If it’s the criminal who’s wounded, wait for the ambulance from Allentown.
Nice feel good story; this has been tried in a lot of places and always sounds good. I am not going into details; but unfortunately, every experience that I had with our police department trying to administer any kind of medical care were nothing short of horrendous. I am sure there are some officers who are good at it... I have just never worked with one.
Years ago an episode of COPS was set in Philly and the officers spoke of this practice. Very often time is of the essence and this does save lives.
Of course Blacks and Latinos are transported first, because Racism ...
I am waiting for the study on the effects of teaching biblical morality to people, would that help stop shooting and stabbing each other?
It’s called scoop and scoot. They’ve known about it for decades.
Really? We needed a study to figure this out?
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Cops are usually the first on the scene of these crimes and these statistics reflect that fact. Had these eggheads from the University of Pennsylvania spent a few nights in a radio car they could have saved the money that was spent on this study.
In the spirit of Rahm Emmanuel’s “Take it to the alley” initiative in Chicago which he hoped would cut down on innocent bystanders getting hit during shootings I say “Take it to the hospital”. Dancing Jim Kenney Mayor of the great sanctuary city Philadelphia should appeal to all criminals to do their shooting and knifing in areas near hospitals.
Issue them an electric combination ambulance/paddy wagons?
Speeds up all response times!
Take care........pilgrim