As Assaults On Employees Are Skyrocketing Statewide, NYSCOPBA Calls for Changes at Office of Mental Health
by Webmaster | May 20, 2015
Security Hospital Treatment Assistants Are Getting Attacked at Alarming Rate
48 Staff Members Were Assaulted In Just Over A Month At One Facility Alone
ALBANY – As assaults on Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTA) by inmate patients in New York State’s mental health institutions continue to rise at alarming rates, NYSCOPBA, the union that represents these employees at the state’s four forensic psychiatric centers, is calling today for systematic changes to be made by the Office of Mental Health.