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Helping Correctional Officers Improve Mental Health

October 23, 2019

Working as a correctional officer can create stress and other dangers, affecting life outside of the job.  Dale Waldroff, a corporal with the Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities, talks about the stress within this profession.

“There are things that I’ve seen that, for lack of a better term, you can’t unsee – things that you’d like nothing better than to forget, but you just can’t,” Waldroff says. 

Article By  Katelyn Newman