Worked a variety of positions at the Edmonton Remand Center as a Correctional Peace Officer II, including;
Worked regular GP units, as well as PC units where duties included
- Prevented potential security breaches by conducting regular cell searches, common area searches, and confiscating any unauthorized items found during inspections.
- Interacted with Inmates providing them a variety of information including upcoming court dates, canteen account amounts, review of their charges.
- Enforced institutional rules and regulations
- Trained new staff on policy and procedures.
Worked as center escort staff/response team for 3 years
- Escorted inmates throughout the center to attend court, be released, or medical appointments.
- Responded to both physical altercations between inmates, or involving officers
- Responded to medical codes, including overdoses , seizures, and self harm
- Performed cell extractions when required
Worked as Pod Control officer
- Organized inmate movements on and off the pod with center escort team
- Ensured security of unit doors as well as doors heading to the center links.
- Responsible for opening doors on and off units, as well as health care cursory doors, and doors heading to the center links.
- Organizing professional visits between lawyers, family services, policing agencies, and social workers and inmates
Worked as a Central Control Officer
- Responsible for opening all link doors, as well as freedom doors heading to staff areas of the facility.
- Responsible for letting law enforcement agencies into the centre, and facilitate inmate drop off and pick up
- Call codes to all staff both medical and altercations, and ensure doors are open for staff to respond in a timely manner
- All page for staff members to call certain areas when needed, as well as page for count times and other pertinent information
Worked as an officer in Admitting and Discharge
- Took custody of inmates from law enforcement agencies
- Ensured inmates were properly searched upon admittance
- Bring inmates through the admitting process, including pictures, as well as being registered with Sentence Administration personnel
- Change inmates into institutional clothing, and have them seen by medical and placement officers
- Send them to corresponding unit after they pass the body scan machine
- Receive inmates heading out of the building for release, transfer, or medical escort
- change inmates from institutional clothing into street clothes, and release them after completion of appropriate paperwork