While she should have been sure her blood sugar was o.k. to drive, the taser thing is way out of line. Stupid cop.
Naw this cop ain't stupid. He just has shows his contempt for the public more openly. The Public will end up getting screwed, and if this cop gets any time off his union brothers will make sure he gets back pay. The cop ain't stupid, the people paying for him are.
Well yeah, there's that. Let's all focus on the cop rather than the fact that she shouldn't have been driving to begin with.
Wanna bet the accident was her fault also? She's lucky she didn't kill anyone.
Don't put me on that jury.
An engineer who I used to work with did not know he was diabetic, until he woke up at a stoplight. Drivers were honking their horns, which woke him up. Sweaty, shortness of breath symptoms landed him in the hospital where the diabetes diagnosis was made.
Years ago police were trained to notice any Med-Alert bracelets. If a person appeared to be drunk, and the bracelet said diabetes, paramedics were called in. Question for first responders out there - is giving the victim a couple of packets of sugar still appropriate first aid? This of course does not eliminate the need to call 911 for paramedics - should be called in this case either way.
The officer in this case has problems (expanding hat size type) and should not be in law enforcement.
DKA is a result of very high blood sugar. If you've got a serious DKA episode, it can indeed manifest itself as drunkenness. This incident, however, was caused by low blood sugar.
Incidents like this are why diabetics NEED to wear something that identifies them as such -- a diabetes bracelet is the best way.