In article , 
grizzlieantagonist{at}earthlink.net says...
> On 11 Mar 2005 15:39:25 -0800, "Ian"
 wrote:
> 
> >her partner, and the stenographer. Still I'm sure she can
> >parallel park a car. What we need are women like this on
> >the front line in Iraq.
> >
> >http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1521629,00.html
> >
> >"Desk sergeant. Take this man, Clarence Boddicker into custody."
> >"What's the charge?"
> >"He's a copkiller."
> >
> >He's fucked now, hopefully. My daughter's got to walk the same streets.
> 
> 
> Well, she didn't LET him have it.  He took it away from her.
> 
> And a deputy isn't the same as a policewoman - the police are usually
> responsible for addressing crime on the street, while sheriff's
> department employees are responsible for people in custody or with
> warrants out on them.

Here in rural Benton County,  if you call 911, a Sheriff's deputy
responds.  They are the 'police' outside the  limits of 
incorporated cities.  In large cities, I guess they act as
you describe.  I just heard on the news that the LA county
sheriff runs the largest jail system in the US.
> 
> But that's a minor point.
> 
> It's very remarkable but when the news that a prisoner had overpowered
> a deputy and grabbed the gun that he later used to shoot the judge,
> the details concerning the culpable deputy had been withheld, and I
> mentioned earlier today to someone in my office that I had a feeling
> that it was a female deputy.  I really did say that earlier today.
> 
> Your average male deputy is fairly unlikely to be overpowered by a
> prisoner encumbered by chains and ankle bracelets.
> 
> 
Apparently,  he was not cuffed and shackled:

"But Dreher said Hall was alone in taking Nichols to court. State law
requires that 
defendants not be handcuffed as they enter the courtroom to make sure 
the sight of cuffs doesn't unfairly influence the jury."

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/court12e_20050312.htm

And this was after he was supposed to have extra security because they
had found shanks (improvised knives, not arch supports) in his shoes
earlier.


Sounds like a prescription for problems---the wrong escort and
insufficient security for this particular  prisoner.

I did a google search on "deputy overpowered in courthouse" and found
about 3 out of 4 hits were for male deputies that got overpowered--
so I guess it happens to deputies of both genders.  However, it's
a small sample, and I suspect that women are less than 25% of deputies
and they are likely to get attacked in greater numbers than their
representation would indicate. 


Mark Borgerson



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