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NTY

NEW

IIEXICO

SINCE

I8B7

San

Juan County

Adult Detention

Center

871

Andrea

Drive

Farmington,

NM

87401

Feb,4

2015

Thomas

C.

Havel

*Adult

Detention

Adminlstrator

Daniel Webb, Deputy

Administrator

Critical

lncident

Review B-8

December

28,2014

a

4iSlqrbqncqgcSur(ed

in

B-8.

January L4,?:AtS

anlncident

Review

Committee

was

assigned.

Fo(nnlitlee Mqm,ber$

Present:

DATE

Or

INCIQENT;

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DETENTION STAFF

RESPONDING:

TNMATES

rpENrlFtEp

AS

BEENING INVOTVED:

1.

Mqrtin.

Alvin

CHJ

558Q1

,Bookine

#,2014-9169

{

Arrest Charges:

Failure

to comply

Battery

on a

household member

bodily

harm)Aggravated

battery upon a

peace

officerAssisting

in

assault

on

peace

officerResisting,

Evading

or

Obstructing

an

Officer

2.

Thofnas. Aaron

Ctil

59763

Bookins

#

2OL/I-1O751

r'

Arrest

Charges:

Aggravated battery

with

deadly weapon

(2

counts)

bodily

harm)

Assisting in assault on

peace

officer

Resisting, Evading or

Obstructing an

Officer

3.

Cheq.

Finall4o

,

CllJ

47050

Bookinr

#

2014-7934

/

Arrest

Charges:

Aggravated

battery on

a

household

member

Resisting,

evading,

obstructing

Criminal

damage

to property

Failure

to

appear

a

peace

officer

(removing

firearm or weapon) Resisting,

Evading,

Obstructing an Officer

4.

Parrish.

Arrlson

CHJ

51U18

Bookins

#

2014-9205

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Arrest

Charges:

Aggravated assault

on

Peace Officer

Aggravated

fleeing,

law

enforcement

DWI(7)

Tampering with

ignition interlock

Second

or subsequent

open

container

Speeding (over 31-35)

Failure to maintain traffic

lane

Failure to obey

traffic control

device

bodily

harm) Aggravated

battery

upon

peace

officerAssisting

in assault

on

peace

officer

Resisting, Evading

or Obstructing

an

officer

Administrative Sancitions

:

pETAr .S

OF

TNCTDENT:

inmates were identified

as Selphand

Martin.

Parrish

struck Officer Yazzie in

the

face

with

a

closed

fist.

Two

other

inmates

identified asChee,

and Martin

attacked Officer

Yazzie.

duty Taser making contact

with inmate Parrish.

However,

the Taser Lead

broke;

Officers

were

unable to

gain

full

control

over

inmate Parrish.

altercation

with

Detention

Officers.

0200)

via facility radio

for

assistance. Contacted, Sergeant Benyaca

retrieved

a

pepper

ball

gun

from

the armory

and responded

to

B-8.

Of

note: Facility video reveals

that

thineen

(13)

Detention

Staff

initially responded to the disturbance;

(approximately)

seven

(7)

were engaged in trying

to

regain

control while the others

waited

for direction.

assistance

from law

enforcement

already

present

in

the

facility.

Officer Archuleta notified

Farmington

Police

Officers

present

in Booking

at

the

time,

who then

responded

to

B-8.

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Shortly after

FPD

entered the

Pod, inmate

Parrish became confrontationalwith

FPD

Officers and

was restrained

by

FPD

and

place

in handcuffs;

San Juan

County

Detention Staff had

begun to

regain control

and

were

moving inmates

to the upstairs

pod.

A small

group

of

inmates

(approximately

five)

were left in

the

lower

left cubicalarea

due

to

arguing with other inmates;

they

were

left with

supervision

while

other

inmates

were

placed

under control.

One

injured inmatewas receiving Medical

care;

identified

as

lnmate Aaron was cleared

by

medical and escorted to Booking where he

was

placed

in

a

restraint

chair due to non-

compliance

of

Detention

Staff directives.

lnmate

Chee

was

medically

cleared,

escorted to

Booking

and

handcuffed to

the

Booking

Bench

waiting reassignment

to

Pod

C-1.

lnmate Martin,

Alvin who was

actively aggressive,

was

placed

on

a

medicalgurney

and later

transported to

San Juan Regional Medical Center

(SJRMC)

for

treatment.

(Later

that

night

returned)Detention

Officer

Reiff

was

transported

to

SJRMC

via

ambulance

for treatment.

Detention

Officers

conducted

a shakedown

of the B-8 after the

inmates

were

removed to

C-1;

several

empty

soda bottles?O

oz.

bottles

and one

full

20

oz.

bottle

of

a

brown liquid

was

discovered and

determined

to

be

jail

house

alcohol commonly referred

to

as

"hooch".

Review

of

facility

video

revealed four inmates

were ingesting

Wellbutrinthrough

their nosrils

(commonly

called

"snorting").

The

four

inmates

were identified

as:

o

Yarnell,

Christopher

r

Betts, Rusty

o

Burrows, Kenneth

o

Whittenberg

Andrew

The inmates were interviewed

and

it

was discovered that

the substance

snorted was Wellbutrin,

prescribed

to two

of

the

inmates

by Facility

Medical

Contractor.

Subsequently, the

inmates were

placed

in

C-1

pending

Administrative

Sanctions

or

additional

charges.

GOMMTTTEE

RECOMTVIEJ{DATTONS:

1. Review

operational

procedures

related to

Response Calls and

make

changes

if

necessary.

2.

Conduct

meetings with outside

entities and

law

enforcement

agencies

that would

respond

to

the

facility

in

an

emergency

situation to collaboratively develop an

lncident Action Plan

3.

Revise

the limits

on

commissary

items

available

to the inmate

population

for

purchase

in

regards

to

beverage

and other containers that could be utilized

for

storage

of liquids.

Backup

should only

be called by

a

Sergeant

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Jail

Administratof:

I

approve the committees'

recommendations.

Effuctive

immediately,

commissary

will

revise commissary

items available

to our

inmate

population

and remove all beverage

purchase

items and

other

containers

that

could

be utilized

for

storage

of

unauthorized

liquids.

Facility

Deputy Administrator will coordinate

with our

Sheriffs

Department

to collaboratively

develop an

Lncidenl

Actipn Plgn.

This

should be

a

multi-jurisdictional

agencies endeavor

for

actual

situational

training

with

clear

objectives

for

command

and

control.

Inmate

medications

will be

administered

with

our

new

protocols,

Should

you

have

any

questions, please

don't

hesitate

to

call

me.

Sincerely,

llfr.amas

C.

9{ave[-

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*

C(v

Administrator

- San

Juan

County

Adult

Detention

MPA

-

Master

of

Public

Administration

ACA

-

Certified

Corrections

Executive

San

Juan

County

s7t

Andrea

Dr.

Farmington,

NM 87401

Contact numbers:

Office:

505-566-45M

Fax

505-324-3A10

EmaiL

thavel@ sicounty.net

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