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A look at the Department of Corrections first training class of Officers in 3 years
By abc6.com- Ana Bottary
Published: 10/19/2016

CRANSTON- 53 men and women are stepping up to see if they have what it takes to become a Rhode Island Correctional Officer. Tuesday, the class suited up in riot gear.

"This class prepares them for riot control, in the event that a riot breaks out or a disturbance in the facilities they are our first line of defense," says Roll Call Commander Tiffini Isom.

The cadets went over the right way to protect themselves. they then moved inside the former maximum security prison in Cranston for a drill about dealing with rowdy inmates, then outside to see how they would deal with a riot, even having objects thrown at them.

Roll call commander Tiffini Isom says these scenarios are meant to be realistic, to give cadets a look at all the possible things they could come up against.

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