I sent this to "ASK RICK" to get an answer from him before he presented his budget to County Council and have yet to receive a response.
Why is it that only the Officers at the Wicomico County Dept. of Corrections have received an additional pay cut this year and the next year?
Yes all county employees have furlough days taken out of their pay based on their salary. The officers of WCDC also have a six hundred dollar decrease. This comes out of their hazardous duty allotment. Is the Detention Center less dangerous?
Mr. Pollitt you said that their would be no more salary reductions then cut these officers pay with not even informing them. This allotment was done to stem the tide of officers leaving WCDC for other Detention Centers.
It is hard to attract and retain officers and reductions such as this makes it only harder. Maybe the only way to get the attention of council and others is to file a lawsuit for this unlawful action. I do not write this as veiled threat, but as an action that has already been investigated.
I welcome any and all comments to this post.
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Pollitt need the bucks to keep his office staff, including the "public information officer," and it has to come from somewhere.
ReplyDeleteits easier to cut the people watching the prisioners because they are already in jail. You guys are an easy target. If you cut the front line police officers then it creates a public saftey issue. Sorry for your loss. Atleast you still have a job. Let the cutting begin!
ReplyDeleteRicky better start sending out resumes.
ReplyDeleteWell if the The Powers to be at the Jail didnt get new the New DROID cell phones (why do the they need the latest cell phone like the Droid is beyond me) must be because they where buy one get one free.....i bet Rick and company aren't taking any pay cuts from their salaries......
ReplyDeleteits easier to cut the people watching the prisioners because they are already in jail. You guys are an easy target. If you cut the front line police officers then it creates a public saftey issue. Sorry for your loss. Atleast you still have a job. Let the cutting begin!
ReplyDelete11:02 AM
Out of sight-out of mind. The public could care less as long as "THE BAD ONES" are out of sight.
and Sgts. are forbidden to work overtime which would lessen the burden.
Yes the officers are glad to have a job, but other agencies are hiring. WCDC is losing their experienced officers which translates into lost money. WCDC is and has always been a training ground for other agencies. A officer who leaves has cost the department 20 to 30 thousand dollars to train them.
Moral at WCDC is at an all time low. 22 officers down of which funding has only been approved to hire 10 officers. Overtime is a foregone conclusion. Officers are being burned out which increases sick time, which increases overtime. Lts.
Im sorry to hear things for the WCDC officers are getting even worse. I thought when Devenyns left and Mr K. took over, things would improve. Im not blaming Mr. K by any means. Wicomico county citizens should "cut the fat" starting with Pollitt!
ReplyDeleteLets talk about the hazzard pay of $1200 per pay period that the "salaried" employee gets at the jail(against handbook policy) while the "salaried employees at the sheriff's department gets none.
ReplyDeleteLet's also talk about Matt's little agreement that went on for several years with the security company hired at the jail. You see the direct relationship with the jail employees getting their raises while everyone else doesn't?
The top dogs are tied deep into the jail. I have an grand idea...lets all put the people who need to be behind the bars over there behind them.
Pork Barrel Ricky and the Seven Dwarfs are amazing. My furloughs will equate to one years groceries or six months mortage, two years of fuel, braces for my buck tooth kid, one year tuition at a local community college, it goes on trust me. Pick the one you would give up out of that group. I guess the kid will be eating corn through a picket fence the rest of his life.
ReplyDeleteI do not work with D.O.C. but I do work close by.
The teachers that educated everyone of these thugs we deal daily feel no financial burden. People like Norm Conway who has done absolutely nothing for the corrections and police in his district. He has taken care of teachers. What do you exspect. Pork Barrel taking of the pig. Norm Conway sucks no ethics once so ever,buy heyt we elected him because when all appeared well we thought he was doing an honest job. Well folk we have a man that has voted for every pay increase that involved he and his spouse both are tied to B.O.E..
The question is what do you do about it. The answer is simple find common people who have been sick tired of corrupt politics. Beg them to run for council and exec. Then Emergency Service i.e. Fire, Police,Dispatchers,Corrections get their families and friends to the polls rent a bus if need be. Time for a clean sweep.
The truth is no one cares about corrections. The fact that you deal with crazed,drug addicted, infected people day in and day out.
All county workers except the B.O.E. and the BIG HOUSE down town have paid for our fathers sins.
Maybe you should just open the gate and let all animals out. The cops should shut their eyes let the shit fly.
Well no because we can not do that it is not in our fabric to do so. We would give up our lives first. Wow our lives for the same people that have shit down our necks for the last three years, hell make that twenty.
There is strength in numbers just ask the B.O.E.
Corrections and Cops need to join forces. The jail needs to fall under the Sheriff's Office. Get rid of the warden and half his staff. Mike Lewis has plenty of people that could go next door and run that show. It would save a bundle.
As for all the people we train that leave before being vested. That is a win for downtown also do the math. Wheres the money go.
Mike Lewis is the most powerful politician on the shore. They have not corrupted him yet. I do not think they can.
Get the facts straight. NOBODY gets "$1200 per pay period" as hazardous duty pay. Nobody wants to get into a war of words with or cause problems between county agencies.
ReplyDeleteThe Sheriffs Dept. is in a unique position to be able to seize and keep proceeds from arrests. I applaud their use of these funds to buy much needed equipment. Their Officers can also work all the overtime they want at no added expense to the taxpayer. The Detention Center does not have luxury of keeping funds they generate. (work release and weekender fees).
No amount of bickering is going to solve these problems. One department should be held to different standards and treated differently as to personel. I refer to the officers of WCDC having to work eleven hours of overtime till they are entitled to overtime pay. They are the only department in the county held to this standard.
Warden K. is making a difference and is upfront with all his employees.
It's everywhere.
ReplyDeleteHere is a good example: The city is cutting the pay of people at the City water plant, but there is some push back on cutting pay for fire fighters. Let's see them put out fires without water!
It boils down to public perception. People guarding the dangerous inmates just don't have the cache of those that catch them. I'm not condoning this idea at all... just explaining it.
1:10 Lets get this straight you oversized liar poor excuse of a lousy ass man. An employee from the detention center most definitely did get hazzard pay......it may have stopped but they 100% most definitely were...thank you very much. Actually it was the one that was accused of the abuse not too very long ago.
ReplyDelete1:18pm You are so off base. You need to get your facts right. There is no Carl Peterson working for the county. Where have you been...under a rock. He retired a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Hazard Duty pay I spoke to one of the people you are running down in your comment. Again,go back and get your facts right.
At least they are getting rid of that worthless RSAT program. Hopefully they will get rid of Wendy Roberts and and the dead wood over there and the CO's can move over to the detention center.
ReplyDelete1:12 p.m., right about water and fire. But Campbell and Cohen (the two GOOD ones on that monkey wagon) have pushed back on taking from other employees like the lowest paid.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if they got anywhere with Queen Louise in charge. All she cares about is her buddies at PAC14.
Daily Times article laid out who the problem is today.
Salisbury has wasted so much. People should rise up.
Calling all Shift Working Correctional Officers at WCDC,
ReplyDeleteJust SLOW YOUR ROLL without effecting security.
Take.......Your.........Time.......
Show Mr. Pollitt and others involved who don't see how important your job is, get what they pay for.
Just Slow Your Roll without effecting security.
Take.......Your.........Time.......
No matter how hard you work. No matter how much overtime you work. Everyday, an officer (Old or New) will quit, retire, resign, or get fired. And, the one's left behind will have to carry 3x the work load plus train the newly hired.
So, let Pollitt and his cronies get what they pay for without effecting security.
Or, hire an excellent attorney and file a class action suit against all parties involved.
Also remember, this problem started way before the "State" took over. Don't forget the past 12 years.
9:51pm What the hell are you talking about. Speak english, please.
ReplyDeleteGet Rid of the Deadbeat inmates
ReplyDeletein a uniform, (so called officers)
so the real officers can do the job
Fire the extra Major, Kimball (The
uneeded Col) Roberts (who does Nothing all day) Make the Lazy
female officers dO their J O B
Fire the supervisors who condone
and protect the Lazy females there.
Raise the P A Y / NO FURLOWS for
officers, make the county send some
of that Sheriff money to the jail
officers. Make the county use some of that 3 million it gets from the Feds to raise the pay of
CO's who do the work there, (not
the lazy Co's though) fire them
Put the Lazy females on Busy Hall, and on Dayshift, where they can't Hide. Too Many on Midnight shift
Hiding out, for TOOOO long ....
make the Honchos downtown do furlows toooooooo
ReplyDeleteBet they will soon stop the furlows then, or Not get reelected
No Need for Furlows stop the
crazyness or loose more employees
Jail officers should be Equal in
ReplyDeletepay to the street officers,
plain and simple.
Fact is, they are Way Behind,
and this is Not right. Their job is
much worse, and more dangerous.
They work unarmed, No G U N ...
Not many street officers would work in a jail, and they know it.
y e a , we just got the shaft
ReplyDeletetoday is payday, and surprise,
the County Lied to us, saying our
Hazardous Duty Pay would only be
cut 300.00 , surprise, it was cut
50% , so it was cut 600.00
What is up with this Rick Pollitt??
Our officer Haz Duty Ck should not
have been touched anyway. You already Got your Furlows from us,
and you were still not satisfied,
then, the County lied to our supervsrs telling them only a
300.00 cut would take place, then
with No discussion, you take 300.00
more.....Everyone should QUIT, this
county don't deserve any correction
officers...........screw the county
This hellhole is Dispickable
ReplyDeleteThis County may as well close the jail, because it won't be retaining
any good officers for much longer.....
You should not be allowed to impose furlows, we officers came to work here for the amount you
hired us for, Not for less
This has started a new trend, that
will Never End, unless a Court
Order puts a STOP to it.
We officers are already Under Paid
and should Get Raises, not Decreases in pay. We should get as
Much as Worcester County, No Less............
We Tax Payers, are sick and tired
ReplyDeleteof the county govt Wining over $
This county Taxes us to Death
and No more $ should be needed ever
All the new deveopments going up,
there should be Plenty of $
So, who is Stealing it, and/or
misdirecting it, waisting it away ?
The Government will Never be satisfied, it will Spend whatever
amount it Ever gets from us
looks like we are Really Not Free
and we live in communism in disguise....
There should be No Income tax or
other Taxes . The govmnt should have to make it's own money, just like the rest of us, and quit taking Our money , up to half of it, and more. What are we supposed to live on when we give
1/2 and more of Our money away ??
Companys make their own money, so
why can't the government???
The handouts from us come all too easy, so the lazy government has no
ambition to go out there and work,
like we do, for the money. The Gvnt
just holds out it's hand for OUR
money WE ARE NOT FREE
How would the Government get by if
ReplyDeleteit were Taxed like we are, giving up Half of it's money, to somone
else ?????
How can any business or worker
get by on Half their money ????
Still the Government goes to One
solution, More Taxes all the time ..... when will it stop ????
When will the Gov't be Required to
make it's own money, instead of
taking mandatory Handouts from us ?
The County will pay a Deadbeat like Kimball to Do Nothing All day
ReplyDeleteTake this deadbeat's pay away by
Eliminating his position, and there
won't be any need for Furlows...
Or taking Hazardous pay from officers who do the work.
The County also pays Roberts to Do
Nothing all day, and Two Majors,
when only One is needed.
Wicomico COUNTY QUIT WASTING MONEY
and maybe you will have some, and
you can treat your needed employees better , and eliminate the Uneeded ones Hint Hint
XTRA XTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT
ReplyDeleteSgt Ringold Suspended for Racial
Slurs
Sgt Armstrong Suspended for
attacking an inmate and getting
officers hurt
FIRE THEM BOTH >>> Long Overdue
Of course this won't happen
ReplyDeletebecause the place is so Corrupt
Plagerism is rampid and some are
Untouchable who are in the Click
yea , it is government as usual,
ReplyDeletecovering up for the incompetant
management, who are never held
accountable, like the peeons below
them
Downtown is just as bad as WCDC
8:26 pm correction Nepotism
ReplyDeletenot plagerism
FIRE K I M B L E
ReplyDeleteTHEN, all will get better
It is time for the old Click to go
ReplyDeletedown, for there is a new sheriff
in town
read and heeed, the Law is far
bigger than WCDC and Wicomico
County
it is all in the good ol U S A
the watchdogs are watching ......
WELL, WELL, No Doubt the
ReplyDeletewarden , Mr K was confirmed by
the crooked council downtown,
so he will be ,so called, perm
warden here (until he messes up)
Don't get too comfortable here
we already have your number from ECI, along with Kimble's number
you Both will lose these cushy
jobs, Eventually
The watchdogs are Watching YOU
YES, SEE the Daily Times, Jul 21
ReplyDeleteMr K was confirmed, and look at the
PropaGanda, in the article on pg A2
and the Lie that the morale is
alot better at WCDC now. FALSE
Tell me Why does the county now pay
Mr K 10,000 more,for doing the
SAME job , Director or acting
Director (only a name change)
in a time where the correctional
officers pay has been Cut with
Furlows, line-up pay cuts, Hazard
duty checks being cut ??????
The Crooked County has just shown again that it has plenty of money
to throw around, where it wants to.
Another instance is the Civic Center, where the crooked county is
spending 2 million dollars for an
Unneeded new high tech floor.
So, Wicomico County Govnt DON'T
YOU CRY TO ME OR THE OTHER TAX
PAYERS ABOUT MONEY (YOU HAVE IT)
OUR MONEY, AND PLENTY OF IT TOOOOO
yOU BETTER start paying the Co's
right, and quit LIEING to them
and Cutting their Pay, while you
Waist Money, Our Taxpayer Money
ALL you crooked Politicians and
County Council should be Locked
up, for stealing / waisting
Taxpayer money (Correctional
Officer money)
Don't think our Morale is good
Nadda..............
yea, no so called Director is
ReplyDeleteworth 90,000 a year or 80,000
No wonder the county is short on
money
Nice instant Raise 10,000 just
like that.
We officers have to slave and work
for Pay Cuts / Furlows while
the Honchos get BIG Raises
HEY ALBERO, PUT THIS ON THE MAIN
ReplyDeletePAGE PLEASE, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
COMMENTS IN THIS SECTION
CONCERNING PAY FOR MR K
No Director "Earns" $ 90,000
ReplyDeletethe poor peon workers will
Never see that kind of money
in their entire Lifetime
The government gives Taxpayer money
away too easy, to the wrong ones,
while the hardworkers Suffer pay
cuts. How long is this Furlow Idea
going to go on,(for workers) while
the bosses get more Raises ????
all the Furlow and other Pay Cut
ReplyDeletemoney Taken from Officers, just
went to Mr K the Director
and the Civic Center floor, and
who knows where else $ Waisted
tooo much waisted/ paid to Kimble
who is NOT NEEDED AT WCDC, also
Give officers that money back
you stole from them Wicomico Cty
Vote Out those who don't treat
us right, let them find another job
Fire k i m b a l l
ReplyDeletewe don't need to be waisting county
money on him. Hire some working staff, instead.
All he does is water some flowers
and find some staff to harass and
pick on all day, and he gets Paid
Way Toooo much for doing so.
No so called Colonels needed at
this jail. This is Not the Military
More news, Worcester county is hiring again and more officers from WCDC are interviewing for it. Soon there will be nobody left at WCDC.
ReplyDeleteThis Wicomico County knows how to
ReplyDeleteLIE (Crying Poor)
If they can give $10,000 raises to
Anybody, then they must have Plenty
of money. So Why the Furlows ???
Paycuts ???
If they can spend 2 million on
any floor, they have Too much
money, (ex the Civic Center)
It's time the higher-ups start
ReplyDeleteloosing their j o b s
they are spoiled rotten with their
high salaries, while the workers
are loosing money (furlows)
maybe it is time mngmnt gets a taste of their own medicine
there is one more opening at
ReplyDeleteworcestor county jail (Tyler got
fired )
she will get rehired here at wcdc
undoubtidley , see her back soon
still, the discrimination goes on
ReplyDeleteand on
female officers here n o t required to do the same job as the male officers
when will it stop
where is the federal government ???
yea mngmnt does all they can ,to
ReplyDeletenot do right, and to discriminate
example, not putting females on
male block floor, the l a s t half
of shift, to do feed up, as the
males are made to do
not putting females on the male
block floor all night, alone, as is
done to the males
mngmnt started by putting females
on male block floors only on first
half of shift, not the last half
of shift, and makes the male switch
with them , from pod to floor,
to make sure the females don't work
the last half on the floor,when it
is busy, and feed up being done.
now, the new trick is to make the
males switch with each other from
pod to floor, the last half of
shift, on male blocks, to try and
suggest that everything is fixed
now, when in fact, it is n o t
Simple to fix, just treat males
and females e q u a l
equal work for equal pay, all night
all day get rid of deadbeats
and mngmnt coconspirators who let them be deadbeats, and cover for
them
a good lawyer could make some
ReplyDeletegood money here, suing the County
for the male officers
any takers ????? we need you
Kimball got Stone fired , he has been after him along time, since
ReplyDeleteday one
He done you a favor Stone, you are
better off without this place
Take care
Kimball is the one to FIRE
he still Harasses the officers
this place is full of discrimination
ReplyDeletewhere is the federal gov ???
why has this been allowed to go on
for so long ????
ACLU and others , we need your
help
THE ESCAPE THUR LAST WEEK
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS COL KIMBALL'S FAULT
because he is the security chief
and thus he is responsible for
proper procedures being in place
and proper I D's being issued to
the inmates (color) not B&W and
the Buck stops with him if one of
his inmates escapes
don't blame the peeons under his
command for No inmate Id's issued
or improper ID's or procedures,
to insure the inmates don't get
Wrongly released or escape
KIMBLE SHOULD BE F I R E D
THIS NEWS WAS ON WBOC TV WHY
NOT ON THE MAIN BLOG PAGE ????
Kalaroumakis should also be FIRED
ReplyDeleteget these two ECI rejects out of
our County
They only make Hostile Work
Environment and make WCDC workers
miserable
clean up this dirty jail, it is
the worst one on DelMarVa
Fire Criminal Kimball (Not Col)
ReplyDeleteThey better check his record and history before giving him any
Position
They will find it is Dirty (like him)
HERE IS ONE FOR THE MAIN PAGE
ReplyDeleteLast night (Mon) WCDC electrical
Power Completly O U T with no
back-up power
Officers and staff in total Black
dark for appx 2hrs
what a incompetant place
they are lucky something bad did not happen inside
only officers with their own personal flashlights had one since
the jail ones mostly don't work
fire the 3 not needed
ReplyDeleteK , kimble, roberts
and throw in maj moore tooo
officers here always get the shaft
ReplyDeletewhy do so Many quit and leave ???
the place can't hide that fact,
can they ???
Officers have got 4 pay cuts,
so,
why would any stay ????
worse, K and Kimble here now....
that is the Last Straw >>>>time to go........................
What ever happened to McCoy and Jarmon? They were good officers and always seemed to bust thier butts to get things done?
ReplyDelete