Corrections Crisis Communications News & Articles

• On-Demand Webinar: Managing probation and parole, engaging with vulnerable citizens via smartphone check-ins from Acivilate

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  Learn how an app can make oversight from a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic easier

• How to manage staffing for a crisis or disaster more efficiently (white paper)

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  Automated scheduling technology can help public safety agencies with employee notification and cost recovery for emergency staffing

• How to respond to correctional emergencies

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  When facing emergencies, correctional officers must be ready and trained to deliver a measured, systematic response

• Wash. jail to issue body alarms after counselor attacked by inmate

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  Part of its response to an inmate attack Tuesday on a female mental health counselor

• New Esri app lets COs share and interact with maps

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  The Explorer for ArcGIS shares maps between users and allows for manipulation during presentations

• Motorola introduces Real-Time Crime Center software

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  Software integrates video, CAD and more to increase situational awareness

• Video a better alternative for prison communication

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  Video teleconferencing cuts costs for all involved

• Mozambique prison break springs 17 inmates

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  Prison officers ruled out as possible accomplices

• Inside the riot at Chino: What really happened?

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  By Luke WhyteCHINO, Calif. — Even before the violent riot involving more than 1,000 inmates broke out on the night of August 8th, tensions were high at the California Institute for Men in Chino (CI...

• NCCHC: “STRONG” response to excited delirium can prevent sudden death

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  This video shows Appleton, Wis. police responding to an excited delirium situation last June, providing interesting perspective into the nature of an inflicted subject.“Excited delirium is a medica...

• Hear it with your bones: Tactical headsets for clear communications

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  From TechBeatWhat could an orthopedic surgeon, a manufacturer of hearing equipment, an engineer from Ireland, and a former patrol officer possibly have in common? Three things. They developed techn...

• Raw video from Ky. prison riot

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• Early warning for campus emergencies

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  TechBeat with the Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ)“This is a test of the THOR Broadcasting System. In the event of an actual weather emergency, safety instructions fo...

• 10 steps to improving your high-risk communication

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  Dennis L. Conroy, Ph.D. Provided by KRM Law Enforcement Training Division There are times in every police officer’s career when they are faced with the choice of intentionally shooting a person or ...

• Retrospective: The 1981 take-over of the Atlanta FBI office

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  By C. Frank McClureDirector of Crisis Management Resources, ETGI It was during the time of the murdered and missing children's investigation during the summer of 1981 that an incident happened at t...

• Communications faulted in N.Y. manhunt for Ralph "Bucky" Phillips

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  By CAROLYN THOMPSONThe Associated Press Related: Ralph "Bucky" Phillips captured Former fugitive, Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, center in orange, is escorted by U.S. Marshals into the U.S. District Court...

• Hostage Recovery FAQ's

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  By Commander Charles “Sid” Heal Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. Without question, hostage recovery operations are the most dangerous and complex confronting modern law enforcement tactical teams. Besid...

• Training for touch during emergency driving

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  While training new recruits about emergency/pursuit driving, park your patrol unit, blindfold the recruit and have him/her practice turning on various emergency lights and equipment by touch, witho...

• Emergency communications in U.S. urban areas lacking, says DHS

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  By Devlin Barrett Associated Press Writer Cleveland's assistant safety director, Norberto Colon answers questions at a news conference Wednesday. Cleveland received mostly incomplete grades in emer...