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• CO thwarts inmate's attempt to escape from NY prison

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  NYSCOPBA said the inmate scaled a fence and almost made it to the top

• Off-duty CO helps save truck driver engulfed in flames on NJ Turnpike

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  Daniel O'Beirne was on his way to work when he noticed a tractor-trailer had struck a pole and burst into flames

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• Watch: COs save inmates from fire at Australian correctional facility

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  The intense video shows an officer performing CPR on an inmate as another grabs a fire extinguisher

• Video: Officer dives head-first down courthouse stairs in attempt to catch fleeing suspect

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  The officer broke four of his ribs and suffered a minor concussion after leaping over a banister in an attempt to catch the suspect

• Fallen Mich. CO who died from COVID-19 honored at ceremony

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  Randy Rumler worked as a CO at the Gus Harrison Correctional Facility for more than two decades

• NJ correctional police officer home after 111-day battle against COVID-19

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  Chris Stanek, 46, who works at South Woods State Prison, was taken from his home by ambulance on May 20 after falling ill

• Miami-Dade COs donate blood to continue fight against COVID-19

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  The parking lot at the Turner Guilford Knight Corrections Center turned into a blood donation center

• Motorcade honors fallen San Quentin prison sergeant

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  Sgt. Gilbert Polanco's wife struggled to maintain her composure, collapsing into her daughter's arms

• NY CO dies 8 days after his house caught on fire

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  Joseph L. Dunn Jr., 60, was a safety officer with the state Department of Corrections since 1984

• Mich. CO lauded for saving toddler from Lake Superior

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  Al Huhta was working when a 1-year-old girl ran from her home and toward the water

• NJ correctional police officer who responded to 9/11 battling COVID-19

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  Chris Stanek has been fighting for his life since he was hospitalized nearly two months ago

• Calif. correctional officer dies in on-duty car crash

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  Richard Bianchi, 53, had been tasked with working at a hospital where an inmate was receiving care

• Falling tree strikes, kills retired Ill. correctional officer

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  Officials said no one was working on the tree; part of it sheared off and struck Jodi Housenga

• Wis. corrections officer recognized for helping save injured elderly man

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  Officer Sheng Lao was on her way home from work when she saw a man lying unconscious in his driveway

• Off-duty Calif. corrections officer thwarts carjacking

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  A man was arrested after allegedly trying to steal a corrections officer's vehicle following a car crash

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