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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,506 posts)
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 11:04 PM Sep 2017

Two Officers Put on Leave After Utah Nurse Confrontation

Two Salt Lake City police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after a shocking video of a nurse's arrest sparked nationwide outrage.

The Salt Lake City police department announced on Friday that it had put Detective Jeff Payne, the officer who arrested Alex Wubbels, plus a second employee, on leave "pending the results of an investigation." The second employee was not identified, but police spokeswoman Christina Judd confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that he was also a police officer.

The incident happened on July 26 after an unconscious patient was brought to the University of Utah Hospital after a road accident that left him badly burned. Payne wanted blood drawn from the patient.

In 19 minutes of police bodycam footage that was made public, Payne insists Wubbels, who works in the burn unit, draw blood. When Wubbels refuses, citing hospital protocol, Payne becomes increasingly agitated.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/two-officers-put-on-leave-after-utah-nurse-confrontation/ar-AAr7SUC?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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Brother Buzz

(36,508 posts)
2. Here's hoping the other one is the watch commander
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 11:11 PM
Sep 2017

Apparently the watch Commander, Lieutenant James Tracy, advised Payne to arrest Wubbels if she refused to give him the blood sample.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
10. Is he the one that gave the condescending lecture to the nurse while in the car?
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 12:48 AM
Sep 2017

Because that "my law" guy needs to go.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. Have no idea why that other cop went along with him and then lied to her .
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 11:14 PM
Sep 2017

Just goes to show you how group think can form .
So glad to see both officers out but paid leave is a vacation so what

RainCaster

(10,962 posts)
4. A paid vacation for fucking up?
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 11:15 PM
Sep 2017

No wonder these cops had such a bad attitude, they knew there would be no ramifications.

lpbk2713

(42,777 posts)
7. It wouldn't have happened that way twenty years ago.
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 12:24 AM
Sep 2017



Without the video evidence and without being a hot topic on the internet
the nurse would indeed have been arrested and the cops would not have
even been reprimanded.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,258 posts)
9. On leave? Really? Let's hope it's permanent. Police departments are taking their cue from the...
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 12:46 AM
Sep 2017

nation's top law enforcement officer, and that should scare the shit out of all of us.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
11. If they trample the rights of a nurse on the job in front of that many witnesses
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 12:51 AM
Sep 2017

think of how they treat a poor person of color.

leanforward

(1,077 posts)
13. Sessions is frightening, so is this AH
Sun Sep 3, 2017, 01:06 AM
Sep 2017

These guys are in the public service. When I saw his actions, he lost it. He, quite literally, needs to be driving a tractor somewhere. I would think, in the non-threatening environment of the ER, he would understand their rules and the need for a warrant.

No, he couldn't take it, that the "little woman", a Charge Nurse, would stay by her rules (the Hospital's rules).

The Officer (the gentleman) needed to stand down. He didn't, resign.

How long has he been in the business? He's a Detective and he pulled this stunt.

The other officers recognized what was happening. See that hand on his shoulder? They did stick together. Likewise, who was the officer that intervened and saw to it that the nurse was un-cuffed and returned to the ER.

What was the officers basic underlying problem to begin with?

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