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Kempf ushers in new era for Idaho Department of Correction
By idahostatesman.com- Cynthia Sewell
Published: 09/21/2015

Twice a month the Idaho of Department Correction’s in-house SWAT team — called Correctional Emergency Response Team, or CERT — heads to the shooting range to hone its skills. It is a tight-knit, 20-member group that must always be at the top of its game even though it rarely gets any game time.

“They are my insurance plan. If something goes bad, they are the first team I am calling,” said Idaho Department of Correction Director Kevin Kempf.

Last week Kempf dropped in to watch the unit practice its crowd-control procedure — a tactical maneuver in which members move with surgical precision to gain control of an unruly prisoner or rioting inmates.

After completing the maneuver, the members gathered to remove their gear and discuss how the drill went.

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