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Consider these tips to update tactical team training and procedures for barricaded suspects and hostage rescue operations in your jurisdiction
The Denver Sheriff Department hopes the new Crisis Response Team will minimize deputies’ workloads and provide better service to people in the jail
With the number of people with mental health issues booked into jails increasing each year, crisis intervention training is becoming increasingly important
On Friday, 115 offenders assigned to the facility’s anagram balloon factory refused to work for a full day until prison administrators met with them to hear their complaints
Implementing a crisis communications plan will prepare police leaders to navigate the treacherous tsunami of social media during the first 24-48 hours of a crisis
The inmate was being escorted to medical after making suicidal statements to the CO when the attempt occurred
The officers suffered minor injuries after being exposed to pepper spray
Without officers our system would quickly dissolve, as any deterrent to abhorrent acts would simply not exist
SCDC will have four years to implement the remedial guidelines
The inmate said he wanted to ‘become a mujahedeen’
The judge suggested a $1M price tag for that, but the real cost could be much lower
Officers responded to reports that inmates had taken a CO hostage
Four of the COs still remain suspended after the incident
The lawsuit against the corrections department and the state says DOC ‘knew or should have known of his suicidal ideations’
There was no indication that states like California purchased the drug, which would have cost about $718K for 18 executions
The video of the incident had been described by elected officials in recent interviews as ‘disturbing’
The officer was convicted of depriving 25-year-old Jason Echevarria of his civil rights
COs found cellphones and makeshift weapons after a riot that injured a warden and CO
The largest percentage of mentally ill people behind bars are not in state prisons, they’re in jails
The staffing shortages are occurring as most prison populations are rising
Flames leaped from the prison as a crowd of people bundled against the cold gathered
The best way to keep everyone safe is to properly train your staff for emotional, medical and psychological emergencies
According to CareerCast, an internet career site, “correctional officer” was not in the top 20 stressful jobs this year
Officals said that no one has been hospitalized
Inmates are protesting the hot temperatures inside their cells
Why it is important and how we can utilize it
The officer was attacked while moving inmates from dining hall to living quarters
With the right motivation, mindset, and training we can eliminate a commonly-found defeatist attitude among correctional professionals
Second mass jailbreak in less than two weeks