Corrections Officer Heroes

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

3 key strategies for effective visitor screening

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Smiths Detection

Consider these tools and techniques to help maintain the constant vigilance necessary to keep contraband drugs, phones and weapons out of your facility

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

Former CO, 9/11 responder with COVID-19 released from hospital

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Robert Marrero, a former New York corrections officer, 9/11 responder and cancer survivor, spent more than a month in the hospital battling COVID-19

Community gathers to recognize efforts of Mich. corrections officers

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"They are the first responders who do not get much credit," a retired state corrections officer said

Fla. corrections officer killed in motorcycle crash

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Stephen Goodson, 31, was driving his motorcycle when a van carrying multiple passengers turned into the path of his bike

Calif. correctional officer helps save family from house fire

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Jason Ellis was stopping at a grocery store on his way home from a night shift on April 21 when he noticed flames coming from a front porch across the street