Highway Patrol pulls over ambulance with patient in back

[SuperBowlNachos]

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What if the lady in that ambulance was dying?

Then the EMT should be fired for not even having his lights on with a dieing person in the back.

If I was that EMT I would have never stopped.

[X*Cell]

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I know cops put up with a lot of asses and thugs, but some are dicks and asses themselves. I don't think they have always been that way. I think the job make you that way. Not all cops, but some go that route. I think it is becasue of all the crap they have to put up with!

they enter the field of police work, so they should be expecting to put up with crap. Police officers rarely have to deal with respectable individuals because such individuals aren't lawbreakers.

So, no, there is no excuse to be a dick-cop... A lot of these troopers are just on one big power-trip.

This is why I'll never ever ever like the police. They make people feel scared and paranoid... not safe.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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They make people feel scared and paranoid... not safe.

You should only feel scared and paranoid if you are doing something to bring attention to yourself.

[Brandwin]

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Cop started cussing and screaming right from the start. He came off like a jerk to me. He said we have a patient and the cop just started grabbing him, said something like get your *** or something. He didn't say put your hands behind your back or nothing. To me, I know I should do whatever a cop wants, but in the heat of the moment when somenoe is screaming at you and just grabs you, it's easy to not comply.

Of course like always, we are on the outside looking in and I have no idea how it is to be a police officer, but to me, the officer was in the wrong.

[Ty]

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Wow. Unbelievable.

[X*Cell]

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You should only feel scared and paranoid if you are doing something to bring attention to yourself.

that hardly covers it man. That doesn't explain why cops will stop and question you about where you've been when and where you are coming from, when you just have a headlight out. When you ask "what's the problem officer"... they don't need to answer... "your headlight is out, why? is there a problem I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?" with a death stare...

then proceeding to ask me to get out of the car and take a breathalyzer test... one in which I passed with flying colors.

Cops cross civil boundaries all the time... because they are on a power trip. They think they treat anyone however they want because of their badge and uniform.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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[luv_mist]

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Hey, I know this is off of everyone's mind but an update for that video has just been tossed on yahoo I think. Check out the results for the cop who pulled over the ambulance.

Justice Served

[jim416]

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that hardly covers it man. That doesn't explain why cops will stop and question you about where you've been when and where you are coming from, when you just have a headlight out. When you ask "what's the problem officer"... they don't need to answer... "your headlight is out, why? is there a problem I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?" with a death stare...

then proceeding to ask me to get out of the car and take a breathalyzer test... one in which I passed with flying colors.

Cops cross civil boundaries all the time... because they are on a power trip. They think they treat anyone however they want because of their badge and uniform.

A bit dramatic, sorry. Cops ask questions on traffic stops to get you to talk. Do you know how many warrant arrests are made on routine traffic stops? A ton. You don't have to answer where you've been, but when you're talking it's much easier to tell if someone has been drinking. You passed the breathalyzer with flying colors? You can pass the breathalyzer and still have alochol in your blood stream. As long as you don't go over .08 you can't be prosecuted, but you might not be allowed to drive home.

Cops do not cross civil boundaries all the time, sorry. I was never on a power trip and most of the guys I worked with weren't either.

He clearly needs to be fired WITHOUT QUESTION!!

Not without due process. Cops have a "Police Officers Bill of Rights". The reason for this is because of all the false allegations that are filed against them by a bunch of jerks (see, that works both ways). All allegations have to be investigated and I've seen police officers lose their jobs, rightfully so. Just because this is on video, and videos may not tell the entire story, doesn't mean he gets canned that day, or without question. You wouldn't want to be fired indiscriminately, and no one should be, even cops.

[jim416]

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Hey, I know this is off of everyone's mind but an update for that video has just been tossed on yahoo I think. Check out the results for the cop who pulled over the ambulance.

Justice Served

Well, justice has not been served completely. He's been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, so it seems, for all those wanting this guy hung the department has followed the rules set up for discipline of this nature. If the cop is found to have committed a criminal act during the course of this duties, he will be punished.

I do not condone grabbing the neck of any suspect (unless it's a fight for life situation) and all most all police departments have a use of force policy and this is NOT one, I assure you.

But, again, justice cannot be served instantly just because he's a cop.

Thousands of cops doing their jobs with integrity every day. ****, politicans commit crimes every day (New Jersey) and we don't call for their heads.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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He has basically been fined $800-$1000 by being suspended for a week. That is your average weeks pay for an officer.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Should have been more. Camera phones and such have been a spotlight on the cops that are bad out there. There's one good thing about all of this technology. It eliminates the "he said, she said".

[Aggies7]

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Trust me every stop has different circumstances. When you hit the emergency equipment regardless of reason for stop you never know what the guy/gal behind the wheel is going to do. Simple stops turn ugly quick. Not condoning actions in this case, but before people wanna bash cops, might want to consider there are good officers out there

Plus everyone thinks there are so many bad officers, well consider this they dont show videos of all the officers making great stops and taking felons off the streets

[Cebby]

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Plus everyone thinks there are so many bad officers, well consider this they dont show videos of all the officers making great stops and taking felons off the streets

Aside from athletes and 2-3 humanitarian workers every year, nobody cares about anyone doing their job well.

There are no "politician's bill increases efficiency and affordability of healthcare", but there are corruption stories every few weeks.

There are no "investment banker builds clients' retirement fund exponentially through good investments" but everyone knows about Madoff.

People doing their job is boring. People abusing power is newsworthy.

[daflyboys]

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There are no "politician's bill increases efficiency and affordability of healthcare", .....

But when that does happen... u can click your heels three x and say "there's no place like home!"