PFA's Against Corrections Officers
In our local area, many people are employed at correctional facilities, whether at the county, state or federal level. Due in part to our rural landscape, we have over ten facilities in the Susquehanna Valley. The employees of these facilities can be held to different standard because they are considered law enforcement. It is important for family members and paramours of corrections officers to understand some of the differences. Protection from Abuse orders are civil court matters; they do not become part of a person's criminal record, unless they violate one. This brings us to PFA's filed against corrections officers . Someone may hesitate to file a PFA because they believe, or have been told, that the person they are filing against may lose their job. This is not necessarily true. Each corrections facility has their own policies and procedures, however both the Department of Corrections (state) and the Bureau of Prisons (f...