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diction is one of the regular
hurdles Bandonis encounters.
It leads to focusing on “tapes
and counters.” Tapes are au-
tomatic thoughts attitudes
and beliefs that help some-
one justify criminal behavior,
Bandonis said.
“Someone might have
come to believe that they had
to deal drugs because they
need to support their fam-
ily,” Bandonis said. “What we
teach them is how to coun-
ter that with thoughts like: I
shouldn’t be doing this be-
cause it is against the law, it
will end up putting me in jail
and it won’t help my family
at all in the future. I should
fi nd a stable job because it’s
the right thing to do.”
Other skills Bandonis can
assist with range from how to
listen to how to handle em-
barrassment.
“I don’t tell them how to
solve it, I prompt them to fi g-
ure it out through role-play-
ing and working with some-
one they know,” he added.
Successfully
navigating
parole and probation condi-
tions depends on the parolee
being a willing participant.
Max said prior to meeting
Bandonis he viewed parole
offi cers as the enemy and,
each time he got out of jail,
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is made easier because of his
close proximity to his clients
and the ease with which in-
formation fl ows between his
offi ce and the Keizer Police
Department.
“It’s very team-oriented
here and it’s a lot easier for
me to grab one of the Keiz-
er offi cers to help me serve
a warrant or do a check on
somebody. I work closely
with the Community Re-
sponse Unit and, if they have
a suspicion that one of my
clients is involved with drug
activity, I can go with them
to the scene of a investiga-
tion,” Bandonis said.
Bandonis spends about half
his time in the fi eld and the
other half in his offi ce meet-
ing with clients to help them
navigate re-entry into society
and even work on behavioral
issues. Helping someone with
a resume can lead to conver-
sations about larger issues at
work in his clients’ minds
and skill-training he can as-
sist with.
Overcoming thought pro-
cesses that are hard-wired
in those struggling with ad-
he would do well for a cou- the summer. He held onto
ple of months before revert- those achievements and set
ing to the habits that got him new goals – like becoming
a crew boss. This summer he
in trouble.
“In my mind, I wanted is crew boss-in-training. He
to change, but my actions also started college at West-
weren’t matching up. With- ern Oregon University and
in a year, I would be back earned a bachelor’s degree in
in prison,” Max said. “I met business in June.
Bandonis also helped Max
with Eric right off the bat
and this time I wanted to build his relationship with
his
wife,
change.
I
Tera, while
was willing
she was still
to do what I
in prison for
had to do to
drug-related
do that. Eric
crimes. Even
was
very
getting into
fi rm
and
the prison
fair and he
for
visita-
didn’t give
tion
was
me any rope.
complicated
He gave me
because of
h o m ewo r k
Max’s past
and assigned
me
things
— Tera Marshall crimes, but
Bandonis
that I was
acted as a
willing to do
reference for him. Tera offi -
this time.”
Max said the relationship cially fi nished her parole and
he was able to form with probation this week and is
Bandonis was based on re- going to school to become a
wards and consequences, but counselor.
While Bandonis was not
that he was able to achieve
bigger and better things as he Tera’s offi cial parole offi cer,
proved his trustworthiness. she developed a relationship
Max was given permission with him through Max.
“I went to his offi ce last
from the court to leave the
area as a wildfi re fi refi ghter week and I asked him if I
for months at a time during could get a reference from
“Having
somebody
local is good
because
it’s more
accountability.”
him. To have somebody
there like that is priceless,”
Tera said. “I see that it’s easy
for people to slip backward
knowing they won’t see the
PO for a month. It is a mind-
set. Having somebody local
is good because it’s more ac-
countability.”
Bandonis still drops in to
see Max and Tera regularly
despite having fi nished his
offi cial duties in Max’s case.
Max said it’s not unusual for
them to get introduced to
the latest trainees or to assist
others going through the sys-
tem. He and Tera have helped
provide transport to other
parolees in need and some-
times just sit and share their
story.
“Any time that we reach
out to help people, I’m con-
vinced I get way more out of
it than they do. It helps re-
mind us where we could go
back to. Everybody in our
church and workforce knows
our story because if they hear
it and reach out for help, it’s
a beautiful thing,” Max said.
In addition to having a re-
source close by, having Ban-
donis stationed at KPD helps
in other less visible ways.
Most Keizer offi cers are fa-
miliar with Bandonis’ clients
and can help him track down
ones that go missing or of-
fer words of encouragement
in the community that foster
accelerated growth.
“We will go out with him
and do parole and probation
check-ups and that builds
up familiarity with them to
help hold them accountable,”
said Sgt. Bob Trump, of the
Keizer Police Department.
“We can show our apprecia-
tion for what they are doing
and it’s a real positive interac-
tion.”
Wood, the parole and pro-
bation division commander,
added that Keizer offi cers’
familiarity with some parol-
ees can help create changes
in the approach the courts
take with some clients. In
one recent case, Keizer cops
noticed a parolee who was
involved in an escalating se-
ries of crimes. At the time,
the suspect was not one of
Bandonis’ clients, but Keizer
offi cers advocated for closer
supervision of the man and
Bandonis now oversees his
case.
“Keizer police help me
hold my clients more ac-
countable. I love working
with the clientele and the of-
fi cers here. It’s like working
with a family at this facility,”
Bandonis said.
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