Posted by me on October 6, 2009, 9:51 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

The real scary thing is this lowering of standards is spreading. DPS has drastically lowered their standards. Their recruitment has been getting lower and lower for quite a few years now. They have removed a lot of their physical requirements also.

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Posted by Let me set the Standards on October 4, 2009, 10:12 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

Like I said before, let me set the hiring standards. Of course who already have a correctional officer job will be grandfathered in. They have 2yrs to meet the physical requirements which would be similar to DPS physical standards. When TDCJ starts using a hiring system like the Police, then we may see the system clean up. Ex: 1 Credit Check, 2. 5 to 10yr background check, 3. Pass Physical Requirements and be tested annually, 4. Psychological Testing and 5. Last but not least the medical aspect: Medical Disqualifiers The following medical conditions may disqualify an applicant. Determinations will be made on a case-by-case basis, after careful consideration of each applicant’s particular medical situation. * Any chronic degenerative or demyelinating neurological disease (such as amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [Lou Gerhig’s disease], or multiple sclerosis, etc.). * Any disease that treatment requires constant, multiple daily testing and medication adjustments (such as “brittle diabetes”). * Any complex seizure disorder. * Uncontrolled high blood pressure. * Significantly abnormal stress EKG suggesting coronary artery disease. * Evidence of complex or multiple psychotropic drug therapy. * Applicants must possess a sense of smell in order to function as a police cadet or officer. * Visual acuity must be at least 20/200 uncorrected (both eyes) and 20/30 corrected (both eyes); color vision and night vision deficiency may be a disqualifier. * Hearing loss not greater than: # 20 DB at 500cps # 30 DB at 1000cps # 50 DB at 2000cps # 65 DB at 4000cps

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Posted by HVhunter on October 4, 2009, 10:04 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

Who is the HR Director...is that the chick that sits in on the Director boards? Her name isn't Lisa is it? Whoa dude!

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Posted by 20 years on October 4, 2009, 6:03 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

But nothing that goes wrong in TDC has anything to do with quality of new CO's or manpower shortages. Just ask Michelle Lyons!

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Posted by BoBoTheBeaten on October 4, 2009, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

My guess would be that the top two guys in charge would be responsible. After all they are able to post job descriptions specific to friends they want hired. And many of their selections are preceded with a phone call saying "You need to apply" wink, wink. I heard a head administrator say in a meeting that there is nothing wrong with recruiting potentially good managers when a job posts. That's why our promotion process is a sham.

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Posted by Peace on October 4, 2009, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

Until they raise the PAY so they can pick and chose who they hire.

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Posted by Bossmaningray on October 4, 2009, 2:06 pm, in reply to "Lowering Standards and Scratching Heads"

It will stay the same until they realize that the measly ass pay raise that was given us is not enough to substatiate the retention or hiring of quality staff. There is always going to be bad apples but when the whole damn basket is wrotten.....someone should look for bugs.

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