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Deputy Warden of Operations
SECURITY PROGRAM
The security program has 317 uniformed staff assigned to three regular shifts. These staff member provide 24 hours, 7 days a week coverage of the Central Unit. This division is managed by the Deputy Warden of Operations. Other staff assigned to this division, include the following: admissions and discharge process, property management, compound security, work detail supervision, Special Operations and Response Team, K-9 Unit, Intelligence and Investigations Division, and the Special Security Team. The security program is responsible for developing and maintaining systems that ensure public safety by providing a safe environment for staff, visitors, volunteers, and the inmate population. Paramount to ensuring good public safety is escape prevention, contraband control, and reducing opportunities for and effectively responding to disruption and violence in the facility. Uniformed staff monitor inmate activities, conduct accurate counts, and perform vulnerability tests to ensure good inmate accountability and constantly monitor the facility atmosphere to ensure a strong security posture. Contraband control is accomplished by conducting routine scanning searches and by performing random and for cause drug testing on the inmate population when reasonable suspicion dictates the necessity to do so. Public safety is also accomplished by supporting re-entry programs and effective communication with the inmate population.
Enforcement Apprehensions Investigations Unit (EAI)
The EAI investigates violations of the law and/or internal KDOC policy violations. The EAI staff also conduct background investigations on prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and visitors. The EAI division conducts quarterly personnel searches and Rape Elimination Act investigations and maintains investigative file documentation.
Special Security Team (SST)
The special security team (SST) is a highly trained team responsible for conducting high-risk intra-facility escorts and off-site transports to medical appointments and court appearances. The SST is responsible for responding to emergency alarms and interdiction of contraband. These correctional officers are trained in facility searches, forced cell moves, high-risk transports, dispensing chemical agents, hospital duty, stingers, and emergency response. All SST members are members of the special operations and response team.
K-9 Unit
The K-9 Unit serves to detect and deter the introduction of dangerous drugs and contraband into the facility. This unit is also trained in man trailing, tracking techniques and quarterly personnel searches. The K-9 Unit establishes direction of travel on escapes and works with local law enforcement to apprehend escaped felons. Members of this unit routinely respond to requests for assistance from local law enforcement agencies.