Graduation! The academy is now behind me! I am not going to lie, it was a long, boring 6 weeks. However, I met some friends, my new brothers and sisters, that will be with me for a lifetime. I was so happy that I got to meet them.

On that note, It is now official. I am a Corrections Officer. On top of that, it took 1 hour and 23 minutes to be involved in my first use of force as a full CO.

Inmate Whineypants, we’ll call him, decided he didn’t’ want a cell mate after one was assigned to him. After the yard we told him to locked down and go to his house. He refused.. got REALLY lippy then lunged at an officer. He was promptly retrained and protected to the ground and cuffed.

This brought on my first incident report as well. Those are a treat and everyone should get to write them (I know, I know.. sarcasm is lost on the internet).