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Staff Training and Development
In 2004, the Sullivan County Department of Corrections made
significant changes to the existing officer training program.
In 2006, the following goals were achieved:
- New Officers receive approximately 500 hours of training
within their first year.
- Each officer receives a minimum of 80 hours of training
per year.
- Annual Training needs assessment
- Annual Training Calendar consisting of a minimum of 80
hours of training:
Training topics:
- CPR, First Aid and Automatic Defibrillation
- Fire Safety, Prevention and suppression
- Inmate Discipline Procedures
- Handcuffing
- Straight Baton
- Defensive Tactics
- Oleoresin Capsicum Spray
- Suicide Prevention
- Managing Stress
- Human Relations
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
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- Report writing
- Infectious diseases and Universal precautions
- Inmate Supervision
- Avoiding Inmate Manipulation
- Edged Weapon defense
- Evidence Collection
- Gang Awareness
- Inmate Searches
- Legal Issues in Corrections
- The Criminal Justice System
- Officer Professionalism
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