Footage from University Hospital and officer body cameras shows Detective Jeff Payne and nurse Alex Wubbels in a standoff over whether the policeman should be allowed to get a blood sample from a patient....
This is all of the relevant texts I see in the article. this does not mean the cop can draw the blood from the veins or artery. This means the cop may receive a blood sample or the nurse or the hospital will send it to the police lab. Jails have nurses on duty and some have doctors. They do blood draws in the facilities as needed.
Cops ARE NOT trained to draw blood. i am familiar with dozens of correctional, police, and sheriff’s jurisdictions. i realize that is not all of them.
Please provide a source as you said that cops are licensed and trained to draw blood and i will consider myself educated.
“Please provide a source as you said that cops are licensed and trained to draw blood and i will consider myself educated.”
I didn’t say that ALL cops are licensed. I said the one that was sent there to take blood was. It’s in the article.
That entire point will probably just get this cop in more trouble. No consent and no warrant.
Claiming he has the authority to transport and such.
Something else is going on here. No order to obtain is were we start. This cop wanted that blood. He gets to explain why he just cost the county a boatload of money.
This was from an article I read in Salt Lake Tribune
“Payne is one of about 10 officers who are certified to take blood from people who have been involved in serious crashes or other accidents, or are suspected of driving under the influence, Judd said. They carry their own blood-draw kits, she said, and are often called upon by other police departments, such as Logan, to take blood at Salt Lake City hospitals. “