In many communities calling for an ambulance means the police will be dispatched FIRST.The caller is neither notified nor given a choice.
Today’s police are either trained or under the impression that on their arrival everyone must immediately comply totally with any order of the officer ,no argument or explanations needed or tolerated. The officer must “control the scene”. Today’s police are way too aggressive;certainly nothing like most officers of my youth.
Are there any paramedic societies? They could step up and have a say about the inappropriate priorities here, and let legislatures know so that it isn’t just what the police department feels should be done, it’s law!
In many communities calling for an ambulance means the police will be dispatched FIRST.The caller is neither notified nor given a choice.
I have seen the same in Minnestoopid when reporting a major fire. The officer had to arrive on scene first before the fire department was dispatched, yet the firehouse was not even a mile away.