HRBlunders.com » sheriff http://www.hrblunders.com The worst mistakes, catastrophes, and near-misses Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:18:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Employee gets to know his customers http://www.hrblunders.com/employee-gets-to-know-his-customers/ http://www.hrblunders.com/employee-gets-to-know-his-customers/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:00:29 +0000 Fred Hosier http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=300 Employees who take extra steps to get to know their customers deserve praise. Now, an Illinois sheriff has raised the bar (or bars?) on getting to know customers.

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran has gone to jail — because he wants to.

He’s talking to inmates so he can find out what they think of the county lock-up.

Curran said he’s also drawing attention to jails’ overpopulation issues, including the number of mentally ill, uneducated and repeat offenders. His suggestion: More rehabilitation.

So far Curran has met several inmates, and not all of them knew he’s the sheriff, according to local media reports.

Unlike other inmates, Curran gets to leave jail when he wants: Aug. 27.

 

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