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| County Sheriff hiring only retired military vets/reservists |
| 2006-04-04 |
| A nice gesture of support in a state that rates low in opportunity for returning troops. The Cook County sheriff's office has begun taking applications for 350 corrections officer jobs, but only veterans and reservists who have recently been released from active duty can apply. Concerned after reading a Sun-Times News Group series that detailed how young Illinois veterans are having difficulty finding work, Sheriff Mike Sheahan ordered his staff to open hiring to new veterans and reservists returning from active duty. The sheriff's office usually offers applications only once a year, in November. But Sheahan consulted with his merit board and decided to open applications last week for those who were on active duty between November 2004 and November 2005 and unavailable to apply for jail jobs at the time. "The military people make good law enforcement people," explained Sheahan. "We're a semi-military organization. Military people know how to take an order and a command. They know the structure. They're used to structure. They have the same rankings as we do, and they turn out to be good employees." Also, "When you're looking to hire someone in law enforcement, you want someone who has weapons training," said Bill Cunningham, department spokesman. more details at link |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 This is a great gesture and I hope it works out. I tend to agree with the Mullah that some ACLU moonbat will protest. Public opinion will shut the ACLU down on this one and the Cook County Sheriff will have done a small but important thing for the Vets in his county. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2006-04-04 19:21 |
| #8 Most Civil Servant jobs allow for Veteran preference. Even if the LLL moonbats want to whine about it they won't get too much support. FYI the unions usually support these preferences. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-04-04 16:56 |
| #7 Did I call Frank "Fred"?? Silly me. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2006-04-04 16:31 |
| #6 Thank you for the insight DB. And yes Fred, he is absolutely doing the right thing. I still think that the leftists will scream about this in some fashion. I don't believe they care anymore if they look 'patriotic' or not. Maybe I just live too close to Madison, Wisconsin and think that the socialists are just as vocal elsewhere, too. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2006-04-04 16:29 |
| #5 Nice move by the Sheriff, he's to be thanked for doing the right thing. The ones who will question it are not my idea of patriots |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-04 16:13 |
| #4 Back in the late 70s ran among other things the separation transfer point at Fort Leavenworth. Most of the military guards were stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Had the wall of the processing office covered in job opportunities from law enforcement and prison operations. 'Please contact us'. The regular active duty received all the mandatory training dictated by various federal courts for prisons and prisoner handling. Besides the veteran discipline achieved by years of duty, that training was $$$ to the agencies that had to comply. |
| Posted by: Elmomonter Uliting6106 2006-04-04 15:30 |
| #3 Mullah Richard, I think their legal department already went over it. It's not a blanket "don't apply if you aren't a veteran" statement. There's the little catch in there of being on active duty between those dates and therefore not being able to apply during the regular time period. As long as they open it up to everyone the next time, they should be just fine. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-04-04 15:28 |
| #2 Civil service usually has a provision for veterans preference, at least I know Mass. does. That's assuming these are civil service jobs. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-04-04 15:03 |
| #1 The Illinois LLL, ACLU and PC crowd will go absolutely ape-sh*t. The Sun-Times relegated the story to a "suburban" paper and the Tribune doesn't seem to have carried this story yet. Pass the popcorn, please. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2006-04-04 14:59 |