After Series of Deaths, Cuyahoga County Jail Struggles To Implement New CPR Policy
Only new hires were notified, while records show the county still had not fully trained corrections officers or added the policy to Lexipol.
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After Series of Deaths, Cuyahoga County Jail Struggles to Implement New CPR Policy
The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department quietly changed its employee handbook earlier this year to require corrections officers to administer CPR in serious medical emergencies — so quietly that many jail staff remain unaware of the change months later. The sheriff’s department, which runs the jail, updated its employee handbook in January to require correctional officers […]
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The LandAfter Series of Deaths, Cuyahoga County Jail Struggles To Implement New CPR Policy
Jail officials updated an employee handbook in January to require CPR in medical emergencies, but they haven’t informed most corrections officers yet.
Cuyahoga County Jail struggles to implement new CPR policy
The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department quietly changed its employee handbook earlier this year to require corrections officers to administer CPR in serious medical emergencies — so quietly that many jail staff remain unaware of the change months later.
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