i understand that, but if you can do it, you can do it. i know but that s my safety net, you know? i don t [ bleep ] do it just to do it, you know. if i don t like what s going on, of course i m going to do it. you know what i m saying. that s understandable, but i m just asking you for training purposes for this new officer, would you be willing to show us how you do it? no? shiverdecker refused to comply. but he did have some advice for the rookie officer. straight up, i mean, we re not your buddy, we re not your [ bleep ] friend. i mean, we re here to do our time. you re here to do your job. you know. if i feel like i m in a bad situation and i have to go through you to save my own ass, then so be it. that s what i m going to do. you know, i mean, that goes for anybody. [ bleep ]. this is prison. go ahead and restrain him. put that a little tighter. hold up, shiverdecker. hold up. check this out. if you can put your finger in
homemade shanks in prison and plenty of inmates willing to use them. we were at the penitentiary of new mexico when an inmate tried to break away from his escort officer. and tried to stab another inmate with a unique homemade shank. he actually fabricated this out of a piece of a pencil sharpener. you can see the rivet right in there. then s tached a paper clip to it and then ran it back, put some plastic cellophane on it, put a rubber band around it to make it more easy to handle specifically when it gets full of blood if you were to slice somebody. he actually admitted he put this on there so he could have some control once he sliced the individual. he s pretty ingenious as far as how he makes weapons. the inmate is 30-year-old christopher shiverdecker and his ability to craft ingenious weapons isn t the only thing that makes him memorable. the first time i met him, i was quite shocked by his appearance. i had never seen anybody before
it s the first time. i don t know. shiverdecker. shiverdecker. shiverdecker. i have heard of the reputation and i wasn t too far away when he did his action last week, but i m hoping to anticipate a good day for him. he s not going to go all crazy, but we ll see. we were with rookie officer derrick ralph as he had his first encounter with shiverdecker. the prison feels there s an educational opportunity in a rookie meeting an inmate as clever and nimble as shiverdecker. stop right there. we know you re able to remove your restraints. we want to see if you ll show us a demonstration on how you do it or not. this is prison. this isn t a playground. i mean we want to train these officers on what to look out for and you d actually be a vital training element for this. we got an officer here. new officer named officer ralph. it s my [ bleep ] safety net.
to take him down because i felt he was a threat already. ortega, he s got to lose some weight. damn near crushed me. despite shiverdecker s violent reputation, oddly enough he got along pretty well with staff members. he will defend himself at all costs, but the staff never bothered him and he had respect for the fact they re doing their job. all he wanted to do was survive. he s actually a cooperative inmate. he was very concerned about the staff getting injured or assaulted during this situation. he had no intention of injuring or assaulting any staff members. he just had a mission. he told me make sure it s not a rookie escorting me. make sure it s you and the sergeant. then he said to watch myself today. he gave me an indication that something was possibly going to happen. the more i spoke to him and in spite of his criminal
if i don t like what s going on, of course i m going to do it. you know what i m saying. that s understandable, but i m just asking you for training purposes for this new officer, would you be willing to show us how you do it? no? shiverdecker refused to comply. but he did have some advice for the rookie officer. straight up, we re not your buddy, we re not your friend. i mean, we re here to do our time. you re here to do your job. if i feel i m in a bad situation and i have to go through you to save my own ass, then so be it. that s what i m going to do. that goes for anybody. [ bleep ]. this is prison. go ahead and restrain him. put that a little tighter. hold up, shiverdecker. hold up. check this out. if you can put your finger in there, it s too loose. see how loose it was? yes, sir. best thing i can tell you,