Effective Date: 06-11-17
Revision Date: 06-11-17
Review Date: 06-11-19
Reference: CDM 3-06/140.05
PURPOSE OF ORDER:
The purpose of this order is to establish guidelines procedures for the issuance, control and security of the Department approved rescue tools/safety cutters assigned to Pitchess Detention Center (PDC) South Facility.
SCOPE OF ORDER:
This order applies to all personnel assigned to, and working at PDC South Facility.
ORDER:
Rescue tools/safety cutters are a useful tool to aid in response to incidents of inmate self-harm. Custody Operations has approved the following tools to be used within custody:
Personal rescue tools/safety cutters shall not be allowed within security at PDC South Facility. Custody Support Services (CSS) has issued fourteen (14) rescue tools/safety cutters to be used at PDC South. The rescue tools/safety cutters assigned to South Facility shall be secured and inventoried at South Facility main control.
The rescue tools/safety cutters shall be assigned to each compound prowler rover on every shift. Once the rescue tools/safety cutters are assigned, they shall be logged on the Key/RTSC Log located in the South Facility shared files in the following location:
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If a rescue tool/safety cutter becomes lost or missing within South Facility, personnel shall immediately notify the watch commander and the facility will initiate a lockdown, in accordance with procedures outlined in Custody Division Manual (CDM) section 4-01/030.00 “Lockdown.” A search shall then be conducted until the tool is accounted for.
Upon completion of the compound prowler’s shift, the assigned rescue tool/safety cutter shall be returned to the desk officer at South Facility main control. Personnel shall not “hand off” the rescue tools/safety cutters to personnel on the next shift. Each compound prowler shall be responsible for returning the tool assigned to him/her them.
Compliance with CDM 3-06/140.05, “Rescue Tools/Safety Cutter” will be audited during the annual facility security inspection.