Kari Fenimore Fromm
Port Orchard,Wa
Summary
A profession that I may marry my service in supervising adults in custody and my love of customer service; I miss the holiday rush and merchandising products for display.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Correctional Officer
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility
Wilsonville, Oregon
11.2010 - 10.2026
- Instructing, directing and overseeing activities of staff; providing on-the-job training to entry-level staff; evaluating performance.
- Provide on-the-job training to Correctional Officers; instructs, directs, and oversees activities.
- Work various security posts, including those held by higher level staff, during periods of vacation or other absences.
- Driving vehicles to transport inmates or escort inmates off institution or facility grounds.
- Ensuring security and safety of the institution by monitoring activity and movement of inmates within specified areas; staying alert to possible assaults, introduction of contraband, and escape attempts.
- Knowledge of the correctional system and greater incidence of problem solving, situation assessment and decision making.
- Controls, directs, and monitors activity and movement of inmates within a specified area to ensure security and safety (e.g., line movements, showers, recreation or game room, dining area, housing units, segregation, and/or special management units); stays alert to possible assaults, contraband, injuries, illness, and escape attempts; defines work tasks for inmates.
- Completes inmate movement sheets to show current location of inmates; writes memos, incident or disciplinary reports detailing incorrect inmate behavior; maintains and updates listing of inmates, visitors and staff; take periodic count of inmates in assigned area reconciling or reporting discrepancies; operates communications equipment (e.g., two-way radio, computer terminals, and public address equipment); use a radio system to communicate with other units or to call inmates; identifies and questions inmates and visitors seeking access to areas of the facility; answers questions of inmates and visitors concerning rules, regulations, and procedures of the facility.
- Conducting inmate counts and reconciling counts to ensure accuracy, completing inmate movement records to show current location of inmates; writing memos and incident or disciplinary reports; maintaining and updating list of inmates, visitors, and staff; evaluating potential problems and/or emergency situations and taking corrective action.
- Depending on the post assignment, regular face-to-face contact with inmates to answer questions on correctional procedures and rules and to direct behavior.
- In other posts I have greater contact with the public (visitors to the institution) in order to explain correctional policy and procedures.
- Regular contact with entry level Correctional Officers in order to provide on-the-job training and guidance.
- Abiding by, implementing and enforcing job-related rules, policies, procedures, and post orders in a manner which promotes efficient functioning.
- Work in a team setting to maintain order within the institutions, enforcing rules and regulations while providing care to ensure safety and security.
- I help adults in custody be orderly and obey agency guidelines and standards while monitoring their activities and supervising their work assignments.
- Cell checks and searches of adults in custody and their living quarters for contraband, settling disputes, and enforcing discipline are often required.
- Observing, inspecting, and reporting of safety, sanitary, and fire hazards are routine.
- Rewards: Life savings award 2010
- Officer of the quarter 2025
Front end manager
Fred Meyer
08.1999
- Made deposits and reconciled registers and safes during closure of store.
- Customer service for employees and customers.
- Stocking and facing of shelves.
- Problem solving when registers failed.
- Managing breaks and assignments of staff.
Skills
Problem solving
Time management
Merchandising
Timeline
Correctional Officer
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility
11.2010 - 10.2026
Front end manager
Fred Meyer
08.1999