CDCR only wants to consider it's Correctional Officers "Law Enforcement" when it suits the agenda of the sate. From the initial hiring process it's evident little is examined for posession of a law enforcement mindset in perspective employees. The state in it's training, it's all about minimization of liability againt the state through policy and procedure. The department administration places little importance on presentation as a professional law enforcement agency, painfully evident in how it equips it's vehicles and arms it's staff. How many agencies are still relying on a Barney Fife wheel gunyou know of? The department is so afraid of liability they don't even allow their officers to carry their own personal equipment.

The article above pretty much hammered the nail. The upper (political), administrators of CDCR only want Correctional Staff considered "Law Enforcement" when it suits their agenda; I.E. court cases and for the purpose og behavioral management of the inamtes. The Department approaches very little with a Law Enfocement mindset, from the equipping of it's vehicles properly to aramament. How many agencies do you know of who still rely on a wheel gun? The overall concern about the department is 2 things, on relaity boiling down to one...money.