishing season. And if you run out of options for housing a mentally ill person, drive him to a remote area, like a railroad yard, and threaten to shoot him if he doesn't leave town. Those are among the lessons allegedly taught by two instructors at the state's academy for corrections officers. Those officers have since been fired, but so was an instructor who complained about their behavior. And now the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, which operates the Corrections Officer Academy, is under investigation by the state's Human Rights Commission. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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