SOP 506.06: Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel

|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|
|Policy Number: 506.06|Effective Date: 1/29/2019|Page Number: 1 of 3|
|Authority:
Commissioner|Originating Division:
Executive Division (Office of
Professional Development)|Access Listing:
Level I: All Access
|

I. Introduction and Summary:

To establish policy and procedures for providing security training for non-certified,
non-agency personnel.

II. Authority:

A. GDC Board Rules: 125-2-1-.06 and 125-3-5-.07; and

B. GDC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): 207.03, Work Assignment

Agreement; 207.04, Offender Work Details; and 506.08, GDC Training
Requirements.

III. Definitions:

A. Employee - An Employee of a User Agency who supervises state offenders on

approved details outside of the Host Facility and has not been granted Peace
Officer status by the POST Council. Example: Employees of a county sanitation
department who supervise offenders working on a trash truck, or non-sworn
Employees of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) who supervise
offenders working in a state park.

B. Host Facility - The state or county correctional facility which provides the state

offenders who work on approved details for user agencies.

C. User Agency - Any state, county, or municipal entity, other than the GDC, which

uses offenders on approved details outside of a correctional facility and provides
an Employee who is not a POST certified Peace Officer to supervise these
offenders.

IV. Statement of Policy and Applicable Procedures:

A. Administration:

1. Any Employee of a User Agency who is not a POST certified peace officer

and supervises a state offender must complete Pre-Service Orientation (PSO)
and annual In-Service Training.

|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|
|Policy Number: 506.06|Effective Date: 1/29/2019|Page Number: 2 of 3|
|Authority:
Commissioner|Originating Division:
Executive Division (Office of
Professional Development)|Access Listing:
Level I: All Access
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2. Each User Agency or Host Facility should ensure a POST certified Training

Officer at their Facility conducts this training to new employees. If the User
Agency or Host Facility does not have a POST certified Training Officer at
their facility the Warden or designee of the User Agency or Host Facility,
should contact the nearest State Prison Training Officer to schedule new
employees for this training.

3. It is recommended that all non-agency Employees also receive Cardio

Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid training prior to performing
unsupervised duties involving offenders. This training may also be scheduled
through the nearest state prison or by contacting your assigned Training
Coordinator.

4. Non-agency Employees shall not be permitted unsupervised contact with

offenders until they have completed PSO Training.

5. Annual training requirements shall be a minimum of eight (8) hours of In
Service Training. Topics will be determined by training staff in coordination
with Host Facility Warden/Superintendent.

6. The Warden/Superintendent of the Host Facility shall be responsible for

informing User Agencies of this procedure.

B. Course Eligibility:

1. Any Employee who is normally assigned to minimum security or trustee

offenders on a work detail outside the perimeter of the Host Facility and has
met the minimum requirements set by POST as listed in SOP 506.08, GDC
Training Requirements, is eligible to attend this training.

2. The Host Facility Warden/Superintendent shall verify that:

a. An adequate background investigation of the Employee has been

conducted;

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|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|Policy Name:Security Training for Non-Agency Personnel|
|Policy Number: 506.06|Effective Date: 1/29/2019|Page Number: 3 of 3|
|Authority:
Commissioner|Originating Division:
Executive Division (Office of
Professional Development)|Access Listing:
Level I: All Access
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b. That it has been determined the Employee has no prior felony convictions

or criminal history which would preclude the Employee from supervising
offenders;

c. That the background investigation must be run by a recognized law

enforcement agency; and

d. This background investigation shall include a fingerprint records check

through Georgia Criminal Information Center (GCIC) and through the
NCIC.

3. Written documentation of the background investigation must be on file at the

Host Facility prior to the Employee attending PSO Training.

C. Registration Process:

1. The Training Coordinator of the Host Facility shall be responsible for notifying

User Agencies of the PSO and annual In-Service Training schedule; and

2. The Training Officer will notify the Host Facility of the Employee's

performance in training.

V. Attachments:

None.

VI. Record Retention of Forms Relevant to this Policy:

None.