Corrections Emergency Response News & Articles

• $700K radio purchase approved for Ind. jail, community corrections employees

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  The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• 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 prepare for emergencies in your correctional facility ahead of time

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  The mass evacuations of several Texas prisons after catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is a reminder of the necessity of emergency planning

• 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

• System to protect COs goes live in Pa. facility

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  Duress system is part of an $839,000 overhaul of several security systems at the jail

• 69-year-old ex-con botches bank robbery one day after completing 22-year sentence

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  The convicted bank robber, who was supposed to go to a halfway house, tried to rob a mid-town Manhattan bank with a knife

• iEvac offers critical protection during facility evacuation

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  Emergency escape hood guards against a number of smoke, gas, chemical threats

• Mich. inmate dies after allegedly stabbing 2 officers

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  Facility placed on lockdown following incident

• ATF investigates Ga. prison fire evacuation

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  By Megan MatteucciThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA, Ga. — Fire investigators had released no information Monday as to a cause of the three-alarm fire at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta ...

• AEDs: Product Roundup

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  By Corrections1 Staff Portable automated external defibrillators and ALS monitors are becoming essential public safety equipment in all institutions; and the technology behind these devices is cons...

• NCCHC: Psychogenic Seizures — A Real Issue in Corrections

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  Seizure management can be difficult in the correctional setting, due in part to the concern that an inmate may be fabricating a seizure history or seizure activity in order to obtain perks or desir...

• 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...

• 19 dead, 20 injured in Mexico prison fight

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  By Mark Stevenson Associated PressMEXICO CITY — A fight among inmates Friday at a prison in northern Mexico killed 19 inmates and left more than 20 injured, Durango state officials said. The battle...

• California prison riot: A photo essay

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  Dear C1 reader, Here is a collection of Associated Press photographs from the aftermath of the riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino on Sunday. You can learn more about the riot by ch...

• Indiana prison escapees spotted but not captured

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  Spotted by two women in a car but still on the loose: Related Article: Search called off for two Indiana prison fugitives

• 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 ...

• Safe tactical response to an unknown subject at a robbery scene

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  Download the video Download Windows Media Player What’s the appropriate tactical response when you respond to a convenience store robbery, someone blasts out of the door, claims he's a cop and star...

• One-man unit response to a disturbance call: What would you do?

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  Download the video Download Windows Media Player In today’s Police1 Video Tip of the week, provided by the Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN) we follow along as an officer makes a solo respons...

• Approach or contain? Patrol response to armed school intruders

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  By Guest Police1 Columnist Rick Armellino American law enforcement has proven to possess an amazing ability to adapt to changing times. Internal and external legal considerations, the pressures of ...

• 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...

• Keeping the City of Angels safe: An inside look at the L.A. Regional Tactical Communications System

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  By Capt. Eddie Reyes Sponsored by Cisco Systems In my last column I highlighted the South Carolina State Interoperability Project, commonly known as the “Palmetto 800 Trunked Radio Network and I re...