I was a passenger in a car with my sister several years ago, she was diabetic, but her diabetes had been under control for years. I had never seen anyone in a diabetic crisis so imagine my horror when she suddenly seemed really drunk,almost to the point of passing out- and we were traveling through a construction zone with the concrete barriers on both sides in city traffic. She had the presence of mind to tell me I would have to drive- like now. I had to drive from the passenger seat until we made it through the zone and I could pull over. Probably the scariest few moments of my life.
I had a friend who was away in the Navy, when his mother's housekeeper called him and told him his mother had become a heavy drinker, and was out of it much of the time. He called and asked me to check on her, drinking was out of character for this lady. Thank goodness I had had the experience I did with my sister, because this woman did appear to be in a drunken stupor. Anyway I got her to the Dr, and she was diagnosed with diabetes. The Dr was amazed that she had not gone into a coma at some point becuase her levels were so far out of whack.
I would think LE would be trained about medical situations that can make things appear to be something else, maybe this officer was not paying attention when that was discussed.
Well, I'm telling you, no one ever told me anything about diabetics, I had to find out on the job.
I've told younger officers, I don't know if they teach it in the academy here or if they were sleeping.
Most of us just take the job for the free coffee and doughnuts.