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Public Safety committee Those charts were created through a program called the i2 Analyst's Notebook. I'm very aware that our other institutions and the analysts at regional headquarters are utilizing that same program. Different law enforcement agencies are utilizing that program. A lot of other instit
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I'm not directly aware of any specific incidents where they've had pressure put on them from outside the institution. As I said before, it's not that we want to admit that a correctional officer will bring in drugs, but in some cases that is reality. I definitely do not agree tha
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee When I came up with this idea, I thought it would be very good to have everything displayed where officers could sit. Actually putting a face to a name goes is important; it goes a long way. I encourage the staff and the sharing of information in our department, so that the staff
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee An officer would submit an observation report on it to our office. It depends on the reliability of the information and exactly what the information is. If it's good information, we would go down and maybe put a link to the individual concerned on the board, and during our staff
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee A lot of times inmates approach correctional officers in the unit and provide them with information. That information is then relayed to our department. Inmates are very reluctant to go to the inmate committee and provide information to them. We have, in the past, utilized the i
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I am responsible for that board. The board is located in our briefing room for the correctional officers.
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee Yes, that would be correct. In regard to the needle exchange program, I am an advocate of not having any drugs in our institution and thus not have needles either. I have a hard time supporting the actual needle exchange program, but on the other side, I don't want to see anyon
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee Obviously, the sharing of needles in an institutional environment is a health and safety concern from an inmate's perspective. Jail-mate tattoos are commonplace within our institution, especially within our gangs. Our gangs, especially our aboriginal gangs, like to get their ta
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I agree 100%. We have to look at all of the different approaches, from prevention to interdiction to treatment.
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee We also look at this with a multi-pronged approach, with prevention, intervention, treatment, and interdiction, but also disruption. Drumheller Institution has been quite well-known for its high rate of positive urinalysis—although, yes, we've been seeing a decline. I don't hav
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I think any new technology that helps assist in detecting drugs entering institutions is money well spent. As Warden Markowski said, our staff are very vigilant and are very well trained in trying to stop drugs entering our institution. The more drug dogs and scanners we can have
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee Ms. Markowski, would you like to comment on that?
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I agree with Warden Markowski. We have excellent substance abuse programs. We have Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous available for the inmate population. One thing that I find very difficult is that it's very hard to help someone who doesn't want any help. A lot of ou
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee I will answer, if I may, Warden Markowski. I think our tools are excellent tools. For example, our drug dog is an excellent tool, but a drug dog is not foolproof. A drug dog alerts on the scent of the drug, but it's not as if it can tell if a person has drugs on him. It depends
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson
Public Safety committee As I said earlier, the drug dog program is an excellent program. We currently have two dogs at Drumheller Institution, but they can't be everywhere all the time. Yes, one of our priorities is the visitors coming in. But the dogs can't be at our principal entrance every day; they
October 27th, 2011Committee meeting
Darcy Thompson