Two CO's asaulted, Stillwater MCF on lockdown

 The AP is reporting-

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A state prison outside of St. Paul remained on lockdown Monday after an inmate injured two correctional officers over the weekend, Minnesota Department of Corrections officials said.

Officials said the attack happened at the prison in Stillwater about 4:40 p.m. Saturday during a routine search of an inmate’s cell. Both of the officers were treated at area hospitals and released.

The inmate has been transferred to a maximum security facility, corrections officials said.

Officials say they are trying to determine how the incident connects with another assault in late January that left two officers injured, as well as other unspecified issues at the facility.

In 2018, an inmate killed 45-year-old corrections Officer Joseph Gomm at the Stillwater prison.

Presentation of Pension Working Group Report.

On February 15th the 911 Telecommunicators Pension Benefits Working Group made their presentation to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement (LCPR). This was just a hearing. Hopefully the idea of placing dispatch into the PERA Correctional Plan will end here.

I was able to testify on our behalf at the 17:53 time mark and again at the 25:20 mark.

Here's the video:

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Feb. 10 PERA Update

 I attended the PERA Board meeting today.

It was reported to them that the 911 Telecommunicator Pension Benefit working group DID NOT REACH CONSENSUS ON ADDING DISPATCH TO OUR PENSION.

The report was sent on to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement and they will make decisions from there. PERA does not make pension law the State Legislature does. I will keep you posted.

They also approved an actuarial study about raising our cost of living COLA.

Watch this blog, the MNCORA blog  and MNCORA.ORG for  pension news.

911 Pension Working Group Report

The 911 Telecommunicator Pension Benefits Working Group has submitted their Report to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement.

You can read it here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17tLAxWGThZnxGnJyeyPwcnKfuV2_8FFk/view?usp=sharing

Pay close attention to MNCORA.ORG for updates.

This looks funny

 This is a follow up to the post Final Draft Approved for the 911 Telecommunicator.

The Working Group sends out a 'Doodle' asking availability before they schedule a meeting. The PERA member had indicated she was NOT available for that time slot and the MSRS Stillwater CO was not listed on the 'Doodle.'

The report isn't due until March 1st. I find it hard to believe there wasn't another time, in the one month left before the Report is due they couldn't find  a time that worked for the only 2 voting CO's in the group! Heidi Pauman is the PERA CO. She was available at 3, they scheduled the meeting for 9 AM.

Nationwide Federal Prison Lockdown

The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas.

The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday at USP Beaumont, a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas. The altercation involved members of the violent MS-13 street gang, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The people could not discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

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