Corrections Less Lethal News & Articles

• S.C. detention center equips emergency response team with CEW gloves

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  The G.L.O.V.E. has contact points on all five fingers that deliver an electrical charge when you touch a specific area of the body

• How to buy tactical training (eBook)

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  Download this Corrections1 tactical training buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Concerns raised over contracts meant to help Pa. jail end solitary confinement

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  The contracts will provide lessons for COs on using less lethal weapons to restrain inmates

• How this new gel/antidote combo provides a better less-lethal tool

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  Reflex Protect Presidia Gel doesn’t spread once sprayed, and its effects can be easily reversed once compliance is achieved for quicker relief to the subject and a quicker return to duty for the officer

• Spotlight: Reflex Protect Tactical gives LE a new gold standard in less-lethal spray products

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  The company's products give officers fast-acting and far-reaching low use-of-force options that are affordable for every agency

• 4 benefits of bodycams for inmate transports

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  Body-worn video cameras can increase visibility and significantly reduce the risks associated with inmate transports

• 3 must-have functions of a digital evidence management system in corrections

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  The right DEMS can improve the management and sharing of critical evidence, including bodycam video, for more successful investigations

• How bodycams in corrections can improve outcomes and accountability

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  Body-worn cameras provide an objective record that can discourage bad behavior, decrease the likelihood of frivolous grievances and make it easier to investigate when incidents do occur

• Double the impact: How combining less lethal devices and bodycams can enhance safety in corrections

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  Body-worn cameras and TASER CEWs often have a calming effect on tense situations, but using them together can also cut down on complaints and boost transparency

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Corrections1 less lethal product buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Video review: Jail riot response training

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  A video of a New Mexico tactical team ending an inmate riot in a jail pod demonstrates key points to consider in a training plan

• Maine entrepreneur developing 'less lethal' projectiles, launcher system

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  After watching riot videos, Kurt Boeker was inspired to create a grenade launcher that shoots projectiles at a safe velocity regardless of the target's distance

• First look: The GLOVE use of force tool from Compliant Technologies

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  When the pads of the GLOVE come into direct contact with human skin, it generates pain compliance

• Tips to survive being pepper sprayed

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  Don't worry, rookie. You'll survive

• Responding to an inmate escape

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  There are some key steps correctional officers can take to prepare for a safe and effective response to a prison escape

• Was electronic control device use proper? You decide!

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  Consider a roundtable discussion of these two cases during roll call training

• How to deter inmate misbehavior during transport or court

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  Keeping potentially dangerous prisoners safely under physical control during transport or court appearances is a major challenge for corrections officers – but it can be done reliably with the right electronically-controlled device.

• Why inmate hospital watch is a dangerous shift

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  If anyone believes hospital watches are not dangerous just ask an officer who has been attacked and injured while on hospital watch to talk with you about their experiences

• Tier Talk: Where should you place your OC and handcuffs on your duty belt?

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  Anthony Gangi, with help from his avid listeners, discusses the placement of an officer’s OC and handcuffs on their duty belt

• What correctional officers need to know about stab-resistant body armor

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  Understanding the various performance standards for slash- and stab-resistant body armor is of vital importance for correctional officer safety

• Video: 3 Cook County COs injured after inmate tackles officers

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  At least a dozen officers attempted to subdue Austin Allen

• Corrections officers stabbed by inmates at NM prison

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  One officer was treated and released while the other was undergoing treatment for non-life threatening injuries

• NY prison on lockdown after 30-inmate brawl

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  Officers deployed chemical agents and two warning shots, to which the inmates dispersed

• 15 inmates indicted in Mass. prison disturbance

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  The January riot started with a fight between two inmates and escalated when 47 other inmates refused to return to their cells

• Judge orders changes at Wis. juvenile prisons

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  A federal judge said tactics used at the prisons likely amount to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment

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