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For the most part, its got its ups. >> having recently shaken down albert cermano -- >> let me see your hands. let me see your hands. >> -- who they incorrectly suspected of having a homemade cuff key, theyre now in search of another key. a missing key. -- it is we hope either an officer inadvertently took them home and hasnt realized it yet, but apparently all the phone calls have been made and everyone claims they dont have the keys. so what were going to do is tear this level apart. i want yo...

Theyre for us. >> sergeant nicholas makes his way through the darkened water well to cell six in order to check on the inmate suspected of having the homemade cuff key. >> this is cell six right here but hes got his window blocked so i dont know what hes doing inside. >> with his first surveillance attempt foiled, nicholas turns to more conventional means to confirm the inmate is asleep. >> whens your next security walk? >> nicholas asks one of the jails detention officers to walk by the inmates...

>> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, its full of plumbing. since we have the water well built...

Get down! >> hey, i need that dude up there strip searched. >> the special response teams at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, have a broad range of responsibilities. they respond to crisis situations. >> go, go, go! >> conduct cell inspections for weapons and drugs. >> once theyre strip searched theyre going into the rec yard. >> and escort high-profile inmates to court, to name a few. but sometimes these elite law enforcement officers find themselves taking on very different duties...

And i dont answer right away, give me a couple minutes to get back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. t...

>> what do you have there? that is a home made cuff key. a homemade cuff key. this can get somebody killed this. is why we do our shake downs and do them at random f they knew we were coming, we never would have found it. they would have flushed it. this is very serious. >> key discovered in the cell mates of lionel boldin. it was in bowdens deordrant container. he is serving a 21-year sentence for armed robbery. he has been a close inmate, after having been cut with a

>> later, he explains he made the key from a battery. >> how do you get the dimensions right. >> have you ever held a cuff key. >> how much is a cuff key good for? $25. >> get all of his prrth packed up. we will ship him, he will be placed on single sell over there. >> sometimes a risk has to be taken. i knew the consequences. i have to accept it. >> i place you on heightened security, move you out of the dorm. appreciate your honesty. make any other comments?

Back here. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> lets go to the water well. what the water well is, its basically a plumbers access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sinks mounted against the wall. we dont necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, its full of plumbing. since we have the water...

>> let me see that. >> what do yall have? >> man, thats a cuff key. thats a homemade cuff key. thats made out of metal. thats a homemade cuff key. this right here can get somebody killed. this is why we do our shakedowns and do them at random. if they knew we were coming, they would have never -- we would have never found this. it would have been gone. they would have flushed it. this right here is very serious. >> the key has been discovered in the cell of inmates lionel bowden and duran. >> th...

>> you have to roll it so youll be able to grip it. >> yeah, but the dimensions right, though. >> yeah. somebody told me. make them at one point in time. >> the cuff key -- >> $25. >> all right. look. this somewhat we need do. go with him and get the balanced property packed up. were going to ship him over and place in heightened security single cell over there. get him out, his stuff packed up and get him out of here. >> sometimes the risk has to be taking. if i make it and get caught, i get th...