{"id":66002,"date":"2023-12-13T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=66002"},"modified":"2023-12-14T20:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:13:14","slug":"first-full-scale-missing-prisoner-exercise-held-by-only-u-s-military-correctional-facility-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=66002","title":{"rendered":"First full-scale missing prisoner exercise held by only U.S. military correctional facility in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Sgt. Alexander Farnum and Staff Sgt. Renaldo Rameriez, with the 92nd Military Police Company \u201cRock Solid\u201d, arrest and escort the captured escapee back towards the waiting MP vehicle during a missing prisoner emergency action plan exercise on Sembach Kaserne, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2023. The exercise was used to highlight the readiness of the facility\u2019s military and partner organizations in the event a prisoner escapes custody.
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\n Pfc. Toby Wolin with the 100th Military Police Detachment Military Working Dog, Combined Military Working Dog Detachment Europe, hides from U.S. Army Military Police and partner organizations during a missing prisoner emergency action plan exercise on Sembach Kaserne, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2023. The Sembach Correctional Facility was built in 2014 and has since never lost a prisoner.
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SEMBACH KASERNE, Germany \u2013 Testing the capabilities of Soldiers guarding prisoners at Europe\u2019s only correctional facility as well as strengthening military and host-nation cooperation came into play during an exercise here Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

The Missing Prisoner Emergency Action Plan Exercise tested U.S. Army Correctional Activity-Europe\u2019s ability to trace, capture and return Soldiers to the facility. This is the first full-size exercise conducted at this facility to test the readiness of the facility\u2019s military and partner organizations.<\/p>\n

The exercise involves multiple units from the local area including U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz\u2019s Directorate of Emergency Services, Combined Military Working Dog Detachment-Europe and the Kaiserslautern Polizei.<\/p>\n

During the exercise, correctional-facility cadre monitored three Soldiers who were simulating prisoners conducting area beautification outside of the facility\u2019s containment area. During this time a Soldier fled custody of the cadre to attempt escape.<\/p>\n

The facility\u2019s operations chief said the ability to react to scenarios like these is key to a ensuring the security of the prisoners and the outside community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is ready to react and has plans in place in the very unlikely event a prisoner was to escape our cadres custody,\u201d said Sgt. 1st Class Davon Watkins, correctional facility operations chief. \u201cWe immediately lockdown the facility, establish an emergency operations center, deploy a search party and coordinate with local partners for help.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once the emergency action plan is activated, the cadre and senior leaders in the facility begin contacting multiple community organizations to assist in catching the missing prisoners. Watkins said the cooperation between all units is essential.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvents of this scope require that we are able to seamlessly work with multiple military organizations and our host-nation polizei partners,\u201d said Watkins. \u201cWe all must be able to work within the systems each party has in place, and this exercise allows everyone involved to learn how each organization operates so in the event there is an emergency we are familiar with all systems and policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, the combined team of Soldiers, a military working dog, DES officers and Polizei caught the fleeing prisoners and returned them to the facility. While there were adjustments and challenges, Watkins called the exercise a success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis exercise was a resounding success and met and exceeded every expectation we had,\u201d he said. \u201cAny challenges we faced we overcame quickly and adjusted well. In the end this was a great learning tool for us that we will take back to our teammates and will do even better next time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The missing prisoner exercise allows the correctional facility to coordinate emergency measures with local partners within minutes of an emerging event occurring and is important since all organizations have different law enforcement roles throughout the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to emphasize that the responsibility for security in the West Palatinate is not only the duty of the police alone but is a shared task that we carry together,\u201d said Bernhard Christian Erfort, Kaiserslautern Polizei police spokesman. \u201cThe U.S. armed forces and their members have proven themselves not only as defenders of our freedom, but also as committed members of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Army Correctional Activity-Europe exercises command and control of all U.S. military service members in Europe and Africa awaiting trial or serving time for crimes committed. The facility falls under the 21st TSC\u2019s area of responsibility under the 18th MP Brigade.<\/p>\n

This scope of this exercise created buzz from media throughout Germany with a slew of media outlets interested in the facility\u2019s crucial mission of the U.S. Army\u2019s only correctional facility in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media attending events like this not only shows what our units are doing but allows the local community to see firsthand the scope of work the Army does,\u201d said Maj. Vonnie Wright, 21st Theater Sustainment Command public affairs officer. \u201cWe want to be able to highlight the work of the 18th Military Police Brigade, the correctional facility and the 21st TSC any time we have the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noting the exercise\u2019s success and praising his team\u2019s readiness, U.S. Army Correctional Activity-Europe senior enlisted leader Sgt. Major Marcus Mitchell said his team should take pride in the results and the partnership they have built with their host-nation colleagues.<\/p>\n

“This exercise is a win for the facility, the 18th MP Brigade, the 21st TSC and the Army Corrections Command,\u201d he said. “Our team here at the United States Army Correctional Activity Europe performs their duties at the facility in Sembach 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It is critical and mandated that we exercise scenarios like this internally and with our local German and American partners who would participate and assist with this type of event.\u00a0I am extremely proud of their efforts and the teamwork they showed throughout the exercise to get the job done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Sgt. Alexander Farnum and Staff Sgt. Renaldo Rameriez, with the 92nd Military Police Company \u201cRock Solid\u201d, arrest and escort the captured escapee back towards the waiting MP vehicle during a missing prisoner emergency action plan exercise on Sembach Kaserne, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2023. The exercise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66004,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66011,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66002\/revisions\/66011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}