Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office features Correctional Officer Emily Frye

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office featured Correctional Officer Emily Frye in its Meet Us Monday series, which introduces members of the office to the community each Monday.

Frye said she is from Oxford, Mississippi. She said she enjoys serving her community, working alongside her team and doing work that makes a difference.

She said corrections work involves teamwork, responsibility, patience, compassion and keeping people safe, adding that the job comes with challenges many people do not see or understand.

Frye said detention center work involves more than supervising inmates. She described responsibilities that include maintaining safety and security, making difficult decisions, handling emergencies, showing professionalism and treating people with respect regardless of their circumstances.

Frye said the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center are made up of people who work hard every day to serve, protect and keep the community safe. She also said correctional officers have families, responsibilities and lives outside work while performing duties that can be mentally and physically demanding.

She said teamwork, sacrifice and dedication involved in the work often go unseen.

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