Federal Watchdog Raises Concerns About Elite Unit Abusing Detainees In NYC Jails arrow The NYC Department of Correction’s Emergency Services Unit Department of Correction website An elite squad of “hyper-confrontational and unprofessional” correction officers is exacerbating staff-on-inmate violence, according to a new report from the federal monitor tasked with investigating New York City jails. The Emergency Services Unit is charged with responding to riots, fires, escapes, and other crisis situations. But, according to the court-appointed watchdog, corrections staff are too frequently calling on the unit to respond to fights and to conduct searches which quickly get out of hand.