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State nears goal of hiring 1,000 corrections officers |
By detroitnews.com- James David Dickson |
Published: 10/12/2015 |
The Michigan Department of Corrections is on target to meet its goal of hiring 700 to 1,000 corrections officers this year. With 686 officers who’ve passed through the department’s 16-week training academy, and another class of 300 set to graduate on Nov. 6, that would bring the total to 986 for the year. MDOC spokesman Chris Gautz attributed that recruiting success to advertising via billboards and radio ads, the first time the department has used such means to recruit. There are standards, of course. Applicants need to be at least 18 years of age and have a high school diploma or its equivalent. They need to have taken either 15 credit hours in corrections, criminal justice, psychology, sociology or a number of other disciplines, or have 30 college credits in any area of study, or a bachelor’s degree, or two years of “satisfactory employment” in corrections at the state or federal level. Military veterans may be already qualified. There are also exemptions. No one convicted of a felony or a domestic violence charge can be hired. The department also can’t hire people with drug convictions, with a personal protection order against them, with outstanding warrants or on misdemeanor probation. Read More. |
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