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Operator Magazine - 1Q 2010 Now Available

The First Quarter 2010 issues of Operator Magazine is now available. This edition is full of new tactics, impressive technology, and addresses issues and challenges that operators across the country and around the world face each and every day. Follow the link below and take your knowledge to the next level.
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Tactics and Technology Merge

The world we live in is changing every day. New challenges arise to keep pace with our ever-inventive solutions to yesterday’s problems. In the correction’s industry this has meant looking to computers to help us do our jobs. At first it might seem counter-intuitive.
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Tech Tac Moment - General Dynamics Itronix Mobile Computing

The Itronix laptop series by General Dynamics are the most rugged laptops available today. Meeting and exceeding the most stringent specifications out there, these bad boys let you access and act on your critical information where you need it most: in the field. This Tech Tac Moment puts these laptops through the paces to see how well they really do hold up out in the open.
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2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas Review

The 2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas just a couple of weeks ago was full of new equipment, technology, and tactics to ensure that operators across the country and around the world can continue to safely execute their missions. Join us for taste of the 2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas.
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2010 Shot Show Recap

The 2010 Shot Show was a great success. A new venue at the Sands Convention Center kept everyone in one place and out of the record setting rain that inundated Las Vegas during the show. Vendors, manufacturers and attendees from all over the world flocked to Vegas to see the latest products, trainings and techniques for hunting, fishing, and law enforcement applications.
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CSO Advisory CONUS

Trusty Unit Escapee Arrested In Missouri

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
 A missing prison inmate from the Yankton Trusty Unit has been captured in Missouri.
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CSO Advisory OCONUS

Handcuffed inmate escapes after court appearance

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
A prison inmate has escaped custody while in handcuffs following a court appearance on the NSW Mid North Coast, police say.
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Trusty Unit Escapee Arrested In Missouri

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:43

 A missing prison inmate from the Yankton Trusty Unit has been captured in Missouri.

The Yankton County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 3:48 p.m. on Sunday of a prison inmate who had escaped from the Trusty Unit on the grounds of the Human Services Center.

Handcuffed inmate escapes after court appearance

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:38

A prison inmate has escaped custody while in handcuffs following a court appearance on the NSW Mid North Coast, police say.

Cleveland Madden, 22, attended Kempsey Local Court about 4pm yesterday and escaped as he was getting into a prison van.

More Charges Expected For Captured Inmate

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:36

 SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The search for an inmate who walked away from Livesay Correctional Institution in Spartanburg on Monday has ended.

The S.C. Department of Corrections said 26-year-old Franklin Harris was confirmed missing from the institution at about 1:30 p.m.

Bomb Squad Called To Polk County Jail

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:33

 DES MOINES, Iowa -- The bomb squad was called Monday afternoon to the Polk County Jail.

The officials said that at 3:18 p.m., ambulance crews, fire trucks, bomb squad personnel and other officers and deputies were called to the jail after a suspicious brief case was found.

Inmate who escaped hospital in shirt, panties caught

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:31

TEMPE - A female inmate escaped police custody at a Tempe hospital before being caught about two hours later.

Police say Yvette Decordes, 20, reportedly slipped out of her handcuffs and her hospital gown and fled while at St. Luke’s Hospital.

Lt. Scott Smith, with the Tempe Police Department, tells 3TV, “At approximately 7:15 p.m. one of our officers called out that he had a prisoner that was fleeing from the Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital in the area of Mill and Apache.

Illinois Inmate Tried to Have 2 Kids Killed, Sheriff Says

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:00

CHICAGO —  Cook County Jail inmate is charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill two children he's accused of molesting and their parents.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says 32-year-old Edward Floyd faces six counts of solicitation to commit murder.

Yemen: Al-Qaeda Inmate kills two hospital guards

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:00

 SANAA - A detained member of Al-Qaeda hospitalized in Sana'a killed two of his five guards during an escape attempt Sunday, said medical sources.

Nebraska corrections officer honored for fire rescue

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:00

 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An officer with the Douglas County Department of Corrections has been named the organization's officer of the year for his efforts to save several children from a burning house.

Corrections officer shot in the chest during home invasion

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:00

SUMTER, SC (WIS) - Someone shot a Department of Corrections officer in the chest during a home invasion early Friday morning in Sumter, according to authorities.

Police said someone forced their way inside the home on Love Street around 5:40am Friday.

The homeowner, Robert Johnson, confronted the individual and was shot in the chest. He was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition.

Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson Johnson was able to give police information after he was shot, and police have formed leads on the shooting.

Several inmates isolated following uprising

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:00

 A ruckus at the Gatineau Detention Centre on Thursday prompted prison officials to place several inmates in isolation to contain the situation.

At least three fires were lit by inmates during a change of shift by corrections officers, officials say. But damage was limited.

The union representing the guards said the detention centre is becoming a dangerous place of employment because of increased drug trafficking concerns and the influence of street gangs. 

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