Bolded is factually incorrect. We have many jobs or "hats" as we call them. When we go to a med call and revive your sick grandmother, we aren't arresting anyone. When we go to the accident and block traffic so you don't get smashed by more vehicles (oh and get plowed into and killed on the highway, which happens to be leading cause of death to LEOs last I checked), when we get the call for the guy whos drunk and passed out on the sidewalk and we bring them to the hospital we aren't making arrests.
Listen my friend, you may fear us because YOU think your a hard target and we want to take you down (like a white rhino), but let me rest assure you.... your probably not nearly as hard of a target as you think and we (meaning my department and guys) have many other, much harder targets to take down (drug dealers, gang members, violent criminals, etc. etc.). As I've said before, act a certain way towards an LEO and you certainly will get treated a certain way.
You should get LEOs on your "side". Know why? We are a large portion of the population that votes with or against you. We also have a say in gun laws. I happen to vote pro gun and conservative, but the bashing that I see by fellow conservatives certainly doesn't help that.
Since when do cops cross into EMT's scope of practice? If I had a dime for every time my former Battalion Chief knocked a LEO down a few pegs for trying to take control of a medical scene/call, or try to intervene and give orders, or even try to assert themselves on a medical call, I would be a very wealthy person, and probably would have moved to a Mexico beach.
I haven't much paid attention to this thread, or what the other posts are, or whatever, but this one caught my eye, because Primus comes across as being a LEO, or a Rent-a-cop, from their wording and context. You see, Primus, if a LEO takes an EMS/EMT's med call, and uses their LEO authority to show up to a medical scene, and dives right into attempting to resuscitate someone, and that person didn't need such actions, the LEO just opened his/herself to a whole world of hurt which Qualified Immunity wouldn't touch with a twenty foot pole. And if you, acting as a LEO/Rent-a-cop, crossed over from law enforcement, to playing EMT/medic, you had better get yourself some really good lube, because you're gonna get reamed left, right, up, down, and out the arse. I've seen two sheriffs-deputies find themselves in a whole world of legal hurt when they tried to act as first responders, and tried to revive and use a AED on a person who had non-schockable a-fib.
Tread lightly, bud, you don't want to come across as someone who treads where angels fear to go, or worse, as a wannabe-cop who knows not what they speak.
I don't mean to come across as bashing, or insulting to Law enforcement, but I'm sure even the most statist LEO on this board can tell you that your badge/uniform doesn't make you Gods gift to 911, nor does it protect you from HIPPA violations, and it sure as HELL doesn't make you an EMT. Unless you have NREMT status, or state cert, then you're just another walking lawsuit.
