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Tasers in the Jail?

kcsdsgt: I am trying to convince our command to equip at least the sgts. with TASERS. We are an 1100 bed facility. Budget crises have reduced our numbers. Does anyone have info on the CDPM’s that are out there/using them? Would like to know what you think?
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Cost Effective Medical Management

By Kaveh Ofogh M.D., Founder and President of MEDIKO PC
The corrections industry is in desperate need of an alternative to either Privatization of Medical or the more significantly risky self-management models utilized in the majority of jails and prisons in the United States.
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Sheriff’s Detention Deputy – Hennepin County – Minnesota

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for full time benefit-earning Detention Deputies. Detention Deputies will process newly admitted inmates, maintain security and inmate accountability, and maintain order and enforce rules and regulations to pre-trial detainees at the Hennepin County Jail and at the Public Safety Facility, both located in downtown Minneapolis.Read more

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