after a phone call from a local citizen about a possible escaped inmate, the c.o.s of san quentin have snapped into action. take your ass upstairs. inside the prison, all inmates have been locked up and the officers have done a prison-wide recount. prison officials have also been dispatched to canvass the area around san quentin. it s possible that the citizen saw what they saw, could have maybe been two teenagers or something that live on grounds, prison grounds that were hopping the fence and a citizen passing by thought it was worth calling us, probably better safe than sorry. we re going to follow all protocols and procedures and try to determine if there has been an escape and, if so, try to apprehend the escapees. lieutenant massic is a public information officer observing the teams sent out to look for possible escapees. our number one priority in the department of correction rehabilitation is public safety and to protect the community.
to get underneath the door, up at the top. i knew the c.o. was going to be coming into my room, so i was trying to stay as calm as i possibly could, because i knew i was going to have to go a couple of rounds with him. you know. as soon as the door had opened up, i saw inmate luna on the floor, had his head in the toilet, was motionless. i started spraying the inside of the door. at that point in time when i was coming down with the hose of the fire extinguisher, inmate luna had gotten up and had come out the door sideways. when the door opened, i ran out of the room and was sprayed with a fire extinguisher, and i swung at one of the c.o.s, the c.o. that was holding the fire extinguisher, trying to put out the fire. once he did that, he came over, he did actually took a swing and actually did hit me. and i had taken the fire extinguisher and i had actually swung it in defense of myself and hit him in the head, and he was still fighting and still trying to hit me, so i grabbed
command to open the door 15 inches. and by then i was already trying to get underneath the door, up at the top. i knew the c.o. was going to be coming into my room, so i was trying to stay as calm as i possibly could, because i knew i was going to have to go a couple of rounds with him. you know. as soon as the door had opened up, i saw inmate luna on the floor, had his head in the toilet, was motionless. i started spraying the inside of the door. at that point in time when i was coming down with the hose of the fire extinguisher, inmate luna had gotten up and had come out the door sideways. when the door opened, i ran out of the room and was sprayed with a fire extinguisher, and i swung at one of the c.o.s, the c.o. that was holding the fire extinguisher, trying to put out the fire. once he did that, he came over, he did actually took a swing and actually did hit me. and i had taken the fire extinguisher and i had actually swung it in defense of myself
and hit him in the head, and he was still fighting and still trying to hit me, so i grabbed his arm, and another officer already had his arm. we both had him like that, and we had actually had to take him down. it s nothing to be proud of. i don t want to sit here boasting about myself or to be a badass or anything like that. it s mindless. it was irresponsible. i got emotional, and i acted without thinking, and it led to a lot of chaos. i was scared. you never know. i mean, when he was we were boxing and he was punching me and i was blocking some of his punches, but he was making contact, and i didn t know if he was actually sticking me with a weapon. i ended up getting charged with assault and battery without a weapon on a staff member, damage to property. if one of the c.o.s would have gotten seriously hurt, that
his arm, and another officer already had his arm. we both had him like that, and we had actually had to take him down. it s nothing to be proud of. i don t want to sit here boasting about myself or to be a badass or anything like that. it s mindless. it was irresponsible. i got emotional, and i acted without thinking, and it led to a lot of chaos. i was scared. you never know. i mean, when he was we were boxing and he was punching me and i was blocking some of his punches, but he was making contact, and i didn t know if he was actually sticking me with a weapon. i ended up getting charged with assault and battery without a weapon on a staff member, damage to property. if one of the c.o.s would have gotten seriously hurt, that would have i would have been here for a long, long time. to me it s nothing personal. if i took things personal, i