CERT Situation Report
Date: 10/01/2023
Officers name: Jerry Brooks
Other CERT staff: Randy Lee, Remmi Raccoon, Vito Saint, Chris Whittle, Galileo Czapiewski
Non CERT staff(Officers, other inmates, visitors): Officer Zinnia Rose, Chad Rapkov of Weazel News
Rank within CERT: Probationary Op.
Weapon(s) deployed: Remington 870, Sniper Rifle, Carbine Rifle, SMG
Conclusion: 3 suspects detained, 1 guard injured, 1 guard accidentally injured.
Situation
A detailed description of the situation
Corbin Wilder, an extreme and consistent threat to DOC security was released from his most recent sentence. I notified over radio that he left in a black Kamacho with a man named Jackson. Not shortly after, a recently released inmate by the name of Billy P. notified law enforcement that Wilder and co. were planning hostile action against the DOC. Per this notification, CERT was activated especially due to only one PD unit being on duty at the time.
Chris Whittle and Vito Saint responded to the CERT pager, assisting us in setting up. In co-ordination with law enforcement, we cited approximately 3 individuals in at least two vehicles that were considered to be a part of the hostile action. At the very least Corbin Wilder and Jack Goodnight were ID'd as a part of the planned hostile action. CERT placed themselves into optimal angles in an effort to assess and respond as necessary. Lt. Lee deployed a sniper rifle as a part of his response.
George Hill of METRO informed us that they were planning to shoot and were scouting our operatives out. Operatives re-positioned themselves or placed themselves in positions to countersnipe. A black Kamacho and reddish-orange motorbike continuously circled DOC, despite being given countless trespass warnings.
This back and forth of positioning ourselves to counter their advances resulted in a bit of a stalemate for approximately 30 minutes-an hour. I and Lt. Lee came to the conclusion that one side would have to escalate eventually and we'd prefer it to be us. Coming back from MD after Lt. Lee suffered an Oopsie-Daisy with falling from a tower, we co-ordinated with the units at DOC and law enforcement to hit the now foot mobilized 10-15s from the front and back at the same time, pincering them. This plan worked extremely well, resulting in an instant detain out of 2/3 suspects and one vehicle extremely damaged, retreating and being caught by law enforcement. The suspects were identified as: Johnathan Steinberg, Jack Goodnight and Corbin Wilder.
During their processing, Johnathan got into a fistfight with myself and took me down. Otherwise, no guards were intentionally injured. Overall I am extremely happy with the deployment and find my fellow operatives efforts admirable.