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Nobody touches Dodges logbook. Did I mention that nobody touches Dodges log book? We would always hear this whenever conversations came up about Sgt. Dodge. When Sgt. Dodge was working, he was the only one that touched that log book. Nobody touched Sgt. Dodges log book except Sgt. Dodge. If you think you’ve heard this too many times now, it’s only a fraction of how many times we heard it. I never worked for him and it was drilled into my head. You knew that if you were dumb enough to attempt it, lightning or something would strike you dead. You would prefer this to the wrath of Dodge. You’ve heard that rules were made to be broken; not this one.

Everywhere you perform your duties in the prison, there is a log book that you have to fill out. You must document everything that you do, others do and anything that happens where you are stationed.

Lawsuits are a frequent nuisance that have to be dealt with when working in a correctional facility. Some of these guys have nothing better to do than to try to create problems, such as bogus lawsuits.

There was a time when Sgt. Dodge had to testify in court. His logbook was used as evidence. A prominent attorney in Minnesota, tried to get Dodges logbook tossed out of court 3 times, but failed to do so. Sgt. Dodge’s credibility was beyond reproach. If it was in his logbook, that is EXACTLY the way it was and it was certifiable that no one else had touched it. No one dared to. Everyone knew that was taboo.