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After staff shooting, Idaho DOC seeks technology, transport and body-camera spending
Summary
Following a spring ambush that left correctional staff wounded, the department proposed drone detection, digital mail scanning, phone-call transcription, an expanded transport bureau and a body-worn camera pilot to address vulnerabilities.
The Idaho Department of Correction asked the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 to fund a package of security upgrades and transport resources it said are intended to address vulnerabilities exposed by an ambush during an inmate transport last spring.
Analyst Noah Peterson described three supplementals tied to the incident: $795,000 in one-time funds for advanced surveillance technology; $1,148,000 to expand the transport bureau; and a $1,051,000 body-worn camera pilot, mostly funded by federal grants. Director Josh Tewalt told the committee the items respond to a planned attack that compromised a medical transport and left three IDOC staff shot.
What the technology would do: The “advanced surveillance” request combines digital mail scanning, drone detection and a phone-call transcription/analysis system (identified in the presentation…
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