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.
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christina Musil served in the corrections and patrol divisions
The accomplice is suspected of shooting two COs in an ambulance bay to help inmate Skylar Meade escape; a third CO was wounded by a responding officer who mistook the CO for the shooter
One CO was critically wounded, a second sustained serious injuries and a third was accidentally shot by a responding police officer mistaking the CO for the shooter
CO Lisa Mauldin died at a local hospital and CO Demaris Allen was injured and taken to a hospital after the attack
Officials hope to expand a program that allows people to chat with inmates via video hookup at public libraries across the city
As 2016 comes to a close, let’s take a look back and give respect and gratitude to the correctional officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice this year
The inmate escaped a hospital’s emergency department and carjacked a vehicle
There are times when inmates not only respect corrections staff members, but come to their aid
CO Henry Wright and his wife were shot last month during a home invasion
Anthony Gangi and co-host Nicholas Kane sit down with Matthew Gallup and Randy Sutton to discuss the moments that defined law enforcement in 2016
Police are hoping someone can identify the two men and the car in the footage
The officer was stabbed multiple times, but is recovering from her injuries
An altercation broke out after the man used a cellphone or tablet in court
The couple was shot Nov. 27 and the CO is still in critical condition
The killing of the CO was a calculated slaying, federal prosecutors said
Police suspect the gunman was waiting for his victim
Kurtis Clark, who is also a volunteer firefighter, was on his way to the jail when he responded to an accident
Police say Alastasia Bryan was shot Sunday night while sitting in a car outside a Brooklyn home
The inmate also grabbed the CO’s baton and began swinging it at him
The assault is the seventh attack on COs in the state over the last few months
It’s unclear at this time whether the couple was targeted
Overseeing chronically overcrowded, rapidly deteriorating facilities, Oklahoma’s prison director is seeking to triple his department’s budget
A Northern California sheriff is promising to capture a pair of men who sawed their way out of a California jail.
Ex-deputy Jaycob Hultberg received a traumatic brain injury while working at a local jail
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed terms include doubling employee healthcare costs, a 4-year wage freeze, and the ability to subcontract work at any time
The suspect repeatedly punched the COs causing a neck injury along with facial and scalp contusions on both officers
A lawyer for the inmates has given the State’s Court of Claims notice of his intent to file a lawsuit over the raid on behalf of 32 inmates
In this episode of Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi and co-host Nicholas Kane sit down with Retired Lt. Randy Sutton
The CO who was attacked suffered a fractured nose, swelling on his head and neck and a cut on his upper lip
David Weaver fell and fractured his skull inside the walls of the state’s toughest prison
Lawyers for the COs’ union said the government failed in its duty to provide “a safe place and a system of work”
Jessie Con-ui put federal prosecutors on notice that he plans to use a “mental disease or defect” defense against the death penalty if convicted of murdering a CO
Anthony Gangi sits down with Matthew Gallup and discusses the Body Beacon