#protectiveservices

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[nationwidechildrenshospital]

“Females can contribute to the world just as much as males. We push male-dominated workforces to be stronger and we work hard to be successful ourselves. Strive for success to obtain the goals you choose in life. Don’t let anything or anyone deter you in achieving your dreams.”

Robin Cason, Protective Services Officer, Protective Services

[380shooting]

TRAINING NEVER STOPS Currently In historical downtown McKinney, TX and following my 13 year old daughter and her friend around. Trying to give them space and starting to have flashbacks to my military PSD mission days, except this time I'm walking up to every cash register and paying for the dignitaries bill. #trainingneverstops #PSD #protectiveservices #dignitary #military #flashback #mckinneytx #daughters (at Historic Downtown McKinney) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQuJLwgr9og/?utm_medium=tumblr

[donald682001-blog]

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” #goodmorning #safety #security #protectiveservices #executiveprotection #mondaymotivation #monday #executive (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7RAOjYn3yr/?igshid=1sr7xluf65f2b

[mysurvivorwatch]

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[rosesilverangel]

#Repost from @jim0680 by @InstaSave.DStudio ・・・ Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day! Today communities all over the world will highlight the growing problem of elder abuse in order to raise awareness and engaging for active supports for older adults. If you know of any elder abuse, contact your local Protective Services Program at 1-800-992-2275. #WEAAD #WEAAD2017 #EndElderAbuse #ProtectiveServices #InstaSaveApp (at Autumn Run Apartments)

[yesevenaccountants]

Police Officer

I personally am a stay-at-home mom, but my husband (hereafter referred to as C) is a cop, and I know how much that job gets inaccurately portrayed by the media. However, he sadly does not have (and likely will never have) a tumblr, so I’m here to transmit what he says about his career.

We live in Utah, so our knowledge of laws may be slightly skewed to Utah-specific laws, but most of the broad stuff should cross state lines.

C has been an officer for 2 years now, so he’s still technically a rookie, but even before he finished the Academy he had to stop watching cop shows because they made him so frustrated with their inaccuracies. The common process in many states to become a police officer is generally taking the Police Officer’s Selection Test and then (assuming you scored high enough) applying to different departments. If you make it through their tests and interviews, they’ll send you through the Academy. If you make it through that, you go onto a probationary period where you are personally trained by a Field Training Officer. As I said, most states do it that way, as well as Salt Lake and some bigger cities in Utah, but most of Utah changes the order slightly. You take POST and use that to apply to the Academy on your own dime before you apply for jobs. Occasionally some candidates will get a department to “sponsor” them, meaning they pay for it and the candidate will have a job when he finishes the Academy. Generally though, as was the case with C, you go through the Academy and apply for jobs, and continue through the above process.

The Academy itself was split into two blocks: SFO and LEO, which stand for Special Function Officer and Law Enforcement Officer, respectively. The first block is largely law, and it qualifies you to work in the prisons. The second block is where they teach you firearms and a lot for defensive tactics, and it qualifies you to work in a police department as a full time officer.

A typical day really varies. I’ve had times where C comes home and tells me his day was utterly boring, and other days where they had death, an emergency home birth, drunk drivers, etc. With just about everything though, there’s lots of paperwork.

C says his personal favorites are tracking down DUIs, as that’s one of the major issues with his area, dealing with warrants, and generally arresting people. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, paperwork is one of the less exciting realities of the job, but he doesn’t mind it so much when it’s connected with an exciting call or arrest. Accidents are one of his less favored calls, as more often then not, they are relatively harmless fender benders but require an absurd amount of paperwork. The other thing that frustrates him is if he’s given someone a break on a traffic stop and they still yell at him. This happens frequently. Then again, there are quite pleasant people he deals with as well - changing people’s tires, people just caught in a bad situation who are happy for help, etc. - but people don’t generally call the cops when they’re having a good day. One of the risks of the job is becoming cynical because most of what you see is the darker parts of the world. It can become hard to maintain an accurate perspective and not fall into the idea that because you’re a cop, you automatically know better. C has done well on this front, but it is something we try to be conscious of so it doesn’t overwhelm us.

What is wrong with how the career is portrayed? Often quite a lot. I once watched a L&O: SVU episode where the bad guy had a gun on someone and another cop shot and killed him and our main cop is like, “Why did you shoot to kill? Why didn’t you just shoot him in the leg?” For most people, that makes sense, but really, a cop would get in HUGE trouble for intentionally doing a wounding shot. Guns are for killing. If you can remove the danger by something less than a killing blow, there are other options - notably a taser. If you want more information about police weapons etc., you can message me. C has a lot of opinions on them, including why he himself does not carry pepper spray (he seriously hates that stuff).

Other than that, his absolute biggest pet peeve that we have seen in nearly every single cop shows (even the good ones) is the freaking Miranda Rights. I know, I know, it’s essentially become symbolic for “we’re arresting this person now” when it comes to tv and movies. But it’s often done at the wrong time. They’ll have shows where they have the suspect detained and are questioning them, and then don’t read the rights until they spill the beans, which is FAR too late. Or conversely (and more commonly) when they go find the suspect on the street or whatever to arrest them, they immediately start reading them their rights, which is actually far too early. C says he’s only occasionally read someone their rights, as he’s only occasionally done the questioning. The rules are: you must be detained AND be being asked pertinent questions (“how’s the weather” doesn’t count). So generally, if he arrests someone for DUI or possession or what-have-you, he tells them they’re being arrested, cuffs them, and puts them in the car. He’s not questioning them, so he doesn’t read the rights yet. Also please bear in mind that ANYTHING you say at this point is TOTALLY fair game to be used against you if you just spout crap off without being asked.

Hoo boy, sorry that was so long! If you want to ask more specific questions, feel free to message me at tangentmusings.tumblr.com.

[yesevenaccountants]

Who are You? Sae Job(s) I’m a Nuclear Electricians Mate for the US Navy Describe your career There’s three main parts to this job: Electrician, Nuke, and sailor.

Electrician: I’m responsible for the repair and maintenance of all of the electrical motors, controllers, sensors, generators and lights inside a nuclear reactor propulsion plant. I don’t deal with the actual controls of the reactor, that’s the Electronics Techs, and I don’t deal with most water systems, those belong to the Machinists Mates.

Nuke: Every US Navy aircraft carrier and submarine currently floating is powered by nuclear power (one for subs, two for carriers) Those of us in the nuke field receive special training equivalent to two-three years of a four year nuclear engineering degree and, for the most part, we’re the only people down in the reactor spaces. Everything that is the reactor, supports the reactor, or is run by steam from the reactor (with the notable exception of the aircraft catapults) falls into our care.

Sailor: I am a female active duty sailor in the US Navy, rank of E-6, and a supervisor of a work center of nearly twenty people, most of whom are college age. Your career history, how did you get your job? I could not afford college, so I went down to the local recruiting office to talk to the Air Force recruiters. They were out on an extended lunch, so the Navy recruiters found me lingering in the hallway and invited me into their office. I got the Nuke job by scoring very high on my ASVAB and my recruiter said I was a candidate. What’s a typical day at your job(s) like? In Port: Quarters and muster is at 0700, followed by turn-over, where the oncoming watch is briefed on plant conditions, changes since yesterday, and major evolutions for the following day. Once every four days, a given sailor will have ‘duty’ and will stay on board for 24 hours + the next work day, standing watch and maintaining the plant all night. The cores are NEVER left unsupervised.

At Sea: Quarters again at 0700, but no turn-over, since everyone rotates through watches on a five hours on, ten or fifteen hours off (0700-1200, 1200-1700, 1700-2200, 2200-0200, 0200-0700) rotation. People are expected to be awake during the day for maintenance.

Daily work usually consists of some form of training, followed by whatever maintenance we’re scheduled to do that day, whether it’s cleaning out a motor controller, changing all of the burnt-out lights on the fourth deck, or repairing a temperature detector. Junior sailors need to display knowledge to get signatures on their ‘qual cards’ that allow them to qualify to stand watch. Senior qualified sailors write and give training, track maintenance, counsel and guide younger sailors, sign qual cards and supervise maintenance. Pros/Likes I have learned a LOT. I have a steady job and I really enjoy electrical work and teaching junior sailors what I know. I always have someone with whom I can share conversations about mutual interests. I’ve been around the world three times, seen over a dozen foreign countries, tried hundreds of foods I cannot even pronounce and have swam in three oceans and five seas.

Cons/Dislikes Being called a baby killer and a tool of the man sucks. Being underway for eight months at a time sucks. Nuke life is particularly hard, because we stand twice as much duty as the rest of the ship, have twice as much work as the other departments, and due to the hand-picked way we get into the field and the harshness of our program, we’re severely undermanned. My 20-man division is about half the size it should be. We’re also HEAVILY scrutinized and watched, because Uranium scares people, so we have a LOT of controls in place that make it difficult to actually get anything done. As a result, most of us are very bitter and vitriolic.

Also, I am a female in a male-dominated field of socially awkward frat boys. It is (privately) assumed that I performed many a sexual favor to get to a leadership position, yet at the same time I’m ugly (have you seen these uniforms? And who wears makeup underway?!) and a bitch (how dare I insist you not sleep in the back of the switchboard room. Such mean. Many hate) When new females show up to the ship, there is instantly a betting pool on how soon she will get pregnant and terminate her contract. What kinds of people do you typically see in your career path? Nukes tend towards pointdexter nerds. Even the most party-hard, I-work-out-until-my-traps-are-too-large-to-touch-my-own-back types among us can be seen sporting Wheel of Time tattoos. There’s a lot of role-players and gamers, and Sundays you can usually find a MtG game going on right next to a portable LAN game of DOTA. What’s typically right/wrong about how your career is portrayed? That Nuclear power is unsafe. I get less radiation from a week in the plant than I would a day on the beach (we wear dose meters when the plants are operating) Our plants are specifically designed so that things like Chernobyl, Fukishima and Three Mile Island straight-up cannot happen (We’re a floating war platform, like hell we want to Chernobyl off the coast of Taiwan)

A reactor going critical isn’t a cause to panic, it’s what the reactor is SUPPOSED to do.

Along with that is the idea that all military personnel are college-aged white boys yelling ‘HOO-YAH’ and doing push-ups until we puke and then jogging off to drink in uniform until we puke and then jogging off further to launch grenades at colored babies. We’re way more human than that. Contact information My inbox is always open.