MNCORA has been very vocal in it's opposition to HF1234 a Bill that started out as a Bill to provide treatment for Police PTSD, then morphed into a bill rewriting PERA Disability for all pensions with many possible negative consequences moving forward for the Correctional Plan. A vote for HF 1234 was a vote weakening PERA disability benefits!  Those who voted in the affirmative were: Acomb Agbaje Anderson, P. E. Anderson, P. H. Backer Bahner Bakeberg Baker Becker-Finn Berg Bierman Brand Carroll Cha Clardy Coulter Curran Davids Demuth Dotseth Edelson Elkins Feist Finke Fischer Frazier Frederick Freiberg Gomez Greenman Hansen, R. Hanson, J. Hassan Hemmingsen-Jaeger Her Hicks Hill Hollins Hornstein Hortman Howard Huot Hussein Jordan Keeler Klevorn Koegel Kotyza-Witthuhn Kozlowski Koznick Kraft Lee, F. Lee, K. Liebling Lillie Lislegard Long Moller Mueller Myers Nadeau Nelson, M. Newton Noor Norris Novotny Olson, L. O'Neill Pelowski Pérez-Vega Pinto Pryor Pursell Rehm Richardson Sen

  By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Correctional officers have the difficult and often dangerous assignment of ensuring the custody, safety and well-being of the over 600,000 inmates in our Nation’s prisons and jails. Their position is essential to the day-to-day operations of these institutions; without them it would be impossible to achieve the foremost institutional goals of security and control.   Historically, correctional officers have been viewed as “guards,” occupying isolated and misunderstood positions in prisons and jails. In recent years, the duties of these officers have become increasingly complex and demanding. They are called upon to fill, simultaneously, custodial, supervisory and counseling roles. The professionalism, dedication and courage exhibited by these officers throughout the performance of these demanding and often conflicting roles deserve our utmost respect. The important work of correctional Officers often does not recei