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| Corrections officers teach self-defense |
| By norwalkreflector.com |
| Published: 04/24/2009 |
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Lorain County Sheriff’s Cpl. Jim Martin was at a distinct disadvantage. His “attacker” stood above him with a plastic knife; Martin lay on his back. The other man, Richland County Corrections Officer Christopher “Tank” Allen, held the fake weapon with two hands and plunged it toward Martin. In a matter of moments — and after what appeared to be quite a physical struggle — Martin had his “assailant” on the mat. Allen, a sizable man by any measure, was pinned. The knife was out of his hand. After the demonstration, Allen said he and Martin were “going about 50 percent” and they essentially know what the other person is going to do. “He’s not going to hurt me. I know that much. (However) he can stress my body so that I drop the knife,” he said. At the Lorain County Jail, Martin has seen everything from a spoon to a pencil being crafted into an edged weapon. He’s only been involved in hand-to-hand combat with an inmate once in 13 years. Martin saw the prisoner holding a pencil aggressively, so the corrections officer went on the offensive. He said he couldn’t allow the prisoner to come at him so he performed an “outside wrist turn” — which Martin showed Monday’s students — and had the prisoner on the ground and handcuffed in about five seconds. “It wasn’t a situation where I could just leave,” he said. Allen has been teaching other corrections officers for 10 of the last 14 years. The transport and court security officer has led classes on defense tactics using pepper spray and Taser instruction. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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