Thread: OOPS - Lets be careful out there.

Updated info: It seems that the prisoner, who was a known escape risk, was left alone on the 12th floor by Corrections. He discovered his cell door was open, and he just strolled out. He found a staircase, which led to a Court Room. I think at that point he knocked on the locked door, and a Court Officer, thinking he was an attorney visiting a prisoner, let him out. This was 100% Corrections fault, doors left open and high escape risk prisoner...

As I posted on THEE Rant....12th Floor at 100 is DOC main holding facility....Court Officers pick up prisoners there and bring them to courtrooms. Court Officer man other outlying holding pens on the 11Th and 13TH Floors. Quite possible he walked away from DOC and Court Officer had no way of knowing who he was. Attorneys sometimes visit the bridge on 12.

Eyewitness News WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (WABC) -- The man who escaped from a Manhattan courthouse has been captured in Washington Heights. Police say 56-year-old Ronald Tackman was arrested as he came off a bus near 2304 Amsterdam Avenue around 9:00 p.m. The Department of Correction says Tackman has a history of escape attempts and a criminal record dating back to 1978. Tackman had been wearing a business suit when a court officer spotted him on...

Let's be careful? How about: Let's be awake.......Job's not that hard!

The bottom line is... who signed for the body? If it was one of us, the CO will probably end up in the office and be a captain one day (remember vinegar dick ?)

News showed a lot of DOC. They were all outside and suited up. That pretty much tells me who was at fault. They will still try and blame us like they always do.

We all have to work together so lets just do what we can to make sure it doesnt happen again.