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.
Physical design flaws, staffing shortages and complacency all create unseen risks in correctional facilities — but proactive supervision can help eliminate blind spots
A HAZMAT team responded after the Wallkill inmate was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor and two officers became sick during the incident
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“He was just the best. He was just a great police officer who advocated for a safer city that he grew up in,” an officer said
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The inmate became “highly combative” while he was being escorted to the restroom, first pushing an armed jailer and then attempting to take his gun
Deputies were conducting “a security operation” at a holding center when an inmate punched a deputy, causing his head to hit a wall and metal bunk
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Testing ruled out “narcotics or hazardous materials” as the cause for the illnesses
COs and other staff who responded to the call became ill, some violently, when they came near the affected inmates
The money, intended to hire new federal COs and retain current ones, could “save someone’s life or save them from serious injury”
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The Ingham County Sheriff’s Officer deputy was able to fight back but “but sustained significant injuries from multiple punches to the face and head”
The injured CO suffered face lacerations, fractured cheekbone in the attack by a detainee already facing four charges of assaulting COs
Sheriff: “We will not tolerate attacks on our officers. We will prosecute and we will seek justice.”
Union presses prison officials to make necessary repairs to ensure the N.C. federal prison is a safe working environment
Attackers in armored vehicles stormed the state prison on the US-Mexico border allowing at least 24 inmates to escape
On Christmas Day five inmates attacked the CO in a common area of the Kentucky State Penitentiary
The inmate attempted to choke the CO and held the officer in the cell until the CO was able to subdue the inmate
Michael Ketchum, 45, hogtied, strangled and stabbed to death his cellmate and stabbed another inmate in the head and neck during breakfast
At the time of the assault the CO was responsible for supervising 65 max-security inmates in a housing pod
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It is not a surprise that COs are most concerned about retention, as they know short staffing is the root of all problems in corrections
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CO Kent Riley sustained severe and permanent brain injury and may not be able to work again
The bi-partisan legislation, now on its way to President Biden to sign, forces BOP to fix and replace surveillance cameras
The inmate was getting medical treatment at a local hospital when he attempted to escape and assaulted the CO
Scott Riner, 59, was shot outside the complex by a suspect who is still at large
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