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Updated: April 20, 2008
Warning. Your postings on this public forum will
become public. Your text will be available to anyone with an internet connection.
By using this web site, you agree to be contacted by site administration,
regardless of your account settings, when it becomes necessary to do so
regarding your account activity.
The basic ground rules for discussions on PrisonOfficer.org are simple:
be polite, use common sense, don't break the law and don't post any message
that even hints at advertising. You
are permitted a maximum of one account,
active or inactive, regardless of how many companies you represent. If
you choose to ignore this important restriction, all your accounts will
be disabled. If you require a user name
change, please use
the Contact Us form or send a private message to an Admin. If you
have forgotten your log in details and are unable to retrieve them via
the system, do not create a new account, please use
the Contact Us form. PrisonOfficer.org allows one account per member
and one member per account.
We don't intend to censor messages based
on the opinions expressed within posts, but we will enforce the policies
outlined both here and on the Forum. We reserve the right to remove, modify
or move posts at our discretion and without explanation. Please contact
the Community Leaders via private message or use
the Contact Us form if you do not understand any of the rules, guidelines
or policies outlined below.
Suspension of your account is a definite
consequence of not adhering to these guidelines.
In addition to the rules posted here, you
are required to read any individual forum rules which may be posted at
the top of specific forums as Important threads or Announcements. By using
this forum, you further agree to abide by PrisonOfficer.org's Terms
of Use. PrisonOfficer.org staff assume members have read them and
will not take ignorance of any rules as an excuse for not following the
rules, policies, and guidelines outlined here and in the forum specific
rules.
General
Forum Rules:
These rules apply to
all Forum categories.
- Please try to be polite. Poking a little
fun is ok, but don't go overboard.
- DO NOT use inappropriate language. There is a filter in place and it will catch most of the words but it
will not catch them all. Please be respectful in the public forums and use appropriate language. Masking of
words to defeat the filter is also grounds for an infraction or suspension. Pr1s0n0ffic3r is still
PrisonOfficer. You can use special characters to mask the ENTIRE word.. Hello can be #$#%^ but H#llo is a no
no.
- If you SPAM our members
in any manner, your account will be disabled. Do not contact anyone
to suggest your product or service who is not explicitly expecting you
to contact them from an advertising forum post. If you glean information
from anywhere other than the advertising forums and use that information
to contact someone and present an offer, it's SPAM and it will affect
your PO.org account standing.
- Your account is yours alone. You are responsible
for any activity created with it. You may not share your account login
with anyone. If you choose to ignore this important restriction your
account, and any accounts associated with it, will be disabled.
- All publicly displayed messages are limited
to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, and
any attachments or other forms of public display.
- Signature Spam (a post that was made in
hopes of showing a signature, as determined by moderators) is forbidden
in all forum categories.
- You may not post on behalf of any banned
member in any public manner. This includes all forums, private messages,
signatures, and e-mail features.
- You may not post words or URLs that are
censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any
other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place by PrisonOfficer.org.
Please contact
us if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.
- You may not link, in any manner, to sites
or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence,
or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
- You may not bump threads. Bumping can
refer to posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other
action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of
its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature
of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
- Any posts that encourage illegal intent
will be removed and the account disabled.
- Public posts debating these rules and/or
moderators' enforcement of such, will be removed without comment. We
encourage feedback, however, and invite you to use the Contact
Form if you have any questions or concerns.
- Some forum categories have a "minimum
post count" and/or "minimum length of membership" restriction
before a member is allowed to start a new thread. Please read the Forum
Description and the Announcement within if you get a permissions error
while trying to start a thread. If you choose to make meaningless posts
to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.
- All Promotions (Use of features and forum
access) are automatically updated by a cron system that runs hourly.
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Forum
Specific Rules:
These rules apply to the
Public Discussions and CO and LEO Only Forums.
- If you are NOT a Correctional Officer or member
of the Law Enforcement community DO NOT post in the Correctional
Officer Only Forums with the exeception of "Ask
a CO". (Admin and Support staff are acceptable) THIS MUST BE FOLLOWED. Any breaking of this rule will
and could result in the immediate ban of your user account.
- RESERVED FOR LATER USE
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Custom
User Titles, Locations, Profiles, and Signatures:
The custom user title, location field, profile picture
and signature options are edited via your Profile. Custom user titles
and the location field are displayed next to your posted text, under your
user name. Profile pictures are shown in your public profile. Signatures,
once created in your profile, are attached to the end of your posts (if
you choose the option to include your signature).
- URLs or other forms of advertising (phone
numbers, plans, contact details, etc.) are not allowed in custom user
titles or names, which are limited to 25 characters. Also,
you may not use custom titles to impersonate, or attempt to impersonate,
PO.org Staff, user groups, or any entity you are not associated with.
- Profile pictures cannot
include sexually explicit or graphically intense images.
- Profile Summary (and
all other modules) cannot include or link to illegal encouragement,
harassment, sexually explicit, or other non-family-friendly content.
- Signatures:
Must be setup in your profile, and not manually added to
your messages.
May contain a maximum of two smilies. Or one animated smiley.
May include two clickable links.
Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.
Must be kept to a maximum of four lines when viewed at 1024x768
resolution using the horizontal postbit.
May not contain links to other threads or posts.
Please keep special characters to a minimum.
Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or
rent.
Any signature that is offensive or insulting to PO.org, its members,
or its staff, is prohibited.
We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove
your signature at any time, for any reason.
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Any posts not meeting these guidelines may
be removed with or without notice.
We do not remove posts or accounts on request.
In light of our policy of encouraging candid,
open exchanges of views and the rapid distribution of information originating
from many sources, PrisonOfficer.org cannot determine the accuracy of
information that may be uploaded to the forum.
Opinions, advice and all other information
expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. You
rely on such information at your own risk. You are urged to seek professional
advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice
or opinions given in the discussions.
Privacy Policy:
We will not release any member information unless under court order to
do so.
We reserve the right to modify
and amend these terms at any time without notice. It is your responsibility
to remain informed of current PrisonOfficer.org policies.
We further, reserve our right to disable any account at any time for any
reason and without notice.
If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, please contact
us via our contact form at http://forums.prisonofficer.org/sendmessage.php.
Finally; any abuse towards our staff and/or
management in any form, may result in immediate suspension/ban of your
account.
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