The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board voted Monday evening to dissolve the contract with a training company that has caused some controversy. Joseph Garcia operates the "Corrections Special Applications Unit (C-SAU)" and was given a no-bid contract by the county in July. The company trains corrections officers in inmate intervention tactics. His emergency response training at the jail has been accused of focusing too much on force. Garcia also previously refused to answer questions about his past job experience where additional trouble has been reported.Allegheny County councilwoman and member of the Jail Oversight Board Bethany Hallam pushed for a stop to the contract."I have all this experience but yet I refuse to allow you to see my CV or my resume, the fact that the warden and the Fitzgerald administration were so consistently defensive of Mr. Garcia and of the C-SAU organization it just raised a bunch of red flags," Hallam said. Activists raised questions just last week over his record and training practices. "We are outraged. We are not surprised by the warden and county executive's desire to contract with Joseph Garcia and C-SAU. Garcia is a private para-military prison contractor who trains corrections officers to view incarcerated people as the enemy," said Jonas Caballero of Paralegal for Abolitionist Law Center. Monday night's meeting was planned to offer the oversight board more clarity on his background. Some members asked about Garcia's qualifications for mental health training. Warden Orlando Harper responded by saying "The Corrections Special Applications Unit was selected because they were the only company that provides eight weeks of training to corrections officers, and the training includes mental health training and de-escalation techniques." Garcia couldn't answer for himself during Monday night's meeting. C-SAU's public information officer said Garcia was advised by legal counsel not to attend, so he spoke on Garcia's behalf. "His confidential CV has been vetted by law enforcement institutions throughout the country and the world. He's established a reputation of being simply the best at what he does," C-SAU's public information officer Jerry Baldwin said. During a news conference Tuesday, Harper said the decision to end the contract with C-SAU puts inmates and staff at risk. "At this year's primary, the residents of Allegheny County voted to discontinue solitary confinement, the use of restraint chair, chemical agents and leg shackles," Harper said. Harper said the contract with C-SAU would have helped guards learn how to restrain and extract inmates without those measures, that are now outlawed. Harper also said that the language used in the motion to cancel the C-SAU contract states that the county cannot contract with any company related to C-SAU or to company owner Joseph Garcia. He takes that to mean he cannot get training from any similar company."You can certainly argue that might not have been the intent of the board, but it's the actual language of the motion that's before me, and I can tell you that I do not intend to follow it," Harper said. Harper said while the training with C-SAU is paused because of Monday night's vote, he will continue to train corrections officers using best practices. Harper said new training will require millions more in tax dollars.