Dear Group, I just went through OC instructor training and wanted know who else uses OC and if they have a policy that they might be willing to share as I have...
I work at the County Hospital in Indianapolis. We're meeting resistance from Legal and Administration on our proposal for Taser use. Any County agencies out...
Saint Louis, MO reports Security will never carry tazers. Rick Knutson <ricksbored@...> wrote: Welcome to the world of taser's.....hehehehe Good luck ...
Hi Keith, I am a security officer at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis Minnesota. We do not carry Tasers at this time, but a "security task force"...
Sorry Keith, I forgot to tell you, the main hospital in St. Cloud, MN, actually carries Tasers (not sure what the name of the hospital is), and Abbott...
I work at a hospital in illinois and in the past year or so we have been given new restrictions on use of force when it concerns patients. This includes the...
I think it is an administration issue. Being security, you have the right and obligation to protect yourself and others, you should be able to carry the...
The following adn.com article was sent by: pmh7@... (pmh7@...) ... Nude man causes shake-up at API CORRECTIVE ACTION: Hospital responds to Disability...
From what I understand, those are JAHCO rules. The only time you can "use force," (ie; baton, OC, metal handcuffs, PPCT, Taser, etc...) against a patient is...
I agree with Nathan with the fact that JCAHO doesn't recognize ASP, OC, handcuffs, etc as patient care tools that should be used on the normal patient for...
i realize that handcuffs and such may be inapropriate for patients. we use them only as a "emergency" measure untill a less restrictive means can be found....
Reminder----Info can be found at HOSPITAL SECURITY DEPARTMENTS ON THE WWW http://www.webspawner.com/users/hwww/ Please advise me of any event, seminar ,...
You have a very good point, one that I share also. Basically when these laws came into place, I was told to just go with it. I asked who fights for the...
Thank you for the information. We have very comparable numbers as far as staff, and runs. We're working with four Special Deputies on the floor and a...
No, not administration. It is legal liability issue that federal and state regulations have put in place to keep unskilled, ill trained, over zealous...
Our administration and J.A.C.H.O. as well as our State Board of Health feel it is not good P.R. for us to "electrocute" the patients. Concerns about heart...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the hospitalsecurity group: Are hospital security officers permitted to carry defensive tools by your...
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no, its a adminstration problem. if you dont pay to keep good people, they leave. the ones who make the good "use of force decisions" Administration controls...
It's kind of interesting, yet disturbing, to see that across the nation we are all in extremely similar situations. Here I thought we were just isolated and we...
We went through a one year probationary period, imposed by our State Board of Health, where we lost our O.C. Once they figured out that they were denying us a...
We are provided with several portable jumppacks, but I can't say we've ever had a problem like that on our pad. I'm not sure our jumppack would do a...
To Arm or Not to Arm? by William J. Lang WE HAVE ALL WATCHED violent crime increase in this country. Yet, most municipalities have been financially unable to...
If you go to odmp.org, look at the top under resources, you will find the proper etiquette for mourning bands. While you're there visit my buddies memorial...
Our O.C. Policy is the same as our County Sheriff. If an Officer has to spray, the individual must be placed under arrest, a Supervisor must respond, the...
