Guards in NYC jails to train with Kel-Tec Shotgun
(Photo: Associated Press)
Guards at Rikers Island will be training with the Kel-Tec Shotgun, The New York Post reported.
The New York City Department of Corrections contracted Virginia-based U.S. Corrections Special Operations Group, a corrections contract company, to provide training to the jail’s Emergency Services Unit.
The training program put together by U.S. C-SOG includes mastering the use of shooting non-lethal ammo withe KSG, which the grouped named as its official weapons platform.
Currently, the 198-officer unit in the New York department normally defends city jails with batons, pepper spray and shields with a Taser-like electric current.
The three-year U.S. C-SOG contract is valued at $1.2 million.
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