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• Opioid settlement funding update: The impact on first responders

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  Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?

• Inmate ingenuity: Improvisation and manipulation behind bars

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  Many in corrections aren't fully aware of the impact inmate ingenuity can have on daily operations; jail staff need to be alert and on guard

• Preparing your family for a critical incident: A checklist for first responders and their families

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  Proactive measures to navigate and support each other through challenging times

• Lexipol celebrates 20 years of public safety service

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  A simple policy shop for police has grown into a comprehensive suite of operational and wellness solutions for first responders

• Train to retain: Developing corrections staff

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  Good training helps with morale, boosts employee self-confidence, improves job performance and improves staff retention

• The 4 Cs of inmate management

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  Maintaining order involves more than just searching and counting inmates and performing inspections. It involves understanding your inmate population

• Duty to intervene applies in jails

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  Tragedy might have been avoided if correctional officers had pressed medical staff for a more thorough check of an inmate's condition

• Transgender corrections officers and religious freedom

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  In a lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that “strip searches by prison guards who were female at birth conflict with his religious faith, which bars him from exposing his body to a woman other than his wife.”

• OK to use a patrol K-9 for cell extraction?

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  Arrestee claims it was improper to use a K-9 to assist in a cell extraction because as a patrol dog, it was not trained or certified in forced cell extraction

• Identifying and managing the rogue corrections officer

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  Taking a “wait and see” approach or assuming the officer will improve on their own sends the message that the behavior is acceptable

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