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| Corrections Department considers arming warrant teams with tasers |
| By radioiowa.com - Pat Curtis |
| Published: 04/15/2013 |
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Officials with Iowa’s prison system are seeking to arm community based corrections officers with TASERs. There are more than two dozen officers in the state who serve on “warrant teams” – monitoring offenders who are out on probation or parole. Kip Shanks, director of the Iowa Department of Corrections’ Fourth Judicial District, says those officers are currently armed with batons, pepper spray, and a firearm. He wants to supply them with TASERs in hopes it’ll prevent confrontations with offenders who can turn violent. “They’re dealing with the most difficult, violent offenders that we have on the streets these days and I think we need to provide them with every possible tool we have available to make sure they’re safe and the offenders are safe,” Shanks says. Officers who are armed with TASERs are required to be “tased” themselves as part of the training. Read More. |
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