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How not to fall prey to inmate con games

Officers should always control the time and place of any interactions with inmates

Inmates have nothing better to do than think of new “cons” to play on custody staff. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham outlines why corrections officers should always question the purpose of every inmate interaction.

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Gordon Graham has been actively involved in law enforcement since 1973. He spent nearly 10 years as a very active motorcycle officer while also attending Cal State Long Beach to achieve his teaching credential, USC to do his graduate work in Safety and Systems Management with an emphasis on Risk Management, and Western State University to obtain his law degree. In 1982 he was promoted to sergeant and also admitted to the California State Bar and immediately opened his law offices in Los Angeles.
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