City cop plans to fight assault charge: Lawyer says safety of officer at question Final Edition

In the police detention area, which houses 34 cells, only seven of the men's cells and two of the women's are outfitted with Lexan glass, a bulletproof Plexiglas that would protect officers from prisoners and prevent prisoner suicides, [Wally Romanuck] said. In one case, he said a female p...

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Published inStar-phoenix (Saskatoon)
Main Author Janet French and Betty Ann Adam
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saskatoon, Sask Postmedia Network Inc 02.03.2005
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Labach, Daryl
Romanuck, Wally
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Summary:In the police detention area, which houses 34 cells, only seven of the men's cells and two of the women's are outfitted with Lexan glass, a bulletproof Plexiglas that would protect officers from prisoners and prevent prisoner suicides, [Wally Romanuck] said. In one case, he said a female prisoner with hepatitis C asked for a cup to express some breast milk. When an officer walked by, she threw the cup of milk into the officer's face, getting it in her nose, mouth and eye. That officer waiting anxiously for months for hepatitis C test results, which fortunately came back negative, Romanuck said. When a prisoner leaves bodily fluids in the cell, cleaners outfitted with gas masks, rubber gloves and coveralls must come in and sterilize the cells before other prisoners can use them, Romanuck said.
ISSN:0832-4174