| Police Officer Safety | | | | facility and inmate maintenance. |
| A corrections officer has one of the | | | | All security employees should wear |
| most dangerous jobs available. | | | | identification that show their picture |
| Identification cards for corrections | | | | and indicate which area of the building |
| officers are currently some of the most | | | | they are assigned to. This is not only |
| high-tech ID cards available. They often | | | | for their safety, it provides a |
| incorporate holographic images, and | | | | professional appearance and an |
| magnetic strips in order to prevent | | | | authoritative impressions to inmates. An |
| unlawful duplication of these | | | | identification card should be considered |
| identification cards to protect the | | | | part of the standard uniform for |
| officers and the people that they serve. | | | | security personnel. |
| Other security measures include | | | | Security officers are not the only ones |
| fingerprints, digital photographs, | | | | in a correctional facility that benefit |
| colorization, biometrics and the use of | | | | from ID badges. Inmates also benefit |
| original font sizes. | | | | from having ID badges. Their uses are |
| Keeping the Public Safe | | | | endless. They can identify that an |
| A police officer that has an ID badge | | | | inmate is who they claim to be, that |
| presents a professional and | | | | they are in the correct area of the |
| authoritative appearance. However, | | | | facility, etc. Tracking inmates is one |
| because of the high incidence of | | | | of the ways that ID cards are used. ID |
| impersonation of police officers, ID | | | | cards can also be used for inmate |
| badges also serve another purpose. They | | | | purchases, eliminating the need for |
| allow citizens who are confronted by a | | | | money within the facility. |
| police officer to telephone into the | | | | The high level of security needs that |
| dispatch system to let them find out if | | | | come with corrections makes it the |
| the person is an actual police officer | | | | perfect arena for the use of ID badges. |
| or not. This protects the safety of | | | | Police officers need to be able to |
| everyone. This type of security measure | | | | identify themselves and prove their |
| can set a someone's mind at ease about | | | | authority. Corrections officers need ID |
| the person that has pulled them over or | | | | badges, and so do the inmates. Having |
| approached their front door. | | | | everyone in a facility have to wear some |
| Safety in Correctional Facilities | | | | kind of ID badge keeps everyone safer. |
| Correctional facilities are one place | | | | They can be used for tracking and for |
| that proper ID is of the utmost | | | | purchases. ID badges are a necessity in |
| importance. This is because safety of | | | | this field. |
| both the inmates and correctional | | | | The author Catherine Williams writes |
| officers is a top priority. The job of a | | | | articles on personal and workplace |
| correctional officer is to ensure that | | | | safety. |
| order is maintained, as well as | | | | Additional information about making a |
| maintaining that the security of the | | | | corrections ID card or PVC printer |
| facility in which they work is not | | | | systems can be found at her id card |
| compromised. Correctional officers have | | | | printer website. |
| many duties that go along with this | | | | |