Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
Yes. There is no prohbition against the family of a felon becoming a peace officer in California. They may look at you a bit sideways, especially if he/she is heavily gang involved as they may suspect you are a mole. There is, however, no prohibition against it. If that person is still under the jurisdcition of the department you must report the situation however.
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Should have nothing to do with it unless you go to work for a law enforcement agency and even then it might not. You would have to report that your spouse is in custody. That could represent a security issue for some agencies, especially depending on why he is in prison and what gang affiliations he might have. For instance, if he has a fraud conviction and you would be working where you have access to ID information that might be an issue.
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Not my field. I dealt only with convicted felons already in prison. The matter never came up.
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Not as far as I know, though the rules may have changed since I retired over nine years ago.
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I never worked at either. Back when I was working SQ was much more rough-and-tumble than was CMF Vacaville. However, except for death row, SQ is now largely mainline medium security I understand. Vacaville has a lot of sick or disturbed prisoner-patients, and there is a constant tug of war over who actually runs the place, the Chief Medical Officer or the Warden. I would be inclined to make my decision if I were you on othe factors, such as commute and housing costs. Unless you already live in the SQ general area those factors would tend to favor Vacaville, plus there are other prisons nearby that you could transfer-promote into later, where SQ is kind of just there by itself. Job duties are generally the same but the clientel can be very different.
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I have no idea what the statute of limitations is on escape. I am guessing it is three years, though I suspect they will make a decision much sooner than that.
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The training will not alter your basic outlook on life. Expsoure to criminals might. If you have a tendancy to feel sorry for those "poor people who just made one mistake" you will have a hard time in this job. If you feel sorry for their victims you will do better. Professional detachment is the way to go. In fact it is the ONLY way to go. If you can't do that, don't go into that line of work.
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