Policies, Procedures, and Operations

DOC Basic Corrections Officer

Field Training consists of  200 hours and was approved by the Criminal Justice Services Board Committee on Training December 11, 2014.

In conjunction with completing basic academy training, the basic correction officer must identify requirements related to the employing agency, and community resources and agencies that may assist in job performance. Expected performance outcomes include this basic knowledge and cover the following:

11.1 -- 11.19 Policies, Procedures and Operations

11.1. Identify procedures related to professional appearance, clothing, grooming and issued equipment.

11.2. Identify procedures related to handling violations of professional, ethical, or legal standards of conduct by fellow officers.

11.3. Identify agency policies related to admissions and compliance with § 53.1-23.2 Code of Virginia.

11.4. Identify and demonstrate procedures and procedure related to communicating information about an inmate through internal and external requests.

11.5. Identify procedures related to obtaining assistance for communicating with inmates of various cultural backgrounds or with various disabilities.

11.6. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to receiving, securing, and disbursing funds from an inmate’s personal account.

11.7. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to filing and retrieving records in agency system.

11.8. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to reporting maintenance problems.

11.9. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to performing a safety inspection.

11.10. Identify procedures related to emergency messages.

11.11. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to documenting proceedings dealing with emotionally upset inmates.

11.12. Identify and demonstrate procedures and procedures for documenting proceedings related to an inmate who commits suicide.

11.13. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to establishing and tracking chain of custody of evidence.

11.14. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to initiating inmate disciplinary actions.

11.15. Identify procedures related to non-prescription and prescription medicine.

11.16. Identify procedures related to sexual harassment in the workplace.

11.17. Identify procedures related to the death of an inmate.

11.18. Identify and demonstrate procedures related to Post Orders.

11.19. Identify intake, transfer, and release procedures

             11.19.1. Re-entry planning