QUESTIONS EACH HOUR.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE LATEST
UPDATES ON KOIN.COM.
JENNIFER: CLOSER TO HOME
NOW,
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IS DOING SOMETHING IT'S
NEVER DONE BEFORE.
IT'S GIVING OUR CAMERAS
ALL-ACCESS TO ITS JAIL.
150 DEPUTIES WORK THERE.
BUT THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 JOB
OPENINGS RIGHT NOW AND DOZENS
MORE DEPUTIES COULD UP AND
RETIRE.
THE WOMAN IN CHARGE OF FINDING
NEW ONES IS TRYING TO ENTICE
MORE PEOPLE TO APPLY, IN OUR
ONGOING SERIES, DEPUTY DEFICIT.
THIS IS OUR INTAKE AREAS.
JENNIFER: A DEPUTY'S DAY, LIKE
AN INMATE, CAN START IN THE
INTAKE AREA.
AND THEY GET SAT DOWN HERE.
JENNIFER: UP TO 50 INMATES ARE
BOOKS HERE EVERY DAY.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING NOW,
TESTING HIM TO SEE IF HE CAN BE
RELEASED.
THERE ARE 572 BEDS AT THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, ABOUT
500 OF THEM ARE FULL.
THEY'RE VISITORS, FOR THE POD.
INCLUDING IN THE MEDICAL
OBSERVATION UNIT, A POD THAT
HOUSES INMATES WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS.
CLASS I TRY TO TREAT EVERYBODY
HOW I WANT TO BE TREATED.
AND IT WORKS.
UNLESS THEY GIVE ME A REASON NOT
TO TREAT THEM THAT WAY.
JENNIFER: DEPUTY MANDI WERDER IS
IS AN EIGHT YEAR JAIL VETERAN
WHO ROTATES BETWEEN THE
DIFFERENT PODS.
INCLUDING WHERE WOMEN INMATES
ARE HOUSED, AND MAXIMUM
SECURITY.
WE DO ROUNDS, THEY ARE
REQUIRED EVERY 30 MINUTES.
THERE IS ONLY ONE DEPUTY IN EACH
POD, TO WATCH OVER 60 INMATES.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
REPORTER: WHO TYPICALLY SPEND A
LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE THEIR CELLS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.
REPORTER: A POLICY, THE DEPUTIES
SAY REWARDS GOOD BEHAVIOR,
COMMANDS RESPECT, NATS AND
COUPLED WITH THE COUNTY'S CORE
VALUES, LEADS TO FEWER PROBLEMS.
EVERY CONTACT WE HAVE IS
BASED ON THOSE CORE VALUES.
REPORTER: SERGEANT MASSEY, WAS
PUT IN CHARGE ALMOST A YEAR AGO,
HER ONLY JOB, TO LEAD A NEW
RECRUITMENT TEAM.
THAT SO FAR, ONLY PLACED 36
PEOPLE IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
SHE SAYS THAT SHOULD BE TWICE
THAT MANY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
APPLICANTS APPLYING FROM THE
BEGINNING.
AND WE HAVE TO INCREASE THAT
NUMBER.
REPORTER: THE ENTIRE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS CAN TAKE 6 MONTHS,
INCLUDING SOME TRAINING AT THE
STATE ACADEMY.
AND EVEN MORE IF YOU WANT TO BE
A PATROL DEPUTY.
WHICH DEPUTY WERDER DID, BUT
FAVORS A JOB IN THE JAIL FIRST.
AND LOOKING BACK I WISH I
WOULD HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCED
INSIDE THE JAIL BECAUSE YOU
REALLY LEARN HOW TO TALK TO
PEOPLE.
AND YOU DO LEARN BEHAVIORS AND
THINGS TO LOOK FOR AND STUFF.
AND HAVING THAT AND THEN GOING
OUT TO THE ROAD, WOULD BE SO
MUCH BETTER.
SEPARATE YOUR FEET FOR ME A
LITTLE MORE, THANK YOU.
JENNIFER: THE JAIL, IS BIG, MORE
THAN 5 ACRES, AND HAS OREGON'S
FIRST HOUSING UNIT FOR INMATES
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, LIKE FRANK.
THEY'RE MORE ACCOMMODATING,
THEY'RE FRIENDLIER, RESPECTFUL,
AND I TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AS
WELL.
JENNIFER: LOSING MORE DEPUTIES
HERE WOULD BE DEVASTATING, BUT
SARGEANT MASSEY IS DETERMINED,
TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
I LOVE MY JOB.
I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING
OTHER THAN WHAT I DO.
JENNIFER: SARGEANT MASSEY
WORRIES THERE'S NOT A
DEEP-SEATED INTEREST IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT LIKE THERE WAS A
GENERATION AGO.
AND THE BOOMING TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY IS MAKING IT HARD TO
ATTRACT APPLICANTS.
SHE ADDS, YOU DON'T NEED A
COLLEGE DEGREE, AND IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED, YOU CAN CONTACT HER
AND SET UP A JAIL SHADOW OR RIDE
ALONG.
FOR MORE INFORMATATION ON HOW TO
APPLY, BE SURE TO VISIT
KOIN.COM.
AND THEN AT 8:00 TONIGHT, TUNE
INTO OUR LIVE CHAT WITH SERGEANT
MASSEY ON FACEBOOK.
JEFF: OR LAST FACEBOOK LIVE,
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY
INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR JOBS
AFTER THEY SAW THE JOB -- NEWS.