The ambulance driver was obstructing a police officer?
May 28th, 2009
EMT In Confrontation With Trooper Speaks Out
Oklahoma state cops pulled over an ambulance transporting a patient to the hospital:
“As my partner was pulling onto the shoulder, the cruiser came alongside our unit and gestured for my driver to pull over,” [EMT Maurice] White says. “When the officer came to a complete stop behind the ambulance, I noticed a woman in the front seat. Based on the officer’s erratic driving behavior, I thought that the woman in the front seat of the cruiser was in need of immediate medical attention; hence I exited the rear of the ambulance in order to assess the situation.”
White says the officer was in a rage when he approached them and yelled “get your a– back here! I am giving you a ticket for failure to yield.” White says he told the trooper they had a patient in the ambulance and that they were on their way to the hospital.
“He ignored my statement, became even more belligerent, and demanded my partner come to his patrol car so he could write him a ticket,” White says.
The whole incident was filmed with a cell phone:
Murdoc’s guess is that we’ll be seeing more “you can’t videotape the police” comments from certain corners.
I’m still a bit fuzzy on how this all started. It looks like the troopers must have been in pursuit of someone, but I don’t know who or what happened with the target while these guys were wasting time with the ambulance. I guess I hope that some other cars were still after the original target. (via Uncle)
UPDATE: Dasboard video from the trooper’s cruiser is now available.
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May 29th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Fired, so fired. There had better be a few troopers looking for work in OK. They were more calm than I would have been if that was my Mom in that ambulance.
June 1st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Those cops shouldn’t be fired, they should be *fired at*, as with a gun. They should be dragged off and shot on sight. They are not worthy to wear badges and throw their weight around in society.
chicopanther
June 10th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
We have no details on this tape. We see only the portion the recorder wants us to see. It appears the ambulance is stopped in front of a residence. You can hear the man being arrested state that “he just wants to get his wife to the hospital”, and the driver of the ambulance is shown as having a conversation with one of the officers at the front of the vehicle. I do believe there are those who will abuse their power- but we don’t have all the facts in this video. I think we need more evidence before we can decided what is happening here. And yes, I am a person of color AND intelligence.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
This was really something to make Oklahoma law enforcement proud of and the Governor should be completely aside him/her self for this fine exhibition of police powers in action. There was no rason for this exhibition of unprofessionalism and authority assertion. It takes a complete village idiot to act like this in an emergency situation. This semeed to be about control and authority, not concern for the person inside the ambulance. This police force made a grave mistake in hirng this person and allowing him to pretend he is law enfocement officer dedicated to providing community service in addition to arrest powers, whcih appear to be on the top of his “to do” list. Basically, he needs to be sued, as well as as the service for which he is an agent. It is truly a shame we have to deal with rejects such as this posing as law enforcment officer and have not a clue as to the total realm of responsibilites that come with the oath, badge and the gun. The mission is to serve the public, not harrass it. Little doubt this was an act of “playground bullying”; he did not get his way, so he decided impose his authority and control and make a total jerk of himself and endanger those around him. The man has proven to be a disgrace to real police officers throughout this country who take their “complete” mission serioulsy.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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June 16th, 2009 at 1:08 am
The video from the troopers car was just released on MSN. It shows the trooper to be an even bigger beligerent fool than in this video taken by the son of the woman in the ambulence. Honestly, I can see no excuse for this trooper’s or his partners actions.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
This is exactly what’s wrong with this country, we can plead “No, Don’t and Stop” all we want but there’s always a “person in charge” or “figure of authority” who abuses this authority. Everyday, seriously people WE should have a revolution, start all over and stop riding the coat tails of the Founding Fathers- it’s failed but we are in denial. Kinda reminds me of Germany in 1938 believing all the who-ha it preaches!
June 17th, 2009 at 7:19 am
People better start to realize that the psychological testing these cops go through actually weed out common sense, moral and free-thinking officers in favor of psychopaths like these men. These are exactly the people they want shaking you down for petty tickets, ‘dynamically’ entering your home with guns drawn over victimless ‘crimes’ like possession of a plant and lacking the compassion and soul to protect and serve but beat down, tase down and if all else fails gun down citizens with no second thought or remorse at their masters bidding. And news flash, the citizens are NOT their masters, go to any gun site’s message board, find the ‘cop only’ section and read about how they only answer to the Chief or guy that hired them and they think the term public servant is an insult. They are hired guns for the crooked judges and lawyers and municipalities plain and simple.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I have been a police dispatcher years ago, and recently had a run in with the Oklahoma state patrols “finest”. I’m still fighting this case in court. I wish I would have thought to film it with my phone. It seems that police are control starved bullies that hide behind the badge and gun. Working close with police as a dispatcher I also know they commit crimes and laugh about it withing there “Code of Blue” But as my police chief told me when I complained, BOYS WILL BE BOYS… Somehow even with the videos in the vehicle they still lie on the police reports, don’t tell the entire facts, and make up reasons to have “probable cause” and bully citizens.
I sure hope my attorney is keeping up with this case.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:11 am
you know I had heard about this over the radio going to work and I was thinking what a** holes!”the police” but now that I have seen the video I feel so bad for the lady in the back and the son and the staff!!
AND I still think the Police were A** holes……….. with this being said if the shoe were on the other foot how would the white police officer feel if it were his mother in the back going to get help and was delayed????obviously it had to be pretty serious for the abulance to come pick her up other wise she would have drove to a medical site!!!!!!Things that make you say Hmmn.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:35 am
This is so outrageous! Someone should have beat down or shot those officers, and then wished them luck in finding an ambulance to take them to the hospital!!! Who the F! do they think they are?! I’m a white woman who is becomeing more and more disgusted with the white race and our so called law enforcement. I was an MP for several years and used to want to be a civilian police officer. I changed my mind after being witness to many unbelievable senes such as this, and first hand witness to the ability of officers to get away with commiting their own crimes.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:41 am
No one should have shot anyone.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Murdoc, maybe one day you’ll be on the recieving end of something like this, and then I’m sure you’ll change your mind. Some people don’t deserve to be on this earth. Try being the victim, then try getting your justice!
June 17th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hi,
As a member of a career fire department I can only surmise as to why a police officer would even pull over a medic unit. From this video it is unclear as to whether it is a FD or private ambulance company. Be that as it may, the medic had a patient in the back. If they were traveling without lights (a common practice for BLS transfers) then the officer had the right to pull over the medic unit. It is traveling as just another vehicle on the raod. I don’t know of any that would actually pull over a medic unit but they have the right to. If the medic has lights on, siren activated etc then the police officer would not have pulled the unit over. If, for some reason that happened to me I would say, “Go ahead officer, write me all the tickets you want” Then we would hash it out in court and make him look like a fool there. On the street is nowhere to argue a case. You will lose every time.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Way to go OK State Troopers, put someone’s life in further danger as they are being transported to the hospital (LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION).
June 17th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I think this talk of shooting the patrolmen is ridiculous. Lack of respect for our police officers is on the rise. They don’t know what is going to happen when they pull someone over. Put yourself in their place. How would you react if you were yelled at, cursed, spat on, or swung on while doing your job?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Some people seem to believe that our justice system works. HA! Law Enforcement works for the power, and the Judicial system (courts,judges,lawyers,politicians,etc.) work for themselves. Just listen to the dispatcher(above),myself(the MP), and many others who gave up on trying to do good for our communities and country. We’ve been bound and gagged by the power of evil.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
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June 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
It’s the officers doing the yelling, cursing, spatting, swinging fists, choking and shooting the innocent. Haven’t any of you been paying attention to the news or anything going on around you?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
MAYBE THE OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE DRIVERS FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, SHOULD CONVENIENTLY GET LOST EVERYTIME THEY GET A POLICE OFFICER WOUNDED OR INJURED CALL.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Oh, and I have put myself in their place. I was an MP. The military is full of the powerful who commit crimes and get away with it! Not all are bad, but it’s the good ones that get squashed by the powerful. I know, I’ve been there!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
oh my god!!!!!!!!!!! I am disguisted with the officers actions, and the way they handled themselves….. Why do the police get to break the laws and enforce them… If the incident was not recorded i believe the police officers would have killed someone… The officers on scence should be fired asap.. They are a liability to the city and to peoples lives, it is a matter of time before they kill someone…. If people dont think racism exists look at this video.. People should riot until these officers are stripped of their badges… And the idot that posted a comment and said he is a person of color but does not have all the facts in the case. That person is either very stupid or a caucasian red neck pretending to be a person of color but you smoked yourself out with that comment!!!! This makes me sick, and I hope someone has the Balls to fire these pigs….
June 17th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
WTF? This just proves that the only reason Texas hasn’t fell into the ocean is because Oklahoma sucks! How stupid do you have to be? If that was my mom in an AMBULANCE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL….that trooper would be having surgery to remove my foot from his ass….what a bunch of racist white pigs….apparently the qualification for being a state trooper in Oklahoma is stupidity. I suspect if the ambulance driver was white, there would be no problem.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Have they lost there damn minds? Yeah Ok Oklahoma! I agree with you texasstatetrooper, if that were my family in that ambulance it would’ve been problems and situations! Punk ass pigs!
June 17th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
look Mrs. texasmom47 what about the emt trying to do their job…they had a patient in their unit! If they were white or black or asian it is a human life you are talking about.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I am appalled at the total lack of decency not to mention professional manners by the OK State Troopers, I have family members in the Police Force none of whom would ever pull over an amubulance for any reason, and possibly endanger the life of a patient. Talk about being to big for your shoes.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
if that woman died them police should be got for murder
June 17th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
what was the reason the popo pulled over the ambulance? If they was taking a person to a hospital, or any medical place, then the h.p. had no human right to pull them! This vidio does not show the entire story…the news did. the road was clear and there was no logical reason for the popo to pull them over. They, the popo`s, need their jobs taken. what if the person was being worked on? This could have ended their life. If i was their family, reguardless on where they was being transported to, i would not stop until justice was served!!
June 17th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Doesnt look to good for the troopers,but we only see one side of the story.We dont know why the ambulance was pulled over in the first place.They were pulled over for some reason.Not by chance or accident,something happened or the law was called.It will be interesting to find out the truth.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Why should it matter why the ambulance was pulled over??! It’s the officer’s behavior that’s at question, not the driving of the EMT’s. It takes no more professionalism to behave like an adult at a reckless-driving stop than it does at a speeding stop.
And, just for those above who can’t be bothered to read…
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0509/626636.html
White says the officer was in a rage when he approached them and yelled “get your a– back here! I am giving you a ticket for failure to yield.”
Failure. To. Yield.
Any further questions?
June 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
IT IS SEEMINGLY ALMOST UNREAL WHAT I JUST SAW. THE VERY FACT THAT THESE SO CALLED, SERVANTS OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY PULLED OVER AN AMBULANCE, AND IF YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST WROTE, PULLED OVER AN AMBULANCE, WITH A PATIENT IN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL, THAT ALONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE CITATED THEMSELVES MUCH LESS EITHER DEMOTED OR FIRED IN AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE DUE TO THE DAMAGE AND DISRESPECT THAT THEY PORTRAYED, AND THE SHAME BROUGHT UPON THE UNIFORM THEY WEAR. THE POLICE INVOLVED SHOULD NOT ONLY NOT HAVE PULLED THE AMBULANCE OVER, THAT WAS THE FIRST WRONG THEY DID, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO SEE IF THEY COULD HAVE OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRIVERS OF THE AMBULANCE SO THAT THEY COULD EXPEDITE THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PATIENT, TO THE HOSPITAL, IN A FASHION IN WHICH TO HELP THE PERSON IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION TO ARRIVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. INSTEAD THEY OBVIOUSLY SEEMED TO BE EXPRESSING WHAT POLICE THEMSELVES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE WATCH FOR, WHICH IT SEEMED THAT THE ATTITUDE SHOWN WAS VERY SIMILAR IF NOT EXACTLY LIKE ROAD RAGE, AS THE OFFICER WAS MORE CONCERNED THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING THE KIND OF RESPECT HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN. AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WHITE OFFICERS HANDLED THE BLACK EMT WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR AND SEEMED DISGUSTINGLY REMINISCENT TO THE TYPE OF TREATMENT BLACKS RECEIVED IN THE 50′S AND 60′S. I AM SUPPRISED THEYY DIDN’T PEPPER SPRAY THE INDIVIDUALS,CALL THEM THE N’ WORD,OR EVEN THREATEN TO GET A POLICE DOG TO SICK ON THEM. I FIND IT TRULY SAD AND MY FEELINGS GO OUT NOT ONLY TO THE BLACK CITIZENS BUT THE WHITE EMT AS WELL, AS HE WAS BEING TREATED WITH JUST A NIT LESS OF A DISGUSTING AMOUNT OF TREATMENT THAN THE OTHER. I TRULY HOPE THAT THE SO CALLED “OFFICERS” ARE NOT ONLY FIRED AND USED AS AN EXAMPLE AS TO NOT HOW THE POLICE ARE TO TREAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, BUT THAT THEY RECEIVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BEHIND BARS TO PUNISH THEM FOR THEIR MISDEEDS.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I am like the rest of the the people who have seen this video discusted w/ the abuse of power these officers chose to portray, but my comment isn’t to bash the officers,but to try and bring a outdatd term to rest.
The term AMBULANCE DRIVER is about as out dated as Model-T car. We as Professional EMT’s and Paramedic’s ( yes I’m a Professional EMT of 14yrs of service) do not respond well when we are refered to as only an Ambulance driver and not the Professional EMT or Paramedic we went through school and sometimes College to become.
When you comment about firefighters you don’t call them firetruck- drivers, when you see true Police officers (unlike these officers) you don’t call them Police-car drivers so why in GODs name would you call a Professional Paramedic/ EMT the ones who save lives everyday an ( AMBULANCE DRIVER).
PLEASE STOP USING THAT TERM TO DESCRIBE US.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:14 am
IT IS VERY WRONG FOR THE POLICE TO ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY. HERE WHERE I LIVE WE PULL TO THE SIDE WHEN POSSIBLE( BECAUSE IT IS THE LAW) TO LET THE EMT’S AND FIRE PEOPLE GO BY ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE RED LIGHTS ON. EVEN IF THE RED LIGHTS WERE NOT ON THAT IS STILL NO EXCUSE FOR THOSE OFFICERS TO DO WHAT THEY DID. THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID BETTER ATTENTION TO HOW MANY EMT’S WERE IN THE FRONT OF THE AMBULANCE AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WERE IN TRANSPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE POLICE MEN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IF IT WAS ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE BACK OF THAT AMBULANCE? WOULD THEY THEN NOT HAVE CARED THAT THEY, SO CALLED, DID NOT YEILD. I JUST HOPE THAT THE PATIENT THAT WAS IN THE AMBULANCE IS OK. TO THE OFFICERS YOUR JUDGEMENT WAS VERY POOR, AND MAY YOU MAKE BETTER JUDGEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I would like to know why the officer could not have just followed the ambulance to the hospital and sited them in the parking lot AFTER the patient was delivered safe and sound for treatment? Did this amb. driver cause an accident and flee the scene? Did he have his lights on to let All the other drivers know he was carrying a patient? If so, does a cop not know what those lights mean? Any humanbeing would be outraged if ANY family memeber of theirs was in the back of that amb. including the cop. My only hope is that the woman in the back is doing ok and did not suffer any complications beacause of a self centered arogant A$$HOLE COP had to “make a point” at her expense. This cop should not be on any form of paid leave until the situation is reviewed and if he is every single cent he gets during that time should go to the true “victims” medical bills and compensation. This cop should be fired and Never allowed again to carry a weapon of any sort and not allowed to even be able to be hired as a “rent a cop” for a warehouse. This situation needs to be taken and used as a training tool for our cops of now and future as what not to do and how this could have been handled differently. God Bless the “good” cops out there with intelligents, seems like one bad apple does ruin it for the bunch. Keep up the good work officers and EMT staff. This country couldnt do it without your dedication.
June 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
This should have been handled differently. Even if the Ambulance was in the wrong the officers should have contacted the ambulance company via phone and met the ambulance at its destination to issue a warning or citation or get the whole story. The officers were obviously in a heightened state of emotion that they allowed to control the situation. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen a law enforcement vehicle breaking the law, no turn signals, speeding without proper use of lights and siren, speeding excessively with lights and siren, not clearing an intersection properly while driving code 3. Maybe we should start documenting this behavior. I am hesitant to call this a white black issue because in reviewing the recording I just don’t see any racism in fact one of the ambulance staff is white. Obviously the law enforcement officers are aware of the gentleman recording this situation which honestly probably saved the day in the long run. I agree with a previous statement though, this recording is not enough to decide what is going on, we need many more facts, the officers may have had a valid reason to cite the ambulance it was just not handled properly. Allowing tha ambulance to continue on its call and dealing with it afterwards would have been more approprite as they were causing no further risk to themselves or others in fact the officers escalated this for no apparant reason other than ego and anger. That is not saying the ambulance was not in violation of something and we can’t hear everything that was said by all. Not enough information.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I was unable to hear the audio but I did watch both videos that were taken, the dash cam and the cell phone and as a paramedic on actions alone Im on the side of the troopers. We are taught to drive with due regard for others. Not only that but if my unit is patient loaded WE ARE NOT STOPPING! Whoever is behind the wheel can contact the PD dispatch advise them of the situation and let them know we have a patient and the cop can meet us at the hospital. The medic should have never left his patient unattended FOR ANYTHING. That can be considered patient abandonment and/or patient neglect. Those are enough to have your certiications pulled. If you notice in the dash cam video the medic in the back comes out of the back of the truck before the trooper even reaches the front of his unit and already seems ready for a fight and in the close up video of the scuffle the medic is agressive and puts his arm and fist in the troopers face when the trooper reacts. As far as I am concerned the whole situation should have been handled in a different manner and the medic should shoulder the main responsibility for it escalation. Not to mention WHO WAS TAKING CARE OF THE PATIENT? Its obvious it wasn’t a life or death situation in the medic’s eyes and if the patient suffered any ill effects of the situation the only person the patient, their family, and the medics have to blame is the medics.
June 20th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
As a NYC Paramedic for many years, I am totally outraged by the actions of that State Trooper. Whether or not he’s suffering some kind of mental trauma from his time in the Middle East he should be relieved of duty permanently. One day that Paramedic could spell the difference between life and death for him or any of the other troopers in that county.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:08 am
Why is it that they can do whatever they want??? Is it because they have the badge?? Must be… still does not make it right!!! Looks like maybe that is how they get their rocks off…must be an ego trip for them…maybe they need mental exam …. just because they have the badge does not make what they do right….this is sad for the lady in ambulance and her family…good kudos for her son that had right mind to record this for the amulance workers….
June 21st, 2009 at 2:27 am
Let me see if I get this right, you fking morons want the cops shot or left to die if they get shot while protecting your fking pathetic lives? Go FK yourselves you big mouth keyboard tough guy pieces of garbage. If the cop did something wrong fire him. you pathetic wind bags talk a lot of crap and I am positive most of you are pathetic lil piss ants!
June 21st, 2009 at 6:25 am
I saw the police car camera as well heard no sirens of any kind.From anywhere. saw no lights anywhere. WTF? officer claimed driver gave him the finger.let him go,,,, emt in back told officer he had a patient,, something to the effect he needed to get her to thge hospital. Cop told him “Get the F^&k out of my face” in those exact words . “Or I’ll take your a%% to jail”. EMT said “You can do that officer but I cannot by Law leave this patient”.”Follow us to the hospital and then I will come with you”. “Wherever you wish Please”. Officer said ” Your’e a&% is going to Jail now” EMT said “I can’t leave this patient by Law”. then other officers showed up and the passenger shut car camera Off. Convenient HMMM? If I was the Chief I would tell them don’t bother coming back. and I want your’e gun and Badge now.No finger was ever seen . whatevr exchange happened before the jail scenario was forgiven. Officers pride was petted until Black EMT exited Ambulance and told officer the driver was under his instructions and they had a patient. The officer went wild. after second plea by EMT He decided patient was SH%t and deserved to die I suppose,,, . Great protection and compassion . must have had his girlfriend in the car ttaking her home. said something about helping someone. Must have been the goveners wife or something. no mention of what he weas trying tohelp Her with HMM? ,,,,Wonder why? I would have said what I was trying to do amd Bi^%hed you out. And took off.I have seen other officers do exactly that before when there was an emergency. What was the officers Emergency that overrode all others hope at life?
June 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
This cop with a GOD complex should be fired asap! We do not need an animal like that guy cattying a gun.
June 21st, 2009 at 10:48 am
In the words of Ice T the rapper. F the police!!!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2009 at 11:55 am
It seems too many people are giving the police a hard time.No. one,this ambulance driver is lying about checking on the well fare of a women in the police car.What a stupid excuse. Why is it that blacks all ways want to run their mouth in a negative fashion when dealing with our law enforcement people.Resisting arrest was another dumb move.Let the officer do his job because the judge make the final decision.If there had been a life in balance, in the back of that ambulance,the attending EMT would not or should not leave his patient.The driver of the EMT vehicle was the one that needed to talk to the law enforce officer about [his] driving not the EMT employee riding in the closed in back of the E. M. T vehicle who was abandoning the person/patient in his care.If the EMT had shown the policeman quickly his at risk patient,the policeman would have gotten back in his vehicle and safely led the way for the EMTs.Look at the time wasted by the EMT running his mouth.This is the one that needs to be fired for abandoning the patient in his care.I would not want this EMT as my emergency attendant,he cannot give me CPR from out side the ambulance.My congratulations to our law enforce officer. Thank You James W. Hall Jr.
June 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
It seems too many people are giving the police a hard time This ambulance driver is lying about checking on the well fare of a women in the police car.What a stupid excuse. Why is it that blacks all ways want to run their mouth in a negative fashion when dealing with our law enforcement people.Resisting arrest was another dumb move.Let the officer do his job because the judge make the final decision.If there had been a life in balance, in the back of that ambulance,the attending EMT would not or should not leave his patient.The driver of the EMT vehicle was the one that needed to talk to the law enforce officer about [his] driving not the EMT employee riding in the closed in back of the E. M. T vehicle who was abandoning the person/patient in his care.If the EMT had shown the policeman quickly his at risk patient,the policeman would have gotten back in his vehicle and safely led the way for the EMTs.Look at the time wasted by the EMT running his mouth.This is the one that needs to be fired for abandoning the patient in his care.I would not want this EMT as my emergency attendant,he cannot give me CPR from out side the ambulance.My congratulations to our law enforce officer. Thank You James W. Hall Jr.
June 21st, 2009 at 11:59 am
It seems too many people are giving the police a hard time This ambulance driver is lying about checking on the well fare of a women in the police car.What a stupid excuse. Why is it that people all ways want to run their mouth in a negative fashion when dealing with our law enforcement people.Resisting arrest was another dumb move.Let the officer do his job because the judge make the final decision.If there had been a life in balance, in the back of that ambulance,the attending EMT would not or should not leave his patient.The driver of the EMT vehicle was the one that needed to talk to the law enforce officer about [his] driving not the EMT employee riding in the closed in back of the E. M. T vehicle who was abandoning the person/patient in his care.If the EMT had shown the policeman quickly his at risk patient,the policeman would have gotten back in his vehicle and safely led the way for the EMTs.Look at the time wasted by the EMT running his mouth.This is the one that needs to be fired for abandoning the patient in his care.I would not want this EMT as my emergency attendant,he cannot give me CPR from out side the ambulance.My congratulations to our law enforce officer. Thank You James W. Hall Jr.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I will back the OKHP. But if the ambulance people want to dispute it take it to court.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
yup theres some of our fine officers. if that would of been me they better call for back up cause i would have been doing some swinging. if they dont get fired then what hell do u think thats saying for our country that officers can do whatever they want. they are here to protect and serve. but u get some that does whatever they want just because they have a badge take the badge away they aint shit.
June 21st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
COPS ARE NOTHING BUT—- “WHITE TRASH.” WHITE TRASH!!!
June 21st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
estupidos
June 21st, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I am a Paramedic in the State of Texas, I worked in both a clinical setting (Jail Paramedic) and Rural County 911 on the box. I have to admit THAT TAKES BALLS!! I have never in my now start on 16 years in EMS have I ever witnessed something like this. What ever happened to professional curtosy? I have spoken to officers who have asked to help us but never to stop us and ticket, harrass, or for that matter try and arrest. Every Law Enforcement Officer that I have ever come into contact with while on duty, between him and me there has always been professionalism during contacts. Now on the other side of that coin, when both of us have been of duty, lets just say we were like kids in a playground having fun and blowing off the stressers of work. See what some people do not understand is that we have to co-exsist with each other, so that were to get thought the day or situation that might arise. If we can not do that then were going to be like that HOT HEAD that got caught on video. And once you get a reputation like that time to throw in the towel and hide under a rock.
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:40 am
when my ex sister inlaws husband went through the academys in wyo, and arz . his comment to me was that he was totally prepared to take another human life ,all i could think was that that was his purpose in life , and the badge makes it legal he now is employed in colo as an officer,
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 am
1)UNKNOWN WHY A TROOPER WOULD PULL OVER AN AMBULANCE. I WOULD THINK PROFESSIONAL COURTESY WOULD BE EXTENDED. THE TROOPER COULD HAVE SPOKE TO THE DRIVER AFTER THE PATIENT WAS AT THE HOSPITAL. 2) BUT ONCE HE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOLD HE WAS UNDER ARREST (IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO) THE COP GOES TO GRAB THE EMT HAND/ARM. THE EMT PUSHES THE COP (A NO-NO). I’M SURPRISED IT DID NOT GET WORSE THAN WHAT YOU SAW (AS FAR AS AN ALL OUT BRAWL). LET ALL THE FACTS COME OUT AND IF THE COP WAS WRONG FIRE HIM. IF THE EMT WAS WRONG PUT HIS ASS IN JAIL.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 am
WELL I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS COP WHEN HE WAS AN INFANT HE FELL FROM HIS MOTHER ARMS AND HIT HIS HEAD SO BAD THAT THE DOCTOR HAVE TO REMOVE THE BRAINS ,AND PUT HIS TESTICLES INSTED