Media Advisory: Iowa Corrections and Iowa State Patrol to Conduct Joint Training Exercises in Clarinda
(CLARINDA) –The Iowa Department of Corrections and the Iowa Department of Public Safety: Iowa State Patrol invite members of the media to attend the Department of Corrections and Iowa State Patrol Joint Emergency Response Training in Clarinda, IA. The tactical training/exercises will take place the week of May 14th, with special time-slots made available for media that would like to attend. Details on specific times that media is invited to capture footage/photos and conduct interviews related to this training event are below.
Event Details:
Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Clarinda Correctional Facility Campus
(primarily in/around the retired Mental Health Institute structures)
2000 N 16th St, Clarinda IA
(media please check-in near main MHI entrance)
Estimated Corrections/Trooper Attendance: Approx. 100 staff per day; up to 300 over the course of the week-long training event.
Media outlets interested in attending the event are encouraged to notify Cord Overton via email or phone at: cord.overton@iowa.gov prior to arrival for planning purposes, however all credentialed media will be allowed to film and interviews will be arranged if they arrive during the set media-availability times. All media-related equipment will be allowed around the designated media zones at the training, which have been pre-selected to provide for ample viewing of training while maintaining safety of members of the media.
The following is the media agenda for the event (to avoid interference with the training exercises, the media is being asked to attend only during the designated media timeslots):
Tuesday, May 14 Wednesday, May 15
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 9 a.m. to noon
Hostage negotiation Riot control
Bus rescue
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