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I was a Border Patrol Agent for 3 years in New Mexico. Nobody can imagine the "outlaw west" way of life it is out there. This is by far one of the toughest jobs in Law Enforcement. My heart and sympathy go out to the family of the Agent. Being a Border Patrol Agent is a god-for-saken job that is hated by many and loved by few. God bless our brothers and sisters on the "Front line".

In response to your comment about creating an area of progessive thinking.... Here is one for you... Don't get involved in police actions... From WHAT I HAVE HEARD... Everything was fine until these two got involved and there were no issues (even from the owners of the bar) until these two got involved. It is without a doubt a good idea to make this information public in order to prevent future such occurences. If this prevents one person from fighting with a cop who is working and doing his duty than it is well worth discussing. As I said previously there is no excuse for this behavior. NONE...

Here is a brilliant idea.... don't fight with cops!! These cops were on duty and performing their duties. There is no excuse for this... NONE!!!!!! Another black eye for the FD. Kudos to the NYPD for keeping this under wraps for the sake of not downplaying the tragic death of an MOS. Disgrace!

RIP Bro...

Truly sick... It is ashame that all of the good people out there that all of us try to help are overshadowed by the few that are trying to get over on us. I believe in karma and what goes around comes around. As long as we do the best we can...... that is all that matters. Merry Christmas to all.

By THERESA JUVA THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: December 22, 2007) Six people were arrested at a sobriety check point on the Bronx River Parkway and Butler Road last night, the Westchester County police said. James Wallace , 59, of Harstdale; Matthew Stafford, 31, of Mahopac; Dwayne Gentles, 24, of the Bronx; Eurico Lopez, 25, of New Rochelle; Ronald Singh, 24, of Binghamton; and Brett Conchado, 31, of Yonkers were all arrested and charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, police said. A seventh man, Nuno Lopez, 26, of New Rochelle, was arrested and charged with DWI at police headquarters after he came to pick up a relative who had been arrested for the same offense, police said. The sobriety check point was conducted in collaboration with the Scarsdale police department. More random checks will be set up over the holiday weekend in anticipation of people drinking and driving, police said. Ahh... Job Security.

Agreed, NYSDMV is the most screwed up organization I have ever seen. About a year ago, I switched insurance companies and DMV sent me a suspension notice because according to them, I never had insurance to begin with. It took several hours of yelling to get it corrected. As for the topic at hand, I would think it is illegal (especially in California) to pull somebody over for doing nothing wrong.

Of course EMS is underpaid but PD and FD have been around for over 100 years as public service employees. It took us that long to begin to be paid a "living" wage. Even 20 years ago PD and FD were in the lower middle class section of the income scale. Personally, I don't think that EMS should get paid the same as PD/FD. There are many jursidictions that require being an EMT in order to be a firefighter or some that even require PD Officers to be EMT's. Should you be paid more, absolutely but in my opinion, if you really want to make more money and still work as a medic, become a cop in an police based EMS system or a firefighter on an ALS response rig. If you don't want to do that, don't hold your breath for those pay raises. (Given as long as it took PD and FD, ohh that should be about another 75-80 years). My idea, $15-20/hr for EMT's and $30-35/hr for Paramedics.

Chris... while I agree with you that I would much rather have these vehicles as emergency vehicles than the ASPCA ... there are several questions that are raised. First and foremost.... Have the drivers of these vehicles undergone any sort of emergency vehicle operations training? This is not only a liability issue but also a public safety issue for other motorists. Second... What happens if one of these vehicles gets in an accident? They are almost automatically at fault since they are operating lights and sirens in direct violation of the VTL (In New York State). Finally... wouldn't it be easier to have the local PD transport any organs than have to worry about any of these potential factors? (Especially if by helicopter on overtime!!!!)

That would be incorrect. The fact of the matter is that is is cheaper to pay cops overtime than to hire new ones. In order to achieve cost savings, the city of Yonkers would have to factor in all of the benefits given to a Police Officer before they even work one hour in Patrol. The cost of Health Insurance and retirement contributions alone would likely cost the City of Yonkers over $40,000. Given the fact that the article stated that 1/6th of police dollars are spent on overtime, it would probobly be cheaper not to hire more cops and pay more cops overtime.

Great Job by all involved! One question though, why did the ambulance stop with a patient in the back? Is this standard procedure? In the PD world, if we have a prisoner in the back of the vehicle we are not supposed to stop for anything. (In our SOP's, it specifically states car accidents and disabled vehicles) Like I said I am not monday morning quarterbacking anybody but in todays day and age is it a wise idea to possibly put a patient and their family in harms way? Just throwing it out there for discussion.

79.877 after about 30 mins... Damn that addicting.

Thank for for being an ignorant fool... I have NEVER gotten on this forum and talked about FD or EMS giving a black eye to the community.... I would just like to say that you are out of line and thanks for being a disgrace to the PUBLIC SAFETY community. Hope you never get "jammed up". Instead of talking about it...... you are more than happily shifting the publicity.... Thanks again PARTYROCK for helping the community sooo much...

RIP Brother.... My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

This is by no means funny but here it goes...... Donate them to the Jimmy Fund and auction off whatever merchandise that that many points can buy..... You can have mine too... (Granted it's not even close to as many as you have).... In fact, I put it out to the membership that all of us donate our point and the EMTBravo merchandise that it can buy be auctioned off. Seth.... can you do it????

That is exactly it. Even at 16, once you are in police custody even a parent or guardian cannot RMA for you because as was said, the PD is for all intensive purposes, the guardian of the prisoner. That being said, I most certainly would have a P.O. or higher sign the RMA to cover EMS's butt but there is nothing that can be done by the EMS crew. (Ex. - to "override" the P.D.)

Hartsdale FF Granville "x635" Info & Status Thread 35,776 That should make you feel all warm and fuzzy Seth.

Yes reckless endangerment could be added but it is not a more serious crime than arson. In addition, it would not disqualify someone from employment in the public sector even if he/she is convicted as an adult. (there are certain exceptions but not for being a firefighter). The fact of the matter is that even if it was added to the charges, it would most likely be eliminated in a plea bargain. As to arson on a background check; it would not show up if it was sealed, however, the BEST THING TO DO IS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL!!! I say this because you should have previous addresses on your employment/volunteer applications. Call the P.D. / F.D. in their previous communites beacuse sometimes, you find out more "off the record" information from these phone calls than you ever will by faxing a request to Albany. (Just a bit of advice).

Growing up in Croton can be lonely. (or so I have heard)

As far as I know, there is no law enforcement agency in the county using a TIC to "look through buildings". The primary use of a carmera in my agency was to look for patients that were thrown from a vehicle subsequent to an accident. (apparently there had been an incident in the past where a patient was "missed"). From my experience using the TIC it is a great tool for the reasons listed in previous post. I don't think any LE agency in the area has the time or patience to go from house to house looking for pot farms.

If the accident was on the shoulder, that would have given emergency responders the right lane of traffic to work. I would think that one entire lane of traffic would be sufficient. I know I have worked with less space than that on both the EMS and PD side of the house.

County, state, town police DWI checkpoint on Saw Mill in Bedford yields 12 arrests By NICOLE NEROULIAS AND TERENCE CORCORAN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: August 17, 2007) BEDFORD - Bedford police this morning released the names of two more motorists who were among 12 people charged with driving while intoxicated during a checkpoint last night manned by Bedford, Westchester County and New York state police. Bedford Chief Chris Menzel said that Hector Hernandez, 36, of Mount Kisco and Roger Ferguson, 46, of Brookfield, Conn., were arrested by his officers. Hernandez was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol level in excess of 0.18 percent and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, misdemeanors, Menzel said. Ferguson was charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a felony, driving while intoxicated and with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, misdemeanors, and possessing an open container of alcohol while operating a motor vehicles, a violation, police said. They are due Aug. 30 in town court. Seven of the DWI arrests were made by county police officers, three were made by state police and two were made by Bedford police. The three men arrested by state police and charged with misdemeanor drunken driving were: David E. Fiolisi, 46, of Brewster, who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.13 percent; Howard Olmstead, 50, of Ridgefield, Conn., who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent - the threshold for drunken driving - and Richard Olivier, 25, of Brookfield, Conn., who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 percent, police said. They are scheduled to appear in Bedford Town Court on Aug. 23. County will release their names and the charges later today, said Lt. Maria Meliti, county police. The checkpoint ran for several hours on the parkway in both directions, near the intersection of Interstate 684. At checkpoints, all vehicles are scanned for traffic violations and evidence of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. "We used to do (joint checkpoints) all the time, and we're getting back into them," Meliti said. Menzel said called the operation "an excellent kickoff to the national effort to combat drinking and driving, 'Operation Safe and Sober,' which runs from (today) through Sept. 3." What really kills me is the fact that people complained that they had to sit in traffic for 10 minutes coming up to the checkpoint. People are unbelievable.

The fact of the matter is you CAN SUPPORT OUR TROOPS and be against the war at the same time. These people simply think that if you support our troops you must be against the war. That is simply not the case. Both these groups should be on the same side of the street. However, the fact of the matter is that there are a subgroup of anti-war protesters that believe that supporting the troops is supporting the war. This is BULLSHIT and like everything else in life, it is the minority whose voice is heard loudest. Stop your bitching and pick up a sign saying support our troops. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!! Of course the fire department, police deparment, EMS, and everybody else in America should SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. Doing anything else would be treason!

He had the 737. I believe when the 757 landed here they had to check the runways/taxiways for damage after landing and takeoff.