2013 4th Quarter Newsletter - Piedmont PERT

North Carolina Department Of Public Safety – Piedmont Region PERT 2013

Design, Information and Photos by Laura Lomax

P R I S O N E M E R G E N C Y R E S P O N S E T E A M

October through December 2013

1st Company Assistant

Commander

William Efird

Logistics

Laura Lomax

Regional Company Commander

William Rogers

2nd Company Assistant

Commander

Barney Briggs

Logistics

Philip Lloyd

1st Company Commander

Dave Dixon

2nd Company Commander

Truman Harris

An Experience of Teamwork and Collaboration

As of the middle of November, along with the Piedmont Region, Western

and South Central Region PERT have been maintaining a security detail at

Lanesboro Correctional every day while the facility has been on

Institutional Lockdown.

Our daily missions consist of four to twelve member teams making security

rounds throughout the facility and housing units, being visible during

movements, and assisting the Officers in Charge with restraining, visual

observations and escorting inmates. We have also been working close with

Facility Intelligence Officers to search cells, inmates and specific areas that

are known or suspected to have gang related activity.

Some of the contraband found include a large amount of cell phones, cell

phone paraphernalia, drugs, tobacco, tools used to remove light fixtures and

lock plates, and a large quantity of verified gang materials.

Members from each region have shown their dedication by volunteering to

work their scheduled days off so as not to disrupt the operations of their

assigned facilities, as well as taking the time away from home and family.

ALL THE DEDICATION IS NOT IGNORED NOR UNAPPRECIATED. WE

SEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO ALL FACILITIES AND MEMBERS’ FAMILIES FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT!

PIEDMONT REGION PERT

Squad Leaders

1st Company

Faith Tillman – Brown Creek Darren Preston – Lanesboro

Leon Anderson – Harnett Christopher Tucker – Albemarle

David Stoppel (Rifle) – Harnett

2nd Company

Jesse Sykes – Dan River WF

Marlin Lennon - Orange Lloyd Ellis – Orange

John Frick (Rifle) – Piedmont



Resigned

with Pride From: Officer H. L. Ayala-Rodríguez

To: Captain Rogers

Piedmont Region Commander

Mr. Jimmy Currin

Superintendent, Sanford Correctional Center

Subject: Letter of Resignation

I, Officer H. L. Ayala-Rodríguez formally request my resignation from the Prison Emergency Response

Team, (PERT).

I’ve been a PERT team member since 2002, and consider the experience to be one of the most rewarding

of my career with the Department of Public Safety. The personal fulfillment and professional enrichment

I’ve gained while serving with the State’s Finest have made this a very difficult decision for me. However,

due to my age and impending retirement, I believe it’s time for me to resign in the best interest of the

PERT team, myself and my family.

I would like to thank all my team members, squad and platoon leaders, company commanders and

Captain Rogers. A very special thanks to our instructors for the outstanding training and my everlasting

gratitude to Mr. Currin for believing in me. Thank you for helping me become a better officer and

person.

I feel so proud and honored for this opportunity, privilege and BLESSING. Thank you.

Respectfully,

Officer H. L. Ayala-Rodríguez



october Tuesday 8th

Parade and Drill: Our team likes to look like a team. Practicing our drills and

parade formations helps boost our moral. It lets those that see us, either in public or at requesting facilities, know that we are professional and have pride in our team

as well as with the mission at hand.

Try-Outs: Fall try-outs gave us a 9 new members:

1st Company Lanesboro Raven Mack

Thomas Turgeon James Mohl

Southern Jessie Martin

Brown Creek Joshua Russell

2nd Company Caswell Taylor Stevens

Robert Wilson

Piedmont Stephen Thompson Michael Livengood

We also welcome back Justin McGlamery from Lanesboro Correctional. He has

been a part of PERT since 2011, only taking a break when he moved to Programs for a year. He has recently been promoted to Assistant Unit Manager and eager to get

back at it!



October 8th Cont…

Appreciation Luncheon: Included with this day of training, with the

gracious assistance of Sager Furr and SEAN District 17, Piedmont PERT held an appreciation luncheon. Invited were the region’s administration and regional

facilities administration.

The only way that PERT can do what it does efficiently is with the support from the regional facilities. They assist us by

scheduling their staff so our members may attend trainings, scheduled activations, and adjusting themselves for members to respond

to emergency activations.

We took the opportunity to

introduce our guests to the new training advantage that has

been incorporated to our exercises. Sim-Weapons give real-life expectations to

members as they train for real-

life situations.



November 4th, 5th & 6th

Building Entry (Force on Force): Continuing to stress the importance of

safety and being conscience of your surroundings when entering buildings

to search and clear, members were taken through another course of building

entry with simmunition weapons and ammunition. This time members were

given safety gear and given the roles of “Good-guy and Bad-guy.”

Firearms: Precision Firing: Prior to Low Limited Light training, members

were on the range to work on precision firing. Our upper echelon have never

given the impression that

they are better than the rest

of the members on the team.

In the red shirt is Colonel

William Rogers. Not only

does he train along beside us,

he gives advice and will listen

to others’ opinions on

techniques and strategies.

Firearms Qualification in

Low Limited Light: This

training focused on the

possibility of having to using

weapons at a low limited light

situation or even in complete

darkness. Instructors stressed

the safety concerns of vision

adjustments and the use of

flashlights.



November 18th

Activation at Lanesboro Correctional: The morning of November 15 a

sergeant at the facility was assaulted by an inmate with a razor. After a

weekend of being on institutional lockdown, Piedmont PERT (along with

Central, Western, and South Central regions totaled 261 PERT members

entering the facility) was activated to come and conduct a facility

shakedown. The stress was on cell phones, shanks, and gang paraphernalia.



November 19th

Rifle Team Training: Building entry and Force

on Force training on a

more advance level for

that team of riflemen. The

instructors set up floor

plans that tested the

senses and skills of each

member. The “bad guys”

were both portrayed by

the instructors and

members, giving a real-

life feeling to the

scenarios.

Safety is always a concern

with Force on Force

training. Not only do the

members wear face masks

and body protection, the

instructors and the camera

operator are wearing

protective equipment. The

rifle magazines used are

designated as Simmunition

training magazines,

marked with blue tape,

continuing the theme from the “blue” training pistols.



december

Members from both companies were scheduled daily at Lanesboro

Correctional during the month of December. For our scheduled training

date on the 16th the entire team was activated to have both companies in the

facility and worked directly with Facility Intelligence Officers. Members

were grouped into teams of four to six members and given lists of cells to

conduct searches and escort those inmates through CellSense. K9 handlers

and STG Intelligence Officers from within the region were also on site to

assist.

Also on the 16th, with the whole team

gathered, the announcement was

made that 2nd Company

Commander, Truman Harris of

Randolph Correctional Center, was

retiring and passing on the

command to 2nd Company

Assistant Company Commander,

Lieutenant Barney Briggs of

Caswell Correctional Center. Mr.

Harris retired from NCDPS with

39+ years, dedicating many of those

years to Piedmont PERT.



Date Location Topic Time January 13 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

January 14 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

January 15 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Shoot/No Shoot

Scenarios

0800

February 10 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

February 11 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

February 12 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Advanced CRDT 0800

March 10 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

March 11 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

March 12 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Rifle

Qualifications/PERT

Try-Outs

0800

April 7 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

April 8 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

April 9 – 2nd Company PERT

Yanceyville PERT PAT/Force on

Force

0800

May 5 – ALL MEMBERS Camp K-9 Land Navigation 0800

June 2 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

June 3 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

June 4 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Weapon Tactics 0800

July 14 – 1st Company PERT

July 15 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Advanced

Handcuffing

0800

August 4 – ALL MEMBERS Randolph ESTC Legal Issues/Advanced

Baton

0800

September 8 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

September 9 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

September 10 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Building Entry 0800

October 6 – ALL MEMBERS Randolph ESTC Tactics/Riot Control

PERT Try-Outs

0800

November 3 – Lanesboro, Brown Creek

November 4 – Southern, Albemarle, Harnett, Sanford

November 5 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Annual Firearms

Qualifications (LLL)

1100

December 1 – 1st Company PERT

December 2 – 2nd Company PERT

Randolph ESTC Advance Inmate

Transfer

0800

PERT RIFLE TEAM TRAINING SCHEDULE

February 24 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800

April 28 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800

June 23 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800

August 25 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800

October 27 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800

December 29 Randolph ESTC Tactical Rifle Team

Training

0800



Harnett Correctional

*David Stoppel *Leon Anderson

RICKY BREWER

James Ellis JAMES FARRIOR

Craig Johnson Jeffery Redd

Richard Terrell

Authur Thompson Deanna Yeagley

Brown Creek Correctional

WILLIAM ROGERS *Faith Tillman

Bob Chavis

Louis Griffin Johnny Johnson

Robert McDonald Joshua Russell

Christopher Smith

Randolph Correctional

TRUMAN HARRIS Devon Eckert

Michael Moyer

Caswell Correctional BARNEY BRIGGS

PHILIP LOYD

Antonio Bryant Taylor Stevens

Casey Wolfe – Medic Robert Wilson

Dan River PWF

*Jesse Sykes

James Chappell Dennis Nash

James Pass

Orange Correctional *Lloyd Ellis

James Fanning *Marlin Lennon

Zoey Taylor

Piedmont Correctional

Tim Archibald

Jeremy Braley

Lyle Branch Tony Cantrell

*John Frick Steven Lee

Michael Livengood

David Moose Chris Morrison

Donald Morrison RALPH OLSON

Joshua Reynolds

NATHAN SEAMSTER Stephen Thompson

Mark Wilson

Lanesboro Correctional

*Darren Preston Justin McGlamery

Kearry Hinson

Franklin Jones Terry Lemon

Raven Mack James Mohl

Douglas Plant

Darrick Philemon–Medic Alejandro Phillips

Valerie Radka

Devane Rushing

Thomas Turgeon

Kevin White Jason Williams

James Yarbrough

Albemarle Correctional WILLIAM EFIRD

*Christopher Tucker Nate Alley

Dustin Caudle

Terrell Dennis William Furr

Toby Huneycutt

Nicholas Keegan

Jesse Newsome

Scott Radosevic Terry Williamson

Southern Correctional

LAURA LOMAX Harold Malaguti

Jessie McNabb Jessie Martin

Sanford Correctional

Larry Thompson

Willie Watson Thomas Widmeyer

DAVE DIXON

Piedmont PERT Roster

COMMANDERS: 5

LOGISTICS: 2

*Squad Leaders: 7

*Rifle Team Leaders: 2

Rifle Team Members: 13

SNIPERS: 4

Medic: 2

Members 47

Total Count on Roster: 82

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