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.
The San Quentin tragedy reminds us that small lapses in security can open the door to violence and loss of life
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Regular rotation of inmate workers can minimize over-familiarity and complacency between officers and inmates
The officer was arrested within hours of investigators receiving a tip
A recently released city report shows that more than 1,200 COs have been assaulted this year
The playing cards, designed to elicit new leads, are being used to compromise locking mechanisms, the sheriff said
Correctional officers want nothing more than a “smooth shift,” which requires firm, fair and consistent inmate interaction
A source confirmed that a firearm was discovered on the 6th floor of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
The Denver Sheriff Department hopes the new Crisis Response Team will minimize deputies’ workloads and provide better service to people in the jail
The pens had gouge marks on them and appeared to have deflected the attack, the union said
Toamalama Scanlan had been hospitalized since the September 2016 shooting
The inmate classification process should occur early to help identify inmates who are violent, predatory, or at-risk
“What happened in March was a wake-up call,” said the DOC’s apprenticeship coordinator
The officer was taken to a local hospital, and was expected to be released Monday night
“I don’t know how you can look at yourself in a mirror,” said Judge Patricia Cosgrove
No corrections officer or sheriff’s department employee who worked inside the jail wrote a letter on Ken Mills’ behalf
The corrections officer was shot by an “unknown shooter” as he got out of his vehicle
Officer Charles Burgess was hospitalized but has since been released
The short staffing is forcing the jails to re-evaluate their operations as they shuffle inmates to other facilities
A contract agreement says that the jail needs at least 698 officers to function properly; it has 547
The officers were conducting routine frisks for contraband when they were attacked
EMS crews are being left without DOC escorts to protect them when they enter the jails, the union says
“Staff assaults, drugs and weapons are a recurrent theme at Mohawk Correctional Facility,” said union VP Bryan Hluska
“Her quick thinking and response redirected a situation that could have spiraled out of control,” the sheriff said
Jurors will hear arguments in the coming days on whether to send Donnie Rowe to death row
Sheriff Leon Lott also showed video of the September 3 attack at a press conference Wednesday
What was hailed by the DOJ in the 1970s as a “quantum leap forward from traditional jails” has become a blighted wreck
Donnie Rowe’s death penalty trial for the escape that resulted in two officers’ deaths opened Monday
Wayne County corrections officer Devante Jones was killed just hours after finishing his shift
“This is a big win for the workers at USP Thomson,” said union president Jonathan Zumkehr
Donnie Rowe’s death penalty trial for the 2017 murders opened Monday
COs had left the man and 5 other inmates unattended to get paperwork
