Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed May 1-7, 2016 as Correctional Officers and Prison Employees Appreciation Week.
WHEREAS, more than 12,000 North Carolina correctional officers are responsible for the daily supervision of more than 37,000 criminal offenders housed in North Carolina’s state prison system; and
WHEREAS, correctional officers are responsible for ensuring the safety of the general public, correctional staff and offenders; and
WHEREAS, correctional officers must act as communicators and experts at crisis management, acting to resolve conflicts and to restrain persons representing a danger to themselves or others; and
WHEREAS, correctional officers must develop and maintain these skills through rigorous basic and annual training; and
WHEREAS, correctional officers often must perform their work under adverse and hazardous conditions, while continuing to meet the high standards set by their profession and the expectations of the public; and
WHEREAS, each day of the year, correctional officers and prison employees perform a valuable service to the citizens of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, correctional officers often perform outstanding services outside the scope of their normal responsibilities to their communities in times of need and crisis;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 1-7, 2016, as “CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS and PRISON EMPLOYEES APPRECIATION WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand and sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.