Building the Walls...

The PSC construction site saw some exciting

growth this month. As with any construction project,

when things start moving up, things start heating up.

Although it will be a few weeks before we start see-

ing the walls go up, the concrete has been poured,

insulation has been placed, and electrical conduit

has been installed. In the first half of October, the

grounds will be inundated with cranes as we watch the

tilt-up concrete walls rise into place.

September also brought an opportunity for the

Transition Team to tour some nationally renowned facili-

ties. At the end of September, the team of seven piled

into a Transitional Work Program’s van for a fourteen

hour drive heading to Tampa and Orlando to visit Flor-

ida’s Hillsborough and Orange County Sheriff’s Facilities.

With our heads filled with ideas, the Transition Team

returned ready to put what they learned into action.

this issue

Building the Walls P.1 Transition Team Updates P.2 & 3 Fun Facts and Direct Supervision

P.3 September at the PSC P.4

LPSO Public Safety Complex Monthly Update

ISSUE 07 September 2012

Letter From the Director

Security & ITSecurity & IT

Members of the Transition Team traveled to

Alexandria to meet with the security company that

will be installing and maintaining our security systems

at LPCC and PSC.

In addition to speaking about our current Se-

curity system at LPCC New Hire Orientation, research-

ing multi-use kiosks, and attending meetings for the

future assignment of tactical radio frequencies, our

Security and IT specialist continues collaborative ef-

forts between LPSO and vendors by remaining in con-

stant contact with the selected security system pro-

vider to ensure a smooth and seamless transition into

the PSC.

Document DevelopmentDocument Development

The document development specialist

applied her experiences visiting Florida jails to

the process of document development by in-

corporating some ideas and concepts observed

in such areas as task manuals and policies and

procedures. Van also toured LPCC this month to

familiarize herself with the processes that will

help her to develop clear and concise docu-

ments for the PSC.

In the coming months, Van and Carin will

continue to visit with members of the Resource

Support Team to gather information to com-

plete the scenario writing phase.

TrainingTraining

During the month of September, our Training

Specialist, along with Training Lt. Joe Miller, Correc-

tions FTO’s and other LPSO employees became

A.P.T.A.C. (Applied Police Training and Certification)

certified. Lt. Miller and Carin Wilson were also trained

as Master Instructors of the course.

The Transition Team viewed their visit to Hills-

borough and Orange Counties, Florida as a training

opportunity and continue to apply lessons learned

through that visit, additional research and on-going

training to develop the best and most efficient Public

Safety Complex.

Transition Team Update

Construction and F,F & EConstruction and F,F & E

During September, more structural steel

was unloaded onto the site, preparing for

placement of the steel beams in the near future.

Workers built frames, installed electoral conduit

and boxes, and concrete was poured in the ar-

chitectural side of the tilt walls for the Secure

Housing and Training and Visitation Buildings.

Installation of the reinforcing steel and anchor

bolts continued at the Transitional Housing Facil-

ity. After the shallow conduit was roughed in,

the concrete pad was placed for the mechani-

cal building.

Discover The Principles of Direct Supervision:

The Secure Housing will be a fully Direct Supervision Unit. So what does that mean for staff and offend-

ers? The most significant difference between direct supervision facilities and traditional housing facilities is that

in a direct supervision facility, the correctional officer is stationed inside the housing unit with the offenders.

The following issues of this newsletter will provide a brief overview of each principle of Direct Supervision.

Principle V: Manageable and Cost-Effective Operations

“One very practical and important consideration for any jail is that it be manageable and cost-effective.

The jail's mission and goals should be readily obtainable. Taxpayers are not anxious to spend more than they

have to on jail operations, and rightly so. While a community's discretionary fiscal priorities generally do not

include the jail, however, jail expenses cannot be avoided by neglect. Many communities have tried that strat-

egy, only to find it far more costly in the long run. The podular direct supervision facility is able to fulfill the

mission of the jail while, at the same time, reduce costs.”

Direct Supervision Jails: A Management Model for the 21st Century

DID YOU KNOW?

Already, in 2012, 1 billion Digital songs have been sold

across the world.

2.4 Million (Gross) people found jobs last month.

Facebook is blocked in China.

By the end of 2012, the number of mobile-connected

devices will exceed the number of people on earth

More than 4 in 10 (44 percent) of adults surveyed had

played at least one mobile game in the month of May,

2012.

20 iPhones Sold Per Second Over iPhone5 Launch Weekend

4.5 Billion Spam text messages were sent in 2011.

There are 500 million (1/2 a billion Android Devises activated on

our planet.

1 in 5 women are now using Pinterest.

In 2011, YouTube had more than 1 trillion views or

around 140 views for every person on Earth.

Source: http://statspotting.com/

Public Safety Complex

Update

ISSUE 07 September 2012

The best way to see the progress at the Public Safety Complex is to visit the site on a regular basis. To

schedule a tour, contact Jeremy Lantier at 889-5531 or email jeremy.lantier@lafayettesheriff.com. Below,

you will find some progress pictures that have been taken in the past few months.

LPSO Public Safety Complex

Transition Team

110 North Pat Street

Scott, La 70583

337.889.5531 ph

Kenny Benoit, TT Leader; kenny.benoit@lafayettesheriff.com

Please feel free to direct your PSC questions to the

Transition Team by emailing

Transtion_Team@lafayettesheriff.com .

Your questions may be addressed in

the Q & A section of the next issue.

September at the PSC...