When any institution or agency’s current policy guidelines and procedure standards are set aside in lieu of officer discretion for everyday duties so often that they become the expected norms or standard rather than utilized for the unusual or exceptional situations, then abuse of that allowance for discretion has occurred.

When the discretion that is allowed by policy becomes exercised so often and too rampantly ultimately, it will lead to chaos resulting in a breakdown in individual officer’s and the institutional autho

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Discretion Corrections, inmates staff,