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| Kansas National Guard, Ellsworth Correctional Facility train together to subdue prison riot |
| By dvidshub.net- Sgt. Zach Sheely |
| Published: 10/03/2014 |
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ELLSWORTH, Kan. - Clad in gas masks, helmets and riot vests, and armed with three-foot riot batons and shotguns loaded with blank ammunition, Ellsworth Correctional Facility officers trained with the Kansas Army National Guard to quell a simulated inmate uprising at the prison in Ellsworth, Kansas, during an exercise Sept. 24. The exercise, sponsored by the Kansas Department of Corrections, was to practice the airborne tactical response to a crisis within prison grounds. Improving communication and teamwork between the command structure – from the prison warden to the secretary of corrections, the governor and adjutant general, down to the local agencies – was the goal of the exercise. Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, piloted by Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, from the Army Aviation Support Facility 2 in Salina, Kansas, flew to Ellsworth to pick up and then aerially insert the Special Operations Response Teams, comprised of approximately 36 Ellsworth corrections officers, into the Ellsworth prison facility to suppress a crowd of unruly inmates, played by prison staff. Read More. |
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