 obhwfgirl
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
 128 Posts
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:19:51 AM
Remember that one cop who was the emergency dispatcher and he wouldn't send an ambulance for that girl's dad because she swore? Yeah, he only got like 2 weeks unpaid leave? What a joke.This is a joke too. Police officers are human too. They have egos and make mistakes, but if your job involves protecting the lives of other people, then explain to me how a 2 week vacation is a reminder to pull your head out of your ass? These guys won't be punished. The government protects its own. |
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 CBFLATLINE
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
106 Posts
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Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:58:41 PM
The patient was not dying, Lights and sirens were not activated on the way to the hospital. Ambulances cannot break the law and rarely save lives. If it were my mother then she was dead already.I am an experienced Paramedic with 6 years of EMT experience and 11 years of Paramedic experience. Link_Hlel you are a foolish child and you know nothing, grow up, read my post again and talk to me later. |
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 Liquidglass
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1017 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 9:41:42 PM
Police, emts, firemen, etc are all charged with the responsibility of protection of human life. For the cops to do anything to impede that is ridiculous. Those cops should be fired, I'm sure there are other people who would gladly take their place and act as a police officer should. |
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 Pilanus
Male, 18-29, Western US
611 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 2:55:03 PM
The Highway patrol was retarded, You don't pull over a speeding ambulance on it's way to the hospital, you escort it to the hospital, let them hand off the patient to the hospital staff, and then you confront the EMT... That is freaking retarded. if the patient dies, then there would be hell to pay. |
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 d_87bob
Male, 18-29, Western US
46 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 11:25:16 AM
How unprofessional.
- 6 yr. EMT-B |
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 scpenguin
Male, 30-39, Western US
12 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 10:38:14 AM
Think at what we have seen police officers do just in the past six months. Shoot a kid in the head while unarmed and restrained. Beat a baptist minister for not getting out of his vehicle, beat a man who was unconscious already, tazer a man dozens of times who was having a seizure, hold a man trying to see his dying mother and on and on... If you don't get some kind of a hint that there is a problem as the public time and again is being brutalized then we get exactly what we deserve. The police agencies are suppose to serve and protect the public. What we seem to have now are police against the public. |
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 Link_Hiei
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2210 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 10:00:56 AM
"The Medic screwed up when he left his patient, That my friends is called patient abandonment and he could be fired for that alone. "Kinda hard not to when you got cops all in your face tossing the al mighty laws around at you.
"The Police have every right in the world to pull over an ambulance if it is violating the law and I encourage it (The law has kept me alive and most EMS deaths are caused by MVA's). "
Imagine for a sec your mother or loved one are in there and imagine if they were in critical condition. Would you want them to be pulled over? I wouldn't. |
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CBFLATLINE
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
106 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 9:25:47 AM
As a Paramedic there are wrongs on both sides. The OHP really screwed the pooch when he allegedly assaulted the Medic (never saw what happened prior to the video). Believe it or not PD and EMS usually work very well together (At least in my area). BUUUUUUTTTT, The Medic screwed up when he left his patient, That my friends is called patient abandonment and he could be fired for that alone. For those of you that say you hate cops, well the Police are usually at the scene first before EMS and do quite a bit to help the patient prior to EMS getting there. The Police have every right in the world to pull over an ambulance if it is violating the law and I encourage it (The law has kept me alive and most EMS deaths are caused by MVA's). Finally there are ambulance services that are not part of the government, as a mater of fact most are private, crappy, for-profit services who's employees are trying to get the "good Jobs" by gaining experience. EMT-P for 11 years, |
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 damokiwi
Male, 40-49, Europe
30 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 9:11:42 AM
Try this http://www.oktrooper.com/ I was trying to find their website to send them a rude email. |
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 Binary101
Male, 13-17, Asia
847 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:58:20 AM
They have no right to pull over an ambulance, they are both legally employed by the government and the police are stopping them from doing their job. These kinds of things make me angry considering it could happen to you. At least in NZ they only recruit people who have completed high school. |
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 bocaj90
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
31 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:50:55 AM
And THAT is the reason why i hate cops. |
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 space_kowboy
Male, 18-29, Western US
33 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 7:39:34 AM
I read that the EMT is actually getting charged instead of the cops for not submitting to teh master, Hurray for the justice system... |
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 Raccoon
Female, 18-29, Canada
334 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 7:34:52 AM
Wow... trying to arrest an emergency respondent? Someone who is officially responsible for the safety and well being of the person in the back of the ambulance? What, is this some gung-ho rookie cop who didn't like the idea of someone speeding on his beat, regardless of whether the lady dies or not? |
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 Sasuccia
Female, 18-29, Europe
2 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 4:22:41 AM
non-nice individuals. |
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 AnwarNova
Male, 18-29, Western US
1992 Posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009 2:23:23 AM
glad to see no one's defending the cops. unfortunately, as we all know, and as it's well known..they probably won't get punished. |
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 HornyPanda
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
158 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:08:05 PM
lol wuuut? |
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 dm2754
Male, 30-39, Western US
483 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:02:34 PM
OldOllie: once again I agree with you.
It is often said that police cannot be put in jail because it would be attacked by the other inmates. How is this different from anybody being put in jail?
Secondly: the chances of ex-police officer is being wrongfully treated inside the jail would probably be a little more of a crime deterrent for them.
I wish I had more power to punish Bad Cops other than typing up complaints. |
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Link_Hiei
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2210 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:02:07 PM
At that point I would have started punching some lights out. -1 this time for the Popo. You don't drating pull over ambulances. What if she was in seriously danger? I know there are good cops out there and I hope this one gets fired or killed. Really I do. |
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 Tia-Shadow
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
256 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:45:19 PM
Welcome to Oklahoma.
Never Ever get caught by highway patrol here.
They WILL pull you over for ANYTHING. |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
1053 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:40:18 PM
The cops will probably get a letter put in their files, or get a few days off. The worst that will happen to them is they might get fired. What they need, though, is some hard prison time for aggravated battery and armed criminal action. Unfortunately, in the USA a police badge is pretty much a license to commit violent felonies with little or no consequences. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
2691 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:20:08 PM
"Being a police officer should be more about brains than brawn I think."Well said Opie |
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 ShadowRyder
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1557 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:10:01 PM
Why the hell would you pull over an ambulance? That's f*cking stupid.. |
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 schecter5
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
146 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:48:50 PM
this is why i carry a chuck norris with me at all times. |
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 davisboy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
225 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:43:55 PM
There seems to be alot of support for the EMTs in this discussion, but I want to say I understand where the trooper may be comming from. I have seen first hand ambulance drivers who have NO business being ambulance drivers. I can remember of at least 2 instances in my hometown where an ambulance driver rolled their rigs due to excessive speed. I also agree with meddude. Usually these guys put their egos aside to get the job done first and formost. There is probably a pre-existing history between these 2. The officer could handled this better and escorted them to the hospital, then given the driver a ticket or taken the approriate action at that point. |
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 medic1971
Male, 30-39, Southern US
192 Posts
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:35:33 PM
Having worked in the field, as an EMT-I, and having a tremendous amount respect for law enforcement, and I have work with OHP before, this video makes me sick. The OHP trooper was WAY OUT OF LINE! He was pissed because someone did not respect his Authoritah!When he pulled that ambulance over he was interfering with patient care and if I am not mistaken that is a crime! Please don't judge the entire Oklahoma Highway Patrol based on this clown. I've worked with OHP, and still do today, and they are good women and men who do a tuff job with little praise. But like anything in this world there is good and bad people everywhere.
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