(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This Oct. 17, 2023 file photo shows the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint after five inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility treats those with mental illness unfairly, under proposed settlement filed Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A corrections officer from the Allegheny County Jail got suspended for a video in which he displays and announces comments that are racist. Last week, an intake officer, Brian Davis, posted a viral video on social media with him holding a baseball bat that said “the racist word that starts with n, beater” with barbed wire around it. On Sunday, Allegheny Council Member Bethany Hallam contacted the warden of the Allegheny County Jail about this incident. An investigation regarding the suspension of Davis is presently happening and there is no word yet as of today.