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I think you've made this post in multiple places but it's not applicable in this situation - see a reported image of police officers performing chest compressio
by 0707_hn 10y ago
I think you've made this post in multiple places but it's not applicable in this situation - see a reported image of police officers performing chest compressions on Mr. Castile in the article below [1].
More broadly, EMTs are not the only individuals capable of providing support after a shooting. Indeed, some state governments (e.g., VT and MN) have a statutory "duty to rescue" those exposed to grave physical harm for all individuals.
One would hope that police officers would be the most likely to do this, especially after a grievous injury - even if the wounds proved not to be survivable, this is hard to assess from feet away, with a gun drawn.
As an aside to counter a point you make elsewhere, there are multiple other police on the scene in the video, though it's not clear at what point they arrive.
1. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-shot-dead-minn-police-traffic-stop-article-1.2701935 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-shot-dead-minn-...
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For posterity's sake, here's a press-release description of medical training that many Minneapolis/St. Paul are police officers receive:
https://hcmcnews.org/2013/01/09/hcmc-network-feature-real-life-tactical-emergency-medicine-peace-officer-tempo%EF%A3%AA-training-for-law-enforcement-personnel/ https://hcmcnews.org/2013/01/09/hcmc-network-feature-real-li...
- tomschlick 10y agoMy main point is that any officer would not likely provide that treatment without backup after a shooting like this. Also officers are not usually covered under the good samaritan laws, so their actions can lead to lawsuits if they cause more damage and don't have training. So a lot of times they do just wait for the EMTs.