TCOLE Basic Jailer Course
Terms in this set (260)
TCOLE [Texas Commission is a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement
on Law Enforcement] and county corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on is the regulatory agency for all county jails and privately
Jail Standards] operated municipal jails in the state.
is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish
The Occupations Code rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must
follow.
the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with
Ethics
moral duty and obligation.
was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions
Texas Ethics Commission relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct
of state officers and employees
the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail
Jail Climate
facility; inmate playing games with staff
a body condition that may occur when a person faces a
Stress
threatening or unfamiliar situation
the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas
Communication
and information
is an organized and relatively unchanging combination
of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
Attitude
something that influences him/her to behave in a certain
way in regard to that person or thing
generally refers to groups of people with common
Race
ancestry and physical characteristics
, Ethnicity refers to shared culture and background
is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the
Ethnocentrism universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with
other cultures"
is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand
Prejudice
or without knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination acting on the basis if prejudice
is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is
Sexual Harassment not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is
unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
recording of certain information relating to the inmate
Booking
during the admissions process
a report from that documents an agency's authority to
Detainer retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal
obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction
an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to
Commitment
receive and place in jail the person so committed
a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace
officer or some other person specifically named,
Warrant
commanding him to take the body of a person accused
of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law
is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to
any peace officer of the State of Texas", commanding
Capias him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring
him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a
term stated in the writ