(Just a video reminder for those who may have forgotten this incident.)
Courtesy of KSL:
A Salt Lake police detective whose arrest of a University Hospital nurse sparked a worldwide outcry was fired Tuesday from his part-time position at Gold Cross Ambulance.
Gold Cross officials said Jeff Payne's termination was effective immediately.
"Although Jeff was not working for Gold Cross Ambulance at the time of the incident, we take his inappropriate remarks regarding patient transports seriously," the company said in a statement. "We acknowledge those concerned individuals who have contacted us regarding this incident and affirm our commitment to serving all members of the community with kindness and respect. We will continue to maintain our values of outstanding patient focused care, safety and the complete trust of the communities we serve."
Payne also remained on paid administrative leave from the Salt Lake Police Department on Tuesday for his role in the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels on July 26.
That's right this guy was actually a paramedic, and he STILL mistreated a nurse like that.
I also hope he loses his job as a cop, because the guy is clearly a menace to society.
But just in case he doesn't the hospitals are taking steps to protect their medical staff.
Courtesy of Wapo:
The University of Utah Hospital, where a nurse was manhandled and arrested by police as she protected the legal rights of a patient, has imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, including barring officers from patient-care areas and from direct contact with nurses.
Gordon Crabtree, interim chief executive of the hospital, said at a Monday news conference that he was “deeply troubled” by the arrest and manhandling of burn unit nurse Alex Wubbels on July 26. In accord with hospital policy and the law, she had refused to allow a Salt Lake City police officer to take a blood sample from an unconscious patient. Wubbels obtained a copy of the body cam video of the confrontation and, after consulting her lawyer, the hospital and police officials, released it last week.
“This will not happen again,” Crabtree said, praising Wubbels for “putting her own safety at risk” to “protect the rights of patients.”
If you still think that the police are not out of control in this country, just remind yourself that this hospital, in freaking Utah, just had to create a policy to protect their doctors and nurses from the local police.
i keep getting phone calls from some cop charity looking for moeny . i tell them i won't give them anything because they are killing innocent black people and it has to stop. i guess i can add this to the list. i got harrassed here by two very nasty cops one day-they left me in tears-my crime? my cat was outside. the law here-your animal may be outside unleased, as long as it remains on your property. cows don't like having the law told to them. a cat.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! I stopped giving to their charities a long time ago.
DeleteI used to give to the police organization which called - until I discovered they were a PAC! Didn't have a damned thing to do with helping wounded officers, which was the impression they always conveyed.
DeleteNow, as soon as they ID themselves, I interrupt the caller and say "I don't give to PACS!" and hang up. Makes me feel pretty good, too.
cops-not cows. sorry to good cops.
DeleteI suspect his supervisor is more at fault than the guy. He was in the role of paramedic, not his primary job. He responding as a cop (not a very sensitive cop), including obedience to authority, I think. I believe his supervisor told him to get the blood. So he had a choice. Do I let the nurse tell me what to do, or do I follow the advice of my supervisor.
ReplyDeleteIn hindsight, it looks obvious. I'm thinking he's a fairly new cop, trying to prove he's good. I'm not defending it. The police culture is problematic. I'm just not sure he's a "bad apple." I think he may just be new, and behaving the way he has been taught, and has been modeled for him. The system may be at least as responsible for his behavior.xx
Other information reported is that the Police Department policy was ten years out of date. The hospital's policy was accurate. Regardless it is never appeopriate for a police officer to assault and arrest medical personnel for not caving in to this bully police officer. He should have called his supervisor to take this up with a hospital administrator when informed of the policy.
DeleteFurthermore his threat that when he works his paramedic job he will take a specific population of patients to this hospital in vengeful retaliation is abhorrent.
Shame on you telling yourself a made up story to excuse him violating a nurse, an administrator the threatening to compromise human lives in revenge. This officer is a sicko nut case.
Signed, a hospital nurse
That cop should have been kicked in the balls and arrested for the way he treated that nurse.
DeleteThis guy is an example of why cops have a bad name throughout the USA!
He should have been fired!
Payne is not a new cop. Don't come up with false reasons to excuse this.
DeleteArchie Butt
I believe he did call his supervisor to talk with the hospital. The police policy was, as you say, out of date. The problem was systemic.
DeleteBreaking: Seattle Seahawks star lineman subdued by cops and they threaten to "blow his f-ING head off !
ReplyDeletehttp://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20604486/michael-bennett-seattle-seahawks-accuses-las-vegas-police-excessive-force-considering-civil-lawsuit
The jerk is why some cops have a bad name throughout our country. He should have been fired immediately! I know I'd never call him for help!
ReplyDeleteNotice that it was the man on the phone that upset him telling him he is making a big mistake, in front of the woman who was telling he was wrong. He immediately attacks the woman. When the men in white shirts confront him he treats them with much more respect. Allows them to say their side of it. Just another man with a small small penis pushing around someone weaker. I bet if a male nurse told him the rules he would not have manhandled him.
ReplyDeleteTo start with, am not defending what this asshat did. He is in the wrong. Period.
ReplyDeleteHowever, this common need, of late, to put people into groups is ridiculous, irresponsible and just flat out ignorant.
Cops, liberals, republicans, Christians, the homeless, people with more than 2 cats.... everybody wants to judge everyone else by one common denominator instead of looking at individuals as just that - "individuals".
In a world where everyone is keen to jump on someone with an opposing opinion, judging police as a whole is not helping matters.
Soon, no none will want the job. Then what?
Why should they be exempt?
DeleteBlacks are judged as a whole.
Women are judged as a whole.
Muslims are judged as a whole.
Republicans and Democrats do it all the time.
Maybe we need to stop judging ALL groups as a whole.
(Even Bernie supporters.)
For me this is no different than cops who injure,kill,stop or arrest black men and women with no cause,yet the internet is up in arms over this white woman.No one says she should have just shut up and obeyed the cop,iI wonder if the response would have been the same if she was black?
ReplyDeleteIf she were a black nurse he would have arrested her right away and they would have taken her to the station and booked her, in which case she'd then have a record. Probably would have gone before a judge, given bail and then had to appear again to face the charges.
Delete"...No one says she should have just shut up and obeyed the cop,..."
DeleteThat's because HE was WRONG and she was doing her job! If she had obeyed the cop, she would have been aiding and abetting in the violation of the patient's Constitutional rights. And that would have meant she would have been sued right along with the police department!
It's hard to hear, but the worst cop of all is the quiet-talking cop who's talking to the nurse when she's in the car and he's attempting to reason with her. Giving her all the bullshit about why they were in the right. It goes on and on. Why no hospital security didn't step in to save her -- she was not under arrest -- is a huge question.
ReplyDeleteShe was handcuffed but I notice she was never read her rights and was put in the front seat. Since when do you arrest someone and put them in the front seat?
DeleteIt was all intimidation to try to get their way. The bad cop and then the good cop, trying to flim flam her into taking the hit for breaking the law. WTF do they care if she loses her job and her license?