You are responsible for 15 offenders on a work squad. While out in the field, another officer arrives to transport an offender back to the unit for an appointment with the institutional parole officer. The officer yells out to the offender, "Hey, wetback Hernandez, come here." The offender says, "Don't call me a wetback." The officer replies, "I'll call you whatever I want to call you, and there's nothing you can do about it!" The offender pushes the officer. The two begin to fight. You are armed with a shotgun and tell the offender to lie down. The offender complies, and there is no further incident. Do you say anything to the officer who called the inmate by a disparaging name? If you do say something, what would you say? If you didn't, why? Do you write up an incident report? Why or why not? The Captain later hears about the fight and asks you what happened, what do you say? What repercussions do you face from the other officer and all the officers you work with if you tell the truth?
