Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1572
       
       
        
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       
       39-02048-15                                           20151572__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing March 10, 2015, as
    3         “Correctional Officers Day” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Florida’s 17,000 correctional officers and
    6  correctional probation officers are a vital, often unrecognized
    7  component of this state’s law enforcement system, and
    8         WHEREAS, these hard-working individuals help oversee and
    9  care for more than 100,000 inmates in Florida prisons and
   10  supervise more than 145,000 offenders in the community, and
   11         WHEREAS, the mission of correctional officers is to promote
   12  the safety of the public, prison staff, and inmates by providing
   13  security, supervision, and care; offering opportunities to
   14  inmates for successful reentry into society; and engaging in
   15  partnerships that enhance the quality of life of all Floridians,
   16  and
   17         WHEREAS, correctional probation officers protect the public
   18  by monitoring offenders while they are under community
   19  supervision to ensure that these individuals are complying with
   20  the conditions of their release, and by timely reporting
   21  noncompliance to the court or releasing authority, and
   22         WHEREAS, correctional officers and correctional probation
   23  officers strive to help offenders transition back into our
   24  communities by giving them the supervision and tools they need
   25  to become productive citizens through a variety of programs, and
   26         WHEREAS, the efforts of correctional officers and
   27  correctional probation officers on behalf of inmates and those
   28  under community supervision serve our communities, our families,
   29  and our state, NOW, THEREFORE,
   30  
   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   33         That we recognize March 10, 2015, as “Correctional Officers
   34  Day” in Florida.