Federal Correctional Officers Want Pepper Spray

[Steel Badger]

Zipperhead- we use spray, the foam was ditched because it was discovered that the inmates could pick it up and fling it back.

Screw

Our ICIT and CET guys use spray, but Officers on Community Escort Duties use foam....ostensibly to minimize the collateral damage.....Tho Johnny Trashbag could easily fling foam into the officer's / nurse's / doctor's / long haired 19 yr old security guy's / chaplain's / visiting pontiff 's/ passerby's mark 1 eyeballs......

Roll on tasers....

( I hear Bruce volunteered totest em     )

SB

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Already did volunteer :crybaby: a few years ago with the TO Tac squad. They should've been the number 1 purchase of corrections for ICIT/CET years ago.......

By the way, put my name in to get back in the game.......[CET}

 

[zipperhead_cop]

Everyone should get tasered once.  Just to see what it is like.  I was able to endure an ultra manly exposure of ONE SECOND before I went down like a bag of potatoes. 

 

[Screw]

Screw

Our ICIT and CET guys use spray, but Officers on Community Escort Duties use foam....ostensibly to minimize the collateral damage.....Tho Johnny Trashbag could easily fling foam into the officer's / nurse's / doctor's / long haired 19 yr old security guy's / chaplain's / visiting pontiff 's/ passerby's mark 1 eyeballs......

Roll on tasers....

( I hear Bruce volunteered totest em      )

S

makes sense- problem with having 2 types is extra training. At least the top would see it that way, and then there is the stupid federal purchasing system. We would inevitably run out of one and then the other would be used in its place. Then someone would argue spray is cheaper and we'd lose it again. Circle of life. Also- the frequency( or should I say infrequency) we are supplied with spice on escorts would not make purchasing a whole seperate tool an attractive endeavor.

I was taserd 2 years ago. I have can think of thousands of situations where that would be useful. Its the one tool we really would use- but its only rumoured to be coming down the pipe. IERT needs it,

 

[zipperhead_cop]

The only negative thing that I have heard about the taser is that the carry holster for it doesn't have very good retention(almost zero, just a plastic clip like on a cell phone).  Our tac guys just stick them in their pockets when they are going into a situation.  I could see that being a real problem in a prison setting. 
I liked the prison concept in Demolition Man.  Someone should make that work.  >

 

[Screw]

The only negative thing that I have heard about the taser is that the carry holster for it doesn't have very good retention(almost zero, just a plastic clip like on a cell phone).  Our tac guys just stick them in their pockets when they are going into a situation.  I could see that being a real problem in a prison setting. 
I liked the prison concept in Demolition Man.  Someone should make that work.   >

Why hasnt someone improved the design? Seems like that would be a worthwhile.

AS for demolition man....I tried to start my own wing of frozen offenders. There were a couple problems with the system- the offenders kept turning up the thermostat, the maintenance guys were pissed about always having to refill the co2 extinguishers, and finally I just got a reputation as a crazy bastard.

 

[Steel Badger]

Ahhh for the days of the fire hose at close range....


Saw that once in "K" Detention Bruce....after a mope had thrown piss all over Douggie B


SB

 

[zipperhead_cop]

Why hasnt someone improved the design? Seems like that would be a worthwhile.

AS for demolition man....I tried to start my own wing of frozen offenders. There were a couple problems with the system- the offenders kept turning up the thermostat, the maintenance guys were pissed about always having to refill the co2 extinguishers, and finally I just got a reputation as a crazy bastard.

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