Is this the best outcome?
Emergency services are called reporting a habitual drug user OD'ing. A police officer rushes to the scene at 75 mph through a 25 mph zone with flashers but no siren, and runs over a young student. The student dies. Internal affairs determines that the student who died "had limited value," and no changes in policy or fault should be addressed.
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No, that's a terrible outcome, IMHO.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 How could this have been avoided? Specifically, what can be done in the future to prevent this from happening again? -
dalcocono Lights AND sirens should have been activated. They should never have been doing 75 in a 25 zone, and they probably should have not placed a higher value on the drug abuser that then the student, IMHO.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 I agree.
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A police officer rushes to the scene at 75 mph through a 25 mph zone with flashers but no siren, and runs over a young student. Isn't that dangerous driving the officer should be charged. Id rather 10 drug addicts OD and die than this.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉
If it was a civilian driving that fast, the cops would have launched the helicopter and thrown spike strips on the ground.
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That's a bad outcome. Emergency sirens are a "warning device" that make a long, LOUD noise, letting pedestrians know to get out of the way.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉
Agreed. The cops here love using their sirens, no matter what time of day or night, so I don't understand why it wasn't considered prudent in this case. Even so, I do not believe that the severity of the situation warranted anywhere near that rate of speed. IMO, this was a scenario that seemed to occur because of 3 or more lapses in judgement. I would expect that if the driver had been EMS in an ambulance, instead of a law enforcement officer, that there would have been criminal charges. -
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Not only that, people who live near the railroad tracks have to deal with locomotive train drivers blowing the horn at night. They don't have to follow quiet zone laws. In this incident you asked about: sirens and horns should be used in a emergency that involves life or death.
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Makes no sense on most levels added to those noted, Why is a police officer rushing to the scene, when it should be an ambulance?
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bostjan the adequate 🥉
In the USA, police typically show up to emergency calls along with medical services, especially when it's an overdose. It may be to investigate if anyone committed a crime. When I found an unresponsive guy in a public restroom years ago, I called EMS, and the police got there about 5 minutes before the ambulance.
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