Connecticut Peace Officers Association

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I’m seeking a word stronger than “badass” to describe SGT Dustin Willbanks. He’s definitely a dude I would want to have my back in a fight!

“An OK Department of Corrections employee has been awarded the 2021 ODOC Medal of Valor award for his courage and strength of character after being violently attacked in October of 2021.

Sgt. Dustin Willbanks was working inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary when he was attacked by a prisoner.

Sgt. Willbanks and his partner were escorting a maximum-security prisoner to the shower, who despite being handcuffed, was able to grip a sharp pencil and shove it into Sgt. Willbanks’ neck.

It missed his esophagus by an 1/8 of an inch!

😮With the pencil sticking out of his neck, Sgt. Willbanks and his partner, Sgt. Mandi Morgan, contained the attacker before anybody else got hurt.😮

After the prisoner was secured, Sgt. Willbanks walked to the infirmary and was later taken to a local hospital, where he was back on the job within a week.

This badass hero deserves every award for courage, strength, class, leadership, and for setting the example. Oklahoma Department of Corrections you guys have a good one!

We are in the process of scheduling a meeting this month. Stay tuned.

The Connecticut Peace Officers Association is made up of a group of off duty Law enforcement officers. We may come from different agencies, however we have one goal. Safety, training and the handling of fi****ms with an emphasis of home and off duty situational training. In our changing world, we travel to and from our jobs, spend time with our families and could from time to time find ourselves in a situation where we would need to defend ourselves or others. We train with situational awareness exercises and focus on safe habit building techniques. We all want to be safe and that is our goal.

This group is not a PAC, politically active or a lobby organization.

For those you who are in the group who didn't know, we made this page. We hope to get more exposure from it. Stay Safe and leave comments below regarding things you would like to see on this page. Topics, issues, etc.