Corrections Body Armor News & Articles

• The VIEVU PVR-LE2 body-worn camera

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  One of the things that’s been missing for many years is the videotaped perspective of the officer, a problem being resolved as officer body-worn video cameras come to market

• Keep cool with CORTAC's cooling and trauma attenuating system

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  The CTAV enhances the overall comfort of wearing armor while providing up to ten times the blunt trauma coverage as industry-standard trauma pads

• BUGG shorts protect cops, corrections officers

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  With BUGG’s stab-rated inserts, COs can guard against femoral artery wounds

• Court refuses to overturn bulletproof vest law

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  Congress passed the law in 2002 making it illegal for criminals to own bulletproof vests

• Hand fighting: Creating space in a ground fight

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  This clip shows a simple drill on how an officer can create space between himself and an opponent while engaged in a ground fight.This is part of a series of hand fighting tactical tips from Cuttin...

• Iowa inmate attacks and stuffs clothing in officer's mouth

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  Two inmates heard the commotion and proceeded to help the officer

• 3 hurt as 5 Texas inmates attempt escape

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  One inmate was a convicted killer of a police officer

• Ariz. prison fight leaves 11 injured

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  Number of inmates, weapons involved still unknown

• NC inmate starts fire and cuts officer with shank

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  Shank was made of 2 toothbrushes and a razor

• 40-inmate fight breaks out at Ore. prison

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  Prison is on lockdown but there are no reported injuries

• Pa. law put gun back into hands of man who killed trooper

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  By Jill King GreenwoodPittsburgh Tribune Review VENANGO COUNTY, Pa. — When a Venango County judge returned a rifle to a man who completed probation on a stalking charge more than a decade ago, stat...

• Nurse at NC jail charged with paying ex-inmate to kill officer

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  Lovie Annette Dodson Abdelaal and her husband have been charged in the plot

• Fight at Mexican prison leaves 23 dead

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  The northern Mexico prison in the city of Durango houses 2050 inmates

• Train the mind and the body will follow

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  Why incorporating mental preparedness into staff training is critical

• Violence rising in Colorado prisons

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  Associated PressDENVER — Colorado prisons are overflowing with violent offenders who are being housed in medium-security correctional institutions, prompting a rise in violence, a state prison offi...

• Mich. inmate dies after allegedly stabbing 2 officers

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  Facility placed on lockdown following incident

• Escapee charged with severely beating Mich. officer

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  Daniel Henry beat a corrections officer within inches of his life last year

• Murderer's early release plea splits NH family

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  By James A. KimbleThe Union LeaderNASHUA — A tearful Steven Volkmann professed having years of sorrow and regret yesterday for brutally stabbing to death his young wife, Teri, in 1985 and throwing ...

• Maine man convicted in lethal sex dungeon shooting

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  Man brought weapons into sex party

• Haitian capital's main jail collapsed in quake

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  Inmates are reportedly on the loose

• Controlling a subject in the prone position

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  Here is an effective method for controlling a potentially combative subject who is lying face down on the ground.

• New details in Calif. toothbrush neck-slashing incident

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  Corrections1 staffNew details have emerged surrounding the incident at New Folsom Prison in California on Sunday where a 33-year-old correctional officer was slashed across the throat by an inmate ...

• Calif. inmate attacks officer with toothbrush-knife

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  Associated PressCalifornia prison officials are investigating after an inmate slashed a guard across the neck over the weekend. The guard survived but required dozens of stitches.Officials said 39-...

• How to Buy: Body Armor

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  By The Staff of Corrections1  Armor has been essential to those with dangerous jobs for as long as there have been weapons. In ancient times, warriors who needed to protect themselves from arrows, ...

• Violence spiking in Ind. prisons due to bed shortage

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  Corrections1 staff The Associated Press is reporting that assults and attacks on staff in Indiana's prisons are rising quickly and steadily.  The state prison chief claims the violence is a product...

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