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.
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The CO deployed his TASER, but when it failed to subdue the inmate, he subsequently fired his duty weapon, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said
An inmate attacked a corrections officer at a housing unit security post; when another CO intervened, a second inmate attacked them, according to the Minnesota DOC
Robert Pruett was serving a 99-year murder sentence when he was condemned for fatally stabbing CO Daniel Nagle in 1999
A CO was treated for smoke inhalation
“Divide and conquer” is a method used by inmates to isolate staff and manipulate them
The officer suffered a concussion in the attack
Henry Montgomery was 17 when he fatally shot Deputy Charles Hurt in a park in 1963
Sheriff Johnny Moats is knocking a quarter off the inmates’ sentences
None of the injuries are considered life-threatening
Benjamin Lee Small is still on the run
The judge declined to set bond
Delaware’s correctional officers will see their pay increase by about $5,000 next year
After the shocking murder of two Georgia COs during an inmate transport, corrections professionals should review policies and procedures
Cpl. Brent Smith suffered a broken nose and teeth, concussion and memory loss
One of the inmates grabbed the officer’s work phone and called 911
The officers are in stable condition
The current version of the budget expands a program allowing low-level felony offenders to remain in their communities under supervision without going to prison
The jail population has been over the maximum 1,240 for about 190 days
“Curtis’ heart was engraved with service. He took all these position and tried to excel and make life better for others.”
Lt. Bill Miller said Patrick Hale held the inmates at gunpoint until deputies arrived, but Hale said he had a weapon on him, “but I never had to draw the weapon”
Jose Pedro Linares was found guilty earlier this month of punching a CO in the head repeatedly as he was returning his lunch tray in 2016
Two 18-year-olds and a 19-year-old ganged up on Tatanisha Banks and punched her repeatedly in the face and shoulder
A homeowner saw inmates Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe trying to steal his car and came out with a gun
Deputy Corey Fox was 24
Inmates became violent after COs confiscated 150 pounds of homemade alcohol
Six officers barricaded themselves inside a bathroom at the prison until help arrived
The inmates were being hunted in the killings of two COs who were overpowered, disarmed and shot to death on a prison bus
The inmates “thoroughly ransacked” a house and took some clothes, leaving their prison uniforms behind
Matthew Morrison was sitting in the back seat of a pickup truck when he was shot accidentally by fellow cadet Matthew Benger
One of the escaped inmates once bragged to a neighbor that police would never figure out that he shot his brother-in-law