did not specifically report that Nichols planned to overpower an officer and take a weapon to escape, nor did he himself report the information to his direct superior.
The detention officer relayed the information to another officer, who announced at the subsequent morning roll call that Nichols might "act out" if the jury returned a guilty verdict. Present at the roll call was White, who spoke to Dowdell and then relayed certain additional information to Lee, a captain in the Department's Court Services Section responsible for deployment of officers within the courthouse, and Reid, a lieutenant in the Courtroom Services Section.
On March 9, 2005, an officer searched Nichols and discovered an improvised weapon hidden in Nichols's shoes. The officer delivered the weapon and a written incident report to Clerk-Mathis,a lieutenant in the Jail Division who was on duty as the jail watch commander. Clerk-Mathis entered the information in the watch commander's log book, but she did not inform her captain *32 nor did she order Nichols on "lock down" status or search his cell. At the next morning roll call, the discovery of the weapon was announced.
Lee provided a copy of the written incident report to Reid, a lieutenant in the Courtroom Services Section responsible for general security on the floor of the courthouse where Nichols was being tried by Judge Rowland Barnes. Reid's duty station was outside Judge Barnes's chambers, and on March 11, 2005, Reid was absent from work and had failed to ensure adequate coverage for his post. Also on that morning, Tamer,