Orriciat Recorp FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry Os 2019 The following interview was conducted by Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Po and AU a. also present for the interview was Office of Inspector General (OIG) Special Agent (SA) ; | | | and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ee Rs. date of birth (DOB) a. place of employ BUREAU OF PE INS, Senior Officer Specialist, was interviewed on 08/2 in Room 645 at 1 Saint Andrews Plaza, New York, New York 10007. After being ad ed of the identities of the interviewing personnel, and the nature of the interview, | voluntarily pre ded tk Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC tion: following infor d how she has worked various duty assignments within the . | has worked internal, Control cial Housing Housing Unit (SHU). The day of the incident in 1, and the Sp question, | was working "Control 1". | stated that whenever overtime is available, she usually works it. | explained that “internal” is responsible for accountabil responding to emergencies, and anything the Lieutenant needs assis with. F informed us that head ded count slips to the 1A sectio counts are annotated by "count slips". I have attached pro n. MS stat roster, and that she made her initial rounds on the unit. | stated that that she started her off the ning shift by printir rounds are made every 30 minutes. Head counts are conducted at 12:00, 3:00, and 5:00 for ning shift. | stated that she counts every single time for the required 30 minute rounds. | continued with how counting rounds are to be infrequent, for example, a 30 minute round, should be exactly incremented 30 minutes apart. | explained that this is implemented Officer (CO) that inmates cannot anticipate the exact time the Correctional appears on the range to make their rounds. nited State New Investigationon OF 2019 a New Yc File? QOA-NY 91227 Date drafted by LLEWELLYN J IN ANTE ¥ y; it and its contents are not This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your age to be distributed outside your agency. EFTA00126055

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY-315122 Continuation of FD-302 of {U) (On 08/29/2019 page A CO must call "Control" for the opening of every door. The opening of the door is called "popping the door" within MCC institutional jargon. A "“watch-call" is every 30 minutes, with the presence of a Lieutenant, and all door openings are coordinated through "Control". Whenever a “watch-call" is complete, the CO calls "Control" to provide ne the counted number. "Control" then verifies that the number is correct and documented. "Control's" duties include, monitoring the activity on the ranges, answering calls from COs, replying on the radio, and opening doors. | stated that "no one is really moving anywhere within the institution". A count sheet is called a "El", and it is printed off from the internal McC system called "Sentry". Control validates all responded numbers from the head counts, and marks an "x" on the El sheet to confirm the count. This happens for every check of every unit. El's are supplemented with count slips that properly filled out and stapled to the El time-sheet. Once all head count numbers are verified to be correct, everything is documented, recorded, and then considered to be a good count. | began her shift on August 10, 2019 at 12, midnight, to 8 A.M.. | stated that the Po took care of the 12 o'clock count that day. | recalled that CO THOMAS and | worked in the SHU on the day of the incident. | stated that | was fairly new. FY] stated that she does not pay specific attention to just one individual screen during her shift since so much is going on. | stated that extension "6468" is the number that is called for reporting the count. If a Lieutenant is on the unit for the count, that is when it is considered a "watch-call". On the 3:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. watch-calls, | ran the counts. | recalled that the SHU called in the count of the day and that the count was accurate. | does not recall who called the count in from the SHU, but recalled that the number was "72". | stated that there are folders that are filed that are compiled with count verifications time sheets for every day of the calendar year. | recalled that she "popped" the door for Officer a. which was EFTA00126056

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of , Page door "46". | stated that Officer | had to use the bathroom that was located on 10 South. | stated that Officers use the stairs outsi of door "46" to get to the bathroom, is not an elevator that goes from 9 South to 10 South within the SHU. | stated that she is not aware if there a record for the doors that have been opened by "Control". When asked, | recalled the time "6:33" A.M., for being the time that the body alarm was hit by Po for a medical emergency. | stated that she immediate Medical Servic called "911" since she has a direct line . FY stated that she did not know she called for arrived on scene. | st were a-lot of people in and out, to include a stretcher, brought in by EMS. to Emerger what happened at the ti operating elevators up and down once E ted that there | recalled Officer THOMAS being buzzed out of the SHU and that he went outside once EMS responded inside the SHU. | stated that she has reached out to TI but that was extent of any communication between the two. to make sure that he was Fe recalled that she was able to see two Officers at the desk inside the SHU throughout her shift, but that she was not able to see the rest of the range in the SHU because the video was not operational. EFTA00126057