When a prisoner says they have sustained an injury or that they are having a medical emergency, there is only one course of action explains risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham in this tip.
Medical emergencies in corrections: Never assume an inmate is faking
Gordon Graham has been actively involved in law enforcement since 1973. He spent nearly 10 years as a very active motorcycle officer while also attending Cal State Long Beach to achieve his teaching credential, USC to do his graduate work in Safety and Systems Management with an emphasis on Risk Management, and Western State University to obtain his law degree. In 1982 he was promoted to sergeant and also admitted to the California State Bar and immediately opened his law offices in Los Angeles.