INIT915

Fingerprints are only good if these guys have been picked up in the past. Who knows how many times he's done this and gotten away with it!

Date: 08-12-07 Time: 2330-0130 Location: 225 Westchester Ave, C/S First St Frequency: Units Operating: Buchanan PD - Car 266 NYSP - 3K59, 3K40, 3K41, 3K42 (Sgt), 3K44, 3K53, 3K46 Peekskill PD - Two Patrols MTA PD - K9 Unit Description Of Incident: Domestic violence incident, 17 y/o male, intoxicated, possible EDP fled on foot. Located after about a two hour search, taken into custody. Another subject, 16 y/o, intoxicated taken into custody after short pursuit as well. Writer: INIT915

A little off the topic, but how did Empire submit their bid so far off from what it actually costs? Was this an honest mistake, or were they playing games submitting a low-ball bid and now have been caught with their pants down? And, how was the contract written between Empire and the County that allowed them to pull-out? Did the County have any penalty clauses added in to prevent this from happening?

Date: 08-09-07 Time: 0130 Hrs Location: Tupper Lake, NY Frequency: Multiple Units Operating: NYSP Troop "B", Local PD's/SO's, EMS Description Of Incident: While conducting a Vehicle and Traffic stop, two New York State Troopers were fired upon, one struck with non-life threatening injuries. Troopers returned fire, striking the suspect. Writer: INIT915

I direct your attention to the scores for the TZB and the 10th Ave in MV. http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...TABASE/70803001

The 2WD vs. 4WD issue was based on K9 units in the past. No longer however. The 4WD's have a Governer at 99MPH, the 2WD have no such restriction.

Oswego, Most Tahoe's are 2WD, a few are 4WD. The problem is 4WD Tahoe's are not rated as pursuit vehicles, so most used on patrol are 2WD for that reason. They have no cages. Very, very few NYSP cars have cages. Cortlandt has only one, 3K49. Hawthorne has none, and Somers I think still has one left with a cage. The lightbar you speak of is the Vista. The Vista will continue to be mounted until all are used, then more of the LED's will be ordered.

That's K16. Trooper Sy Lee.

Yeah, 7 is, and we've been told to expect more. A new 3K43 is due any day and my money is it's a Tahoe.

No. Still working off the last State bid purchase of 500 Tahoe's for the State.

Troop K only has 1 Sgt and 5 Troopers to cover Westchester/Putnam/Dutchess and Columbia Counties. Spread thin to say the least. Troop T has about 3 guys that cover 95, 287, and 87 up to Newburgh area. Again, stretched thin.

3K81 was a Camaro, now replaced with a Crown Vic. The K9's are 3K80, 3K82, 3K83, and 3K85. Hawthorne has one Tahoe, 3K19. Cortlandt's Tahoe's include 3K41, 3K46, 3K54, 3K55, 3K58, 3K59, 3K60, 3K85.

Date: 08/01/07 Time: 1930 Location: I-35 E/B and W/B Departments: Multiple Description: Bridge collapse into Mississippi River and surrounding land. Possibly due to road construction. Heavy smoke in the area. Links: Writer: INIT915

Every single person I know who's seen it said it was hilarious.

NYS VTL 1210

I know nothing of CT Law, but in New York, Section 106.6© of NYS DMV Regulations state, you can register your pick up as a passenger vehicle if, and only if all the following apply: the unladen weight is under 5500 lbs, the truck is used for non-commercial purposes, and there are no business advertisements on it. If registered as a passenger vehicle, you can travel on NYS Parkways. You could be cited for NYS VTL 402 or NYS TL 182-31 (or 182-42 if you have advertisements on the truck.) Hope this helps.

Date: 07-20-07 Time: 0530 Location: Main St, Village of Ossining Frequency: Units: Ossining PD, OVAC Description: "Parking 1" advising a possible 1192 that almost struck him. Marked units in pursuit, vehicle involved in an MVA on Main St. Advising have EMS respond "Code 1" (Expedite"). Patrol Sgt requesting Detectives to the scene. Writer: INIT915

Westchester Medical Center accreditation downgraded By MELISSA KLEIN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: June 12, 2007) VALHALLA - Westchester Medical Center's accreditation was lowered after it failed to meet one of its own documentation standards for assessing pain. The medical center's accreditation is considered provisional, meaning it is not in full compliance with all applicable standards, according to The Joint Commission, the national organization that did the rating. The hospital has until the end of August to show it is in compliance or it could risk an even further downgrade, said Elizabeth Zhani, a spokeswoman for The Joint Commission. Kara Bennorth, a medical center spokeswoman, said in a statement that the hospital was now consistently meeting the standard to show that it assessed a patient's pain one hour after treating the pain and documented that assessment. "It is important to note that this is an issue of documentation and not one of treatment," Bennorth said in the statement. This is the second time in three surveys from The Joint Commission that the hospital has been downgraded. Hospitals must be properly accredited by organizations such as The Joint Commission to receive reimbursement from the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs. The downgrade is not expected to affect reimbursement, Bennorth said. The downgrade, which was made April 25, is on The Joint Commission's Web site, but was not made public at either the May or June meetings of the hospital's board of directors. Bennorth said that Michael Israel, the hospital president, had shared the information with board members, sometimes in informal conversation. The most recent downgrade relates to August, when a Joint Commission team did its regular survey of the hospital. The hospital was accredited with requirements for improvement. Most hospitals nationwide fall into that category after evaluations. Joint Commission statistics for 2006 show that 95 percent of hospitals had one or more requirements for improvement. Bennorth said the medical center had 13 requirements for improvement after the August survey. Zhani said hospitals are required to prove they have corrected whatever deficiencies exist and then follow that up with sustained compliance to what is called a "measure of success." She would not provide details on what the medical center was required to do. Bennorth said the medical center had three areas in which it had to conduct self-assessments. Those areas were eliminating the use of specific abbreviations, keeping temperature logs for refrigerators and documentation of reassessing pain. She said the hospital set a "very high standard" to reassess and document pain every hour, 90 percent of the time. She said the medical center would soon submit evidence to The Joint Commission that it was meeting the standard. The Joint Commission does not have statistics on the number of hospitals with provisional accreditations. Every other hospital in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties has a full accreditation from The Joint Commission, according to the agency's Web site, www.jointcommission.org. The agency, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, posts its assessments of health-care providers at www.qualitycheck.org. In 2001, the medical center received a conditional accreditation, which is one step below provisional, after a Joint Commission evaluation team caught a medical resident and several nurses altering a patient's chart. Missing information had been added to the chart and backdated. The rating was upgraded later in the year. The medical center was accredited with requirements for improvement in November 2003, and then given a clean accreditation the following July. The hospital, as it weathered a financial crisis in recent years, let the accreditation of some of its speciality programs lapse. Its cancer program, for instance, is the only local one not accredited by the American College of Surgeons. The speciality accreditations demonstrate that programs met certain, often rigorous, standards.

Tommy, Seems like a very short route this year?

Date: 07/01/07 Time: 19:20 Location: Tappen Zee Bridge northbound, Rockland side. Units: Nyack, Piermont, Irvington, Tarrytown Engines; NYSP; Yonkers Police Marine 1, WCPD Marine 3 and 4, Rockland County Sheriffs Marine Unit; Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Nyack Piermont fireboats. Description: Early reports of Tractor Trailer roll-over, multiple vehicles involved with explosion. Smoke visable for miles. Writer: INIT915, Truck4 Reports: DWI, suspect in custody, 1 DOA. 2100hrs- (1) reported DOA- driver of truck. Truck reportedly carrying fruit with approx. 300 sq. foot section of bridge surface damaged from fire. County alert level has been raised (increased check points at County Airport, etc.) and Tappan Zee emergency detour plan in effect.

There are many changes since this was created in all three zones. Just to address Zone 3 for now: 3K1 - Zone Commander - SP Hawthorne (Capt. Meyers) 3K2 - Zone Lt. - SP Hawthorne (Lt. Larkin) K4- Communications Lt. - TMC (Lt. Hernandez) 3K11-3K19 Hawthorne Patrols 3K21-3K39 plus 3K87 Somers Patrols 3K40-3K41 Mohegan Lake Satelite Patrols 3K42-3K60 plus 3K84 Cortlandt Patrols K16 - Zone 3 CVEU 3K52 - Duty Zone Sgt SP Hawthorne 3K80 - Somers K9 Drugs 3K82 - Somers K9 Bomb 3K83 - Hawthrone K9 Drugs 3K85 - Cortlandt K9 Bomb 5K24 and 5K111-5K117 Cortlandt BCI 5K102-5K106 Hawthrone BCI 5K81-5K84 and 5K17 Somers BCI 7K371 DEP 7K340-7K347 Town of Lewisboro PD 7K360-7K364 Town of North Salem PD 7K365-7K369 Town of Pound Ridge PD 7K380-7K387 Town of Somers PD 8K22-8K26 State Park Police 2N371-2N377 State Encon PD Zone 3 no longer has a Camaro, 3K81 was sent to Poughkeepsie and is now 2K97, and 3K87 was replaced with a slick-top Crown Vic like 2 years ago. As RWC stated, when T-Way cars switch to communicate to Troops K/F/G/D/E/A they switch to the xTxx system, i.e. for pursuits that go from a T-Way road to a non-T-Way road, or if communicating car to car.

EMTALA: EMTALA Information

I always have my ID, but rarely carry a firearm off-duty. And, never in plain view.

Check out : DOJ ADA Information There is a ton of information, and as I clicked thru it, I found several references, while not specifically mentioning EMS/Ambulances, makes it fairly clear to me, that you would be violating the ADA if you refused transport. References are made to private property, businesses, and even private taxis, all required to accommodate. Honestly, this was my opinion before I searched this site, but now I am confidante. I believe if I was 642 in his position, I would have accommodated. Also, if you read thru the DOJ website, ADA trumps State and Local Laws. So, even if NYS DOH or WREMAC issued an opinion against accommodating such patients (which I could not see them doing anyway), you would be violating federal civil rights statutes by ignoring ADA guidelines, opening yourself and your agency to significant penalties. Basically, in 642's example: If you would have allowed ANY OTHER civilian to ride in that front seat on that particular EMS call, you could not justify banning this particular civilian or her service dog.