mcpd2025
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Kbonk15 said:You can't kill someone who's already dead. So why not at least try CPR. The off duty Leo made a pretty decent safety zone with his car. And I would of put patient care ahead of crowd control. Also I find it hard to believe she only had one pair of gloves in her entire vehicle. Leo's around here are first aid, cpr, and O2 trained and carry all of that along with a full box of gloves in there patrol cars. Over all I think that all Leo's should be at least first aid / cpr trained and shouldn't be afraid to use it.
Ok... you feel confident that the scene was safe based upon a nightime video from an in car camera that captures a small portion of the incident? Do you know if they were just over the crest of a hill, around a blind turn or in an intersection? How many lanes of traffic were there? What was the attitude of bystanders? Was it a police friendly part of town, or the part of town where they are likely to throw bottles at officers? You see, these are things that a police officer has to worry about on every call. That is on top of the need to investigate the collision, arrest any violators, provide aid, etc etc. I doubt you were really able to judge all that from the video...
Police officers in your little corner of the world are O2 certified and provided a full box of gloves at all times? That's cool. Around here we are CPR and basic first aid certified... that's it. The department technically provides gloves... but good luck finding ones the right size... let alone a full box all the time. I usually get my gloves off my local ambulance, who get their gloves from the supply closet at the hospital. I'm trained on stuff like an AED, but we don't carry it. You might be amazed at the level of first aid training at some departments. Lots of places don't have the time or money to train officers... that's why they have an ambulance and EMT's. Neither you nor I have ANY idea what type of training this officer has, nor how much of any particular equipment she is issued or had available to her at the time.
You see, there is usually more to the story than a simple news story captures. You are kinda new on this forum... I would encourage you to consider the possibilities and circumstances before jumping to conclusions.
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