Connecticut police officer fights for answers after being told his life-sav

[Muddy Creek Sam]

Connecticut police officer fights for answers after being told his life-saving attempt not 'related' to work

I am Throughly Disgusted by this story, What is wrong with Politicians Today?

Sam

[starmac]

He apparently wasn't injured and has not gotten ill, I don't understand why this is even an issue or news.

[Olevern]

He apparently wasn't injured and has not gotten ill, I don't understand why this is even an issue or news.

Because the city should pay for the baseline tests and the followup tests, which they apparently do not want to do.

By stating that the officer's actions were not part of his duties, the city is stating they will not pay for the precautionary testing.

What a bunch of (can't say here).

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Muddy,
Politicians ain't people, they are much lower than that.

starmac,
The officer appearently asked if he would be covered if he caught anything from the person he performed mouth to mouth on. My instructor in college told us we would be lucky if we ever gave anyone MtoM and did not get vomited on/at/into.
The city's response was "Not your job, you ain't covered!" But I expect the lawyers used pretty words.

It still sucks big time.
CF

[starmac]

OK I now understand. He went to the doctor to see if he was going to get sick.

I had a friend that was a city leo involved in a chase, chasing a county leo. He wrecked the car and was injured, supposedly minor (a broken shoulder) The city terminated him the next morning while he was in the hospital, because he had left the city limits in pursuit.
This turned out bad as he wound up with some infection in his shoulder, nearly died and it was a couple months before he came home from the hospital.
The city settled out of court, and the only reason he ever worked after that was because he wanted to.

[Bret4207]

I'm sorry, but the way I read that he was on duty when he performed the MTM. How can they possibly say it's not a cops job to try and save a life? What would have happened if he hadn't tried? The family probably would have sued the city because he didn't try! This is simply wrong.

As I've said before, I can not imagine why anyone would want to be a police officer these days.

[starmac]

X2 bret and it isn't just with leo's, how many people have been sued for trying to help someone.
I just read another article where several people called 911 while watching aseveral people severely beat someone. It just isn't the same world I grew up in.

[Pigslayer]

It's all about liability & money. Honor seems to have gone out the window.

[BeeMan]

It's all about liability & money. Honor seems to have gone out the window.

This.

[MtJerry]

There is an important question that needs to be considered but the information is not noted in the article.

Was he dispatched to the call or did he go on his own? If he was dispatched, he should be covered for ANY action he took while on scene.

[Trey45]

If the departments are going to make it this hard for honorable men to become police officers, what kind of men are they hoping to recruit for the job? Just something to think about.

[Olevern]

The way it works, is you go and get a 'baseline' test immediately after exposure to someone's body fluids, to establish that you do not have a serious, communicable disease (most serious communicable diseases will not show up for a time). Then, you get followup tests several weeks later, if you then have a communicable disease a good case can be made for it's having been acquired in the exchange of body fluids.

City doesn't want to assume the liability, just in case he did get something, so they are denying that his actions were in the line of duty.

Let's say he does contract something serious, say AIDS, just for instance, city would have to at some point grant a medical retirement.....something they don't want to do, because a good case could be made that he contracted it in the line of duty. They are already setting up a reason not to do so, just in case.

(A former LEO) seen it before....

[DIRT Farmer]

But the city is also setting theirself up if he gets something somewhere else.

Nonfeasence is not preforming a duty you are trained to do. If he knew CPR, then he was duty bound to do it.

I went 36 years before I got there first without a bag valve mask. It wernt purdy.

[fatnhappy]

There is an important question that needs to be considered but the information is not noted in the article.

Was he dispatched to the call or did he go on his own? If he was dispatched, he should be covered for ANY action he took while on scene.

What difference does that make? No offense but that the same type of BS reasoning that they're trying to use to deny his legit claim.

The man was either on duty or off duty.

[starmac]

I don't know if on duty or off duty should be of any concern, by that line of thinking a police officer should just stand back and watch, if he isn't on duty.

In the case of the off duty atf officer that was just killed in the friendly fire incident. The moment he got involved to thwart the robbery he was considered on duty, as it should be.

[Recluse]

Even though I was a lowly fed, I was told that I was NEVER "off-duty."

[ErikO]

"Serve and Protect" must just be the car shop that paints the cop cars these days.

[472x1B/A]

I agree with Trey45. What's next, Robo-cop?

[canyon-ghost]

I read that Connecticut or Massachusetts, all I need to see.

[wtfooptimax200]

This is yet another reason for me to want to move out of my home state of CT. I feel so bad for this officer.