Officer Safety
Officer Safety is a critical concern within correctional facilities, focusing on protecting staff from physical harm and ensuring a secure working environment. This directory provides articles and resources on best practices, training, and equipment that enhance the safety of correctional officers. Understanding the importance of officer safety helps develop strategies to mitigate risks and respond effectively to threats. For further insights, explore our section on Defensive Tactics.
Cameras will record images and sounds from interactions between officers and inmates
Troopers said alcohol was a factor in the crash that killed William R. Womack Jr.
Defendant, Marcus Smith, is also awaiting trial for the 2012 slaying of 87-year-old Kathryn “Kit” Grazioli
Candida Rychell Summerlin, 34, was found guilty but mentally ill in the May 2013 assaults
He said the last few months have been stressful, and even more so in the past week
Correctional Institution Inspection Committee says there have been fewer assaults and disturbances at the Toledo Correctional Institution
Deputy Bruce Minker does it by working double shifts and sleeping little
Deron Wiliams, 32, who is booked on a felonious assault charge, is shown in the video attacking Joyce O’Hara
Jeffrey Golding died Friday at the hospital
A ripped up disciplinary report pointed investigators to Robert Pruett in the killing of Corrections Officer Daniel Nagle in 1999
Charged in a violent attack on officers for seizing his stash of drink mix packets
Suffered a serious cut to his face after he was assaulted by an inmate wielding a bladed weapon
The company worked directly with law enforcement to create 3 patrol glove models that meet operational needs
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the collision
49-year-old man remains in a legal limbo because of his mental status
Inmates frustrated with a lack of water, despite attempts on the prison’s part, attacked an officer
Prosecutor: “He’s not HIV-positive, but he has hepatitis, so it’s considered a fifth-degree felony”
Combat is made up of multiple elements; the more you expose yourself to, the more you stand a better chance of winning in any scenario
Leake County Sheriff Greg Waggoner says he started the investigation which cost former corrections commissioner Chris Epps his job
State correctional officers are being put at risk because of critical staffing shortages in state prisons
Jonathan P. Wharton said a subordinate officer used “racist slurs” and threatened him physically in an incident last week inside the East Meadow jail
A corrections officer is among the casualties of the recent snow storms on the east coast
Matthew Thomas Rickman was convicted of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer in 2013
CO was visiting family in Sierra Leone, a country struck badly by Ebola
