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Show Transcript A DISCIPLINARY HEARING THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEADLY ATTACK AT ANAMOSA STATE PRISON THIS SPRING, THE IOWA DERTPAMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS CREATING A NEW POSITION TO KEEP IOWA’S PRISONS SAR.FE BRIAN FOSTER STARTED THIS WEEK AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF SECURITY OPERATIONS. HE SPENT A FEW DAYS TOURING ANAMOSA WHE ERMORE SECURITY AND BODY CAMERAS ARE BEING ADDED. FOSTER TELLS US HE IS SOAL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE SYNTHETIC DRUG K-2 GETTING INTO PRISONS. IT’S A VERYAN DGEROUS DRUG, PEOPLE REACT TO IT DIFFERENTLY, FROM VERY MELLOW TO RYVE VIOLENT, I’VE SEEN STFAF ASSAULTS OCCUR FROM THOSE UNRDE THE INFLUENCE OF K-2, SO YES, VERY DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. AT THE STATE PRISONS IN CLARINDA AND MOUNT PLEASANT, INMATES ARE NOW REC
Hunter 05/27/21 A person armed with a knife at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Room was taken into custody with no hospital personnel