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Union delivers 1,044-signature petition to Allegheny County seeking return of leg restraints on hospital transports
Summary
Correctional officers and petition organizers handed county leaders 1,044 signatures to restore leg restraints on hospital runs, saying the county jail is not overcrowded and pointing to recent escape attempts and empty housing units as reasons to reverse policy changes.
Allegheny County correctional officers and petition organizers told County Council on July 15 that they delivered 1,044 registered-voter signatures seeking to reinstate leg restraints on hospital transports.
The petition organizers said the 1,044 signatures exceed the 500-signature threshold for county review. “We have completed our petition phase of our initiative regarding the reinstating of leg restraints on hospital runs with 1,044 petition signatures from registered voters in Allegheny County,” a petition organizer told the council during public comment.
The petition and union leaders framed the effort as a safety measure for officers, hospital staff and patients. Brian Engler, president of the correctional…
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