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It was impossible to enforce all of the policies all of the time. There are too many policies and too many officers that either won’t enforce them or give up on trying to enforce them. For this massive policy thing to work, everyone has to enforce every policy all of the time. For that to happen, the superior officers have to require that of their officers and follow up on them. Instead it all becomes random. If a big shot comes into the block and notices something, they tell the lieutenant, the lieutenant tells the sergeant, the sergeant tells us and for a while, that becomes a priority.

OK, so if I say I follow and enforce policy, how can I say that, if I say it’s impossible to do all of the time?

Realistic priorities had to be established. I could go into any cell at any time and find violations, time wise that would be impossible. When walking by a cell, if I noticed a violation that had been prioritized, I would give the inmate a heads up.

If I noticed that same violation from an inmate again and again, eventually I would document it and start writing reports. I became known for the large number of reports that I wrote. What wasn’t known was the large number of times that I spoke to inmates and gave them opportunities to comply before I would ever start writing.