Correctional Officer Distress Alarm Phase II

 描述(由申请人提供)：这项拟议的工作将进行一项试点研究，在该研究中，惩教人员将佩戴一种安全装置，该装置由具有警报/攻击检测功能的无线位置标签组成。惩教人员遇险警报(CODA)系统定位危险人员，从而使援助能够被送到他或她的准确位置。这个 CODA干预的预期结果是双重的。一是减少惩教人员中与暴力有关的伤害的发生率和严重性。第二，在惩教人员执行职务时，为他们提供额外的安全和保护，以减轻他们的职业压力。我们的团队已经成功地实现了第一阶段可行性研究的两个具体目标。首先是设计并制作了一个CODA系统的原型。为了支持这一目标，我们与美国监狱管理局、惩教官员、监狱管理人员和一名专业犯罪学家合作，提取CODA的要求。我们已经生产了一种惩教官员跟踪标签，带有演示的攻击探测器和支持客户端-服务器软件，能够根据大型监狱的更大部署进行扩展。我们的团队已经在一个典型的监狱环境中测试了这个原型CODA系统，验证了在准确性、延迟和范围方面的性能。第二阶段将包括在惩教设施进行一项影响研究，使用坚固耐用的可操作原型。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed effort will conduct a pilot study in which correctional officers wear a safety device consisting of a wireless location tag with an alarm/assault detection feature. The Correctional Officer Distress Alarm (CODA) system localizes the endangered officer, thus allowing aid to be sent to his or her precise location. The expected outcome of the CODA intervention is two-fold. One is to reduce both the incidence and severity of violence related injury among correctional officers. The second is to reduce occupational stress in correctional officers by providing them an additional level of safety and protection as they perform their duties. Our team has successfully met the two specific aims of the Phase I feasibility study. The first was to design and prototype a CODA system. In support of this aim, we have worked with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, correctional officers, prison administrators, and a professional criminologist to distill requirements for CODA. We have produced a correctional officer tracking tag with a demonstrated assault detector and supporting client-server software capable of being scaled for larger deployments in large prisons. Our team has tested this prototype CODA system in a representative prison environment verifying performance in terms of accuracy, latency, and range. Phase II will include an impact study at a correctional facility with a ruggedized, operational prototype.