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For the most part, it's 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, they're now in search of another key. a missing key. -- it is we hope either an officer inadvertently took them home and hasn't realized it yet, but apparently all the phone calls have been made and everyone claims they don't have the keys. so what we're going to do is tear this level apart. i want you two, you're going to check the clinic. you two, start tearing this core apart, give her a han...

They're 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 he's got his window blocked so i don't know what he's doing inside. >> with his first surveillance attempt foiled, nicholas turns to more conventional means to confirm the inmate is asleep. >> when's your next security walk? >> nicholas asks one of the jail's detention officers to walk by the inmate's cell. >> don't do anything out of the ordinary, just go on a security walk and tell me what ...

>> 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. >> let's go to the water well. what the water well is, it's basically a plumber's access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sink's mounted against the wall. we don't necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, it's full of plumbing. since we have the water well built, they decided, let's put windows. we go on a security walk, the inmates see us, they know tha...

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 they're strip searched they're 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. >> gentlemen, get up. >> one minute it can be exciting and one minute it can be you're looking t...

And i don't 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. >> let's go to the water well. what the water well is, it's basically a plumber's access. you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sink's mounted against the wall. we don't necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we go into the backwater well. the back walkway, it's full of plumbing. since we have the water well built, they decided, let'...