This is why good and quality training is needed. If you think this is not inside you’re institutions, you don’t truly understand corrections!!

I saw this on our social media page. Came from the NYCDOC social media page, last time I saw one of these I was in Puerto Rico at my grandmothers farm helping cut down sugar cane. To think this came out of a housing unit, this is crazy to me! I totally agree with the author of this posting, searches are one of the major keys to safety in our field!

I have never found a full blown machete in my career but I have found some that came close not to mention drugs, cell phones and many other criminal and administrative contraband. As much a some of us don’t like dealing with the aftermaths of a search like, greavences, inmates complaining on every walk afterwards and so on, it’s our safety and theirs on the line!

One of the things I used to hear from some of the guys who were more into the tactical side of our Correction Tactical Operations team when we used to be asked to assist in conducting searches was, “man, why we have to do the “floor officers job”? Well, the honest answer to that…it’s all of our job!!! Safety is everyone’s job, especially the tactical teams. At the end of the day, we all want to go home to our loved ones the same way we come on shift.

Be safe out there and always be on the looks out for things that don’t belong…9 times out of 10 they don’t and you can be saving someone’s life…or your own. Proactiveness + Searching = Safety… be safe!

-Chief Lopez

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