Treejumps 0 #1 January 17, 2005 I'm surprised that there has not been a post about the cop who followed the old couple to the hospital. He detained the couple until eventually the hospital staff came out and took the old man in, but the cop continued to detain the wife to write a ticket. When the wife finally got inside her husband was dead. They should just hang that cop. Any new news on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefalle 0 #2 January 17, 2005 gotta agree with you there, that cops gets the asshat of the year award. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #3 January 17, 2005 QuoteI'm surprised that there has not been a post about the cop who followed the old couple to the hospital. He detained the couple until eventually the hospital staff came out and took the old man in, but the cop continued to detain the wife to write a ticket. When the wife finally got inside her husband was dead. They should just hang that cop. Any new news on this? Yep, that is a cop for you. Do you think he lost any sleep that night? "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #4 January 18, 2005 OK. I'll bite. Cop detains heart attack victim. Do we have a source for that? Of course cops should be trained for these & similar eventualities.... Perhaps 3 months in police college, followed by 5 years in Med. School, 2 years in ER for clinical experience. 6 years in Law School & 2 years of prosecution courtroom experience followed by 2 years of defence court experience. Plus 4 years on Social Science degree with 2 years experience in social work. A psychology degree & a couple of years experience in clinical psychiatry. A mandatory 2 years serving in The Peace Corps. Then the 3 months in police college again to make sure they haven't forgot that stuff. THat way we can be sure of producing a FULLY trained police officer - one who can handle almost any situation. One who's now 18 months from the 30 year retirement cutoff. Errare Humanum Est Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #5 January 18, 2005 QuoteOK. I'll bite. Cop detains heart attack victim. Do we have a source for that? Of course cops should be trained for these & similar eventualities.... Perhaps 3 months in police college, followed by 5 years in Med. School, 2 years in ER for clinical experience. 6 years in Law School & 2 years of prosecution courtroom experience followed by 2 years of defence court experience. Plus 4 years on Social Science degree with 2 years experience in social work. A psychology degree & a couple of years experience in clinical psychiatry. A mandatory 2 years serving in The Peace Corps. Then the 3 months in police college again to make sure they haven't forgot that stuff. THat way we can be sure of producing a FULLY trained police officer - one who can handle almost any situation. One who's now 18 months from the 30 year retirement cutoff. Errare Humanum Est Mike. Well with this thought process we'd better hope the DA has a medical doctorate and a degree in psychology or he'll be unable to determine whether or not to throw the book at the widow. Heck they might anyway just to CYA for the inevitable law suit. We don't know the circumstances but a cop detaining patients in hospital grounds after they rush there during a medical emergency deserves more than mere firing. It doesn't take a medical degree or even hindsight to determine this. If this actually happened it verges on the sociopathic. Incredulously asking for the source then defending the action is slightly contradictory. This is frankly unbelievable conduct. I seriously doubt we have a fair representation of the story but even if it's true it ain't all cops and we don't need to support the most abhorrent behavior just because the guy was wearing a badge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #6 January 18, 2005 >Of course cops should be trained for these & similar eventualities.... Perhaps 3 months in police college . . . Actually, anyone who takes a half-day first responder course can recognize the signs of an MI. It's one of the basics. Cops get a lot more training in emergency medicine than that. I have no idea of the details of this. If the guy was drunk and unconscious, and thus the cop didn't see the signs of the MI, then not his fault. If he did see them and figured he just wouldn't let the guy get treated for whatever reason, then asshat is a good description of him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #7 January 18, 2005 QuoteI'm surprised that there has not been a post about the cop who followed the old couple to the hospital. He detained the couple until eventually the hospital staff came out and took the old man in, but the cop continued to detain the wife to write a ticket. When the wife finally got inside her husband was dead. They should just hang that cop. Any new news on this? I am not going to jump his shit till more info is known....I see others did not bother to wait for more info..."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #8 January 18, 2005 I'm still waiting to see a link to an article or something cause my news searches haven't brought up anything.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #9 January 19, 2005 QuoteOK. I'll bite. Cop detains heart attack victim. Do we have a source for that? Of course cops should be trained for these & similar eventualities.... Perhaps 3 months in police college, followed by 5 years in Med. School, 2 years in ER for clinical experience. 6 years in Law School & 2 years of prosecution courtroom experience followed by 2 years of defence court experience. Plus 4 years on Social Science degree with 2 years experience in social work. A psychology degree & a couple of years experience in clinical psychiatry. A mandatory 2 years serving in The Peace Corps. Then the 3 months in police college again to make sure they haven't forgot that stuff. THat way we can be sure of producing a FULLY trained police officer - one who can handle almost any situation. One who's now 18 months from the 30 year retirement cutoff. Errare Humanum Est Mike. So instead we go the other way and maybe require them to have an Associates degree in Justice, the easiest degree to get, and then exonerate them for all those crazy murders under the, "Good Faith Exception" as stated by the US Sup Ct. There's no middle? There is no accountability.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBSB52 0 #10 January 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteI'm surprised that there has not been a post about the cop who followed the old couple to the hospital. He detained the couple until eventually the hospital staff came out and took the old man in, but the cop continued to detain the wife to write a ticket. When the wife finally got inside her husband was dead. They should just hang that cop. Any new news on this? I am not going to jump his shit till more info is known....I see others did not bother to wait for more info... Well, I'm a not-so-proud neighbor of Lovelace the rogue murdering cop, so I am a little jaded when it comes to these matters. I can recite many incidents where cops use their discretion for personal matters to the point that they don't enforce the law but write it based on their own opinions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #11 January 19, 2005 http://www.deridderdailynews.com/articles/2005/01/13/news/news2.txt Google's news had it under "Police Heart Attack" about a week ago.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
