QUESTION
Are probation officers required to carry firearms during all duties, and is consideration given to requests for non-uniformed appearances without firearms?
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Probation officers have the flexibility to cover their firearms and use locked boxes for security to create a comfortable environment, amidst discussions on their attire and armed presence.
- Probation officers can cover their firearms to make them less visible during interactions.
- Locked boxes are available for officers to secure their firearms if needed.
- Officers have the ability to create a more comfortable setting by adjusting their firearm visibility.
- Requests from the Neon network to not wear uniforms or carry firearms are acknowledged, but the importance of visible authority and the potential need for immediate identification in emergencies are emphasized.
- Officers wear soft shirts instead of a full uniform to balance between comfort and authority.
Sandy Nurse
0:48:59
And then are they required to carry firearms on all of their duties?
Juanita Holmes
0:49:05
They're they're required to carry firearms.
0:49:07
The decision decision.
Sandy Nurse
0:49:09
I'm just on all the like, are there times where it's not required?
0:49:13
I understand that they've had inspections, but if they're going if they're sitting with someone in a community center, checking in,
Alex Stein
0:49:19
how things
Sandy Nurse
0:49:19
going, how things going,
Juanita Holmes
0:49:20
how things going.
0:49:21
They can they can cover their firearm.
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They have locked boxes to secure their firearm.
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If they wanna make a more comfortable setting, they have the liberty to do that.
0:49:30
If that if that's the question.
Sandy Nurse
0:49:33
Okay.
0:49:34
I know that, you know, providers in the in organizations within the Neon network Right.
0:49:42
Have asked that that officers not you know, were uniformed or carry firearms.
0:49:51
And wondering if you all are considering that ask.
Juanita Holmes
0:49:54
Well, the the ask the ask is, well, they can actually cover their firearm.
0:50:01
A a young person or an adult wouldn't even know that they have a firearm on.
0:50:05
The uniformed shirts are in place, always have been in place.
0:50:10
I think it's important, especially when we think about the number of individuals with supervising, with gun charges, the guns that are being removed on home visits.
0:50:22
But more importantly, They're authority.
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It's not even for the reason to scare a kid.
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You're their authority.
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Individuals should know who the authority is, and that should be easily discerning.
0:50:33
And gaffer bit, if it is something where act of shooting or something goes awry, people responding should know who's who.
0:50:40
I think it makes it a lot easier.
0:50:43
Just and it's not a full uniform.
0:50:45
They they were in shirts, soft shirts.
Alex Stein
0:50:47
Okay.
Juanita Holmes
0:50:47
Yeah.
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It's not light up.
Sandy Nurse
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I mean, I think a teenager would understand who's in charge there, whether without the the polo shirt with the signer, but I understand what you're saying.
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I I can understand.
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Okay.