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| Technology improves security at jail |
| By DAVID WINTERS - Watertown Daily Times |
| Published: 03/02/2009 |
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CANTON — The serenity in the control room of the new St. Lawrence County jail was suddenly broken by a blaring noise over the loudspeaker. Corrections Sgt. Daniel L. Dominie had pulled the lanyard on a personal security pager. The device allows corrections officers and jail support staff, including kitchen workers, to notify the control room of an emergency. The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department purchased about 30 units for the jail. "The philosophy is because you have this huge facility, you have a corrections officer watching up to 60 inmates at a time," Mr. Dominie said. "You want to offer them the most security possible to protect them." The personal security pager can be activated three ways: by a panic button, by pulling a lanyard or when the device is no longer in an upright position. When an alarm sounds, the control room is notified immediately of the location on a computer screen. The monitor that displays a layout of the jail shows the section of the facility from which the alarm is coming. Within seconds, officers can respond to the alarm's location and the control room operator can focus surveillance cameras on the area of the alarm to get a grasp of the situation and take appropriate measures, including locking the cell doors. "Every staff member will be carrying one around the facility," Mr. Dominie said. Transmitters distributed throughout the facility also help the operator keep tabs on correction officers or support staff carrying the pager during their shifts.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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