Prisoner Transport
The Prisoner Transport topic area gives COs the training and tools they need to safely complete the unique mission of transporting an inmate from one facility to another. The task can be one of the most dangerous periods of time for the officers charged with that duty, as subjects often see the ride as their last, best chance for escape.
The funding request includes anti-drone systems, mail scanning technology and a dedicated transport team following the 2024 hospital attack on COs
The inmate damaged the van and even managed to stick his head out while it was driving on an interstate, but corrections officers quickly subdued him before he could escape
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it has multiple vehicles on standby if they are needed to transport Pitchess Detention Center inmates
The bus was carrying 12 prisoners and three corrections officers, traveling from Abilene to El Paso
Prisoner somehow had obtained a handcuff key and emerged unrestrained, head-butting a correctional officer
Two inmates and one of the staff members sustained moderate injuries
Rhonda Commodore, a provincial corrections officer, was thrown from a van during an inmate transfer Thursday morning
Officer countered with a story that the inmate battered him in an attempted escape
The unmarked state van transporting the prisoners was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, seriously injuring one inmate and another suffered a broken hip
Deputy Tai Chan was being held without bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center
Deputy is accused of shooting colleague who was fleeing from an alcohol-fueled argument
2015 Ford Transit Prisoner Transport vehicle can carry as many as 12 inmates in 3 separate compartments
DeKalb County is the only core Metro Atlanta County where officers still walk prisoners out in the open to their first court appearances
Second order of corrections transport buses the state has placed with Blue Bird
Some of the most dangerous prisoners have been removed from the privately-run Walnut Grove Correctional Facility following a July 10 riot
Sheriff encourages court officials to use it, but judges say it’s not as easy as it looks
12-seat van is split into three passenger compartments, allowing for many uses
A woman originally held at the Bay County Jail due to unpaid fines now faces a felony charge for trying to escape from authorities
Charged with driving on a suspended license
Said he had ingested C-4, causing hospital evacuation
The 60-year-old officer was only 17 days away from retirement
It is still unclear what caused the van to crash
Jesse Vega, 33, fled from the van by opening the rear door while the vehicle was stopped at a gas station
Hours after an arsonist set a squad on fire in a cop’s driveway, a drunk stole a jail van
There are alternatives to traditional restraints on the market that can help in a bind
The fire was attributed to a problem with the bus’s breaks
Officials claimed he had not been incarcerated long enough for them to determine whether or not he would pose a security threat
NC prison ousts 7 employees over inmate death
Two Bucks County prison inmates had to be extricated from a prisoner transport van following an accident in Montgomery County
County commission voted Tuesday to spend $521,000 from reserve funds to buy a motor coach that would be customized for inmate transfers
Kansas Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay says Sean McKenzie has several convictions in Kansas for theft, burglary and escape and should be considered dangerous
A ninth case is pending
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