Another shooting

[Martinjmpr]

Larimer cty jail LCSO's. Unless somethings changed A County Sheriff is a LE.
The Sheriff’s Office is currently the largest single agency in Larimer County government. The Agency performs most of the peace keeping and emergency services for the unincorporated sections of Larimer County, and maintains the only detention center in the county. The Sheriff's Office currently employs over 430 people in over 50 different job classifications.


Now weld cty has sheriffs AND "DETENTION SPECIALIST" Most hires start at the jail and rotate out after X time, as job openings become available.

So it's clear there's no standard / uniformity when it comes to job description and or classification for DOC in CO. Go Figure.

Looks like everyone is correct,to a point.

And to further muddy the waters - there are the privately run prisons. I assume that like the other detention facilities, these employees are considered "peace officers" while on duty but only on duty, even though their paychecks come from a private company?

[Ronin13]

Once again the local SME on all things LEO is wrong. I believe the majority of the GK's experience as it pertains to DOC is with the California system, in which they ARE POST certified. All CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, do qualify on arrest control and firearms, and in Colorado are considered peace officers, so rather or not you want them lumped into your hollier than thou attitude, isn't really up to you. I no longer work for the DOC, but won't forget where I came from. Also, they haven't been called prison guards since before I started, which was about 11 years ago (you were probably complaining about the family business), so please have some respect.

After you... You can check the attitude at the door, sir, I have nothing but respect for DOC employees. And to correct, I was wrong, POST Certified CDOC employees maintain their certification, but it is not required to get hired there. So on that I was mistaken.

As far as being peace officers is concerned, I understand per statute they are recognized as such, but as far as not having arrest and enforcement action powers is concerned, they are different (non-Certified individuals). Doesn't mean I don't respect them and what they do.

Here in CO it seems like jail officers are all sworn deputies, i.e. LEOs just like patrol deputies, but I know in other states like NC, it is not uncommon for county jails to be staffed by non-sworn "Corrections Officers" who do not have arrest powers and are not considered "LEO's" by state law.

It varies from county to county, at least as far as certified (meaning POST certified) personnel go. Weld has some deputies in their jail who are non-certified, and some that are- I'm not sure the numbers or makeup. My agency all the deputies in the jail are certified, but there are also detention specialists who do not work in direct contact with inmates, they work in the towers that manage the different modules.