Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/08/31/utah-nurse-arrested-after-complying-with-hospital-policy-that-bars-taking-blood-from-unconscious-victim/
A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.
Also //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687903/Stop-I7ve-done-nothing-wrong-Nurse-shares-police-video-of-crazy-arrest-by-SL-officer.html
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Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/08/31/utah-nurse-arrested-after-complying-with-hospital-policy-that-bars-taking-blood-from-unconscious-victim/
A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.
Also //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687903/Stop-I7ve-done-nothing-wrong-Nurse-shares-police-video-of-crazy-arrest-by-SL-officer.html
I was just writing about that.
There were no legal grounds for a sample to be taken regardless of hospital policy.
I think it's sad that a cop who cracked a joke got fired and this guy, who clearly doesn't respect the law, hasn't been immediately terminated.
That's what happens when a country begins to turn into a police state.
You get trigger happy overzealous policemen who want to arrest everybody.
Civil liberties get trampled on and hardly anyone seems to bat an eyelash.
Oh well. It's the path America chose. Glad it's not ours in Canada.
Poor lady didn't deserve that, but I'm sure will get financial compensation once she brings it to court.. I hope the pig loses his badge (without pay)
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That's what happens when a country begins to turn into a police state.
You get trigger happy overzealous policemen who want to arrest everybody.
Civil liberties get trampled on and hardly anyone seems to bat an eyelash.
Oh well. It's the path America chose. Glad it's not ours in Canada.
Bat an eyelash? People are outraged over this shit.
Not only did he arrest and detain an innocent nurse who was following policy, the fucker tried to stomp on the rights of the accused with unlawful evidence collection.
He should be FIRED. Instead, some cop who cracked an inappropriate joke about shooting blacks is losing his job instead.
So messed up.
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Poor lady didn't deserve that, but I'm sure will get financial compensation once she brings it to court.. I hope the pig loses his badge (without pay)
The 'poor lady' was at one time the 7th best women's slalom skiier in the world:
https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/alex-shaffer-1.html
7th in the Winter Olympics in her event:
...a felon? Hardly.
Yet that's what it takes to convince everybody you're innocent in the States these days.
Ya gotta be a celebrity.
I'm sure the officer in question will soon regret what he did, if he doesn't already.
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That's what happens when a country begins to turn into a police state.
You get trigger happy overzealous policemen who want to arrest everybody.
Civil liberties get trampled on and hardly anyone seems to bat an eyelash.
Oh well. It's the path America chose. Glad it's not ours in Canada.
Bat an eyelash? People are outraged over this shit.

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Not only did he arrest and detain an innocent nurse who was following policy, the fucker tried to stomp on the rights of the accused with unlawful evidence collection.
Not only was the nurse following policy, but at 5:50 she advises the cop that the policy was worked out with his own department.
She had her supervisor/manager/superior on he phone, and the cop (Payne) made no effort to discuss the issue with him.
Also, Payne said he wanted the blood sample to protect the patient, who happens to be a reserve police officer, not a suspect.
The "exigent circumstances" argument is a bit out-there. The doctrine of exigent circumstances, can be used if there is imminent danger of evidence being destroyed, but it would take a long bow to apply this to collection of blood from a person, who is not a suspect, with no prospect of a crime being committed, and in no position to flee before a warrant can be obtained.
FFS, how long would it have taken them to get a warrant, and do it right?
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That's what happens when a country begins to turn into a police state.
You get trigger happy overzealous policemen who want to arrest everybody.
Civil liberties get trampled on and hardly anyone seems to bat an eyelash.
Oh well. It's the path America chose. Glad it's not ours in Canada.
Bat an eyelash? People are outraged over this shit.

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I have to read it again because I thought blood alcohol level was what they were checking for.
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I have to read it again because I thought blood alcohol level was what they were checking for.
BAC, narcotics.
I think their logic was that they had to get the blood to prove he was clean, and that if the collection was delayed somebody could argue he was clean or below the legal limit because his body had time to flushed the stuff out. Hence, some brain-fart might think "disposal of evidence" comes into play.
That's the only reason I can think of for not taking the time to get a warrant first.
Either way, it's still illegal.
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Either way, it's still illegal.
It would seem so.
Update:
//https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/01/this-is-crazy-sobs-utah-hospital-nurse-as-cop-roughs-her-up-arrests-her-for-doing-her-job/?deferJs=true&outputType=default-article&utm_term=.e2c0f66200ac
. Payne now suspended
. Salt Lake County DA says he wants wants a criminal investigation into the incident
. Mayor extends personal apology to Ms. Wubbels "for what she has been through for simply doing her job."
. The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that blood can only be drawn from drivers for probable cause, with a warrant
. Payne was asked "So why don't we just write a search warrant," by the officer wearing the body camera.
. Payne replies "They don't have PC," meaning probable cause, which police must have to get a warrant for search and seizure.
What I find interesting is that Payne's lieutenant allegedly told Payne to arrest Wubbels if she refused to let him draw a sample, but there is no word of action against the lieutenant.
Where did Payne's lieutenant tell him to arrest her? Was that in any of the videos because I don't recall seeing it.
I think it was over the phone that he was told that.
Lots of crap over police chases. There were 911 calls about erratic driving. At least two cop cars were chasing him. The driver clearly goes onto the wrong side of the road and nails the semi truck. Don't want to say they were covering their asses because they were chasing at the time. Something tells me there will wind up being a big stink about chasing cars.
This is the dash cams of the two chase vehicles.
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Where did Payne's lieutenant tell him to arrest her? Was that in any of the videos because I don't recall seeing it.
In the Salt Lake Tribune article I linked to in the OP.
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Payne — who says he wanted the blood sample to protect the patient, not punish him — said he was advised by Lt. James Tracy, the watch commander on duty that night, to arrest Wubbels for interfering with a police investigation if she refused to let him get the sample, according to his report.
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Where did Payne's lieutenant tell him to arrest her? Was that in any of the videos because I don't recall seeing it.
In the Salt Lake Tribune article I linked to in the OP.
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Payne — who says he wanted the blood sample to protect the patient, not punish him — said he was advised by Lt. James Tracy, the watch commander on duty that night, to arrest Wubbels for interfering with a police investigation if she refused to let him get the sample, according to his report.
Thank you.
That's a good question. Why did he advise a cop with no warrant, consent or even probable cause to even push the issue at all?
Another officer is getting in shit now:
http://globalnews.ca/news/3714900/alex-wubbels-nurse-arrest-police/
Useful article here for anybody interested in the implied consent aspect of this matter.
//http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/01/paul-cassell-cop-who-arrested-nurse-was-wrong-but-the-law-is-complicated/
The The Salt Lake Tribune operates a website called Utah's right that collects information from various Utah public databases.
Jeff Payne's remuneration for the last fiscal year they have available (don't know if it was 2015 or 2016) was $128,655.
//http://www.utahsright.com/profile.php?id=3183438
At that pay grade he should have known better.
Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
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Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
He's a seasoned veteran..
He should've known better.
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Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
He's a seasoned veteran..
He should've known better.
Yes indeed.
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Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
He's a seasoned veteran..
He should've known better.
Yes indeed.
My younger brother is a policeman Harry..
You were mentioning his salary of $128,000..
It's very possible for any fifth year constable or better to earn well over $110,000 per year with overtime.
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Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
He's a seasoned veteran..
He should've known better.
Yes indeed.
My younger brother is a policeman Harry..
You were mentioning his salary of $128,000..
It's very possible for any fifth year constable or better to earn well over $110,000 per year with overtime.
Is that Canada or the US?
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Here's his LininkedIn page ://https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-payne-7485479b/
In 1997/98 Payne was shot in the shoulder by a suspect during a traffic stop. He subsequently received an award for bravery. //http://www.deseretnews.com/article/618888/6-Utah-officers-honored-for-bravery-in-the-line-of-duty.html
In 2014 Payne received an award received recognition for the part he played in the department's Property Crimes Unit. //http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jeff-payne-salt-lake-city-detective-wubbels-arrest-blood-draw/
He's a seasoned veteran..
He should've known better.
Yes indeed.
My younger brother is a policeman Harry..
You were mentioning his salary of $128,000..
It's very possible for any fifth year constable or better to earn well over $110,000 per year with overtime.
Is that Canada or the US?
It's in Canada Harry..
My brother is an RCMP officer..
His current placement is in Manitoba.
In my view, police officers are worth far more than what they are paid.
Until they turn out like the officer discussed in this thread.
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In my view, police officers are worth far more than what they are paid.
Until they turn out like the officer discussed in this thread.
I agree and I know my brother would too..
In the case of the Utah officer, perhaps it was just one bad judgement call and not a pattern of improper conduct..
At least I hope so..
Officers who repeatedly break the law should have their badges taken away or at the very least assigned desk jobs.
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Useful article here for anybody interested in the implied consent aspect of this matter.
//http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/01/paul-cassell-cop-who-arrested-nurse-was-wrong-but-the-law-is-complicated/
I definitely am but I'm in no shape for any intellectual driving tonight :)
This is the police dash cam of the crash that led to Mr Gray being injured.
It looks like it could have been a suicide. There was nothing in front of the fugitive, and looks like he deliberately crossed to the other side of the road in order to to crash into a truck.
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This is the police dash cam of the crash that led to Mr Gray being injured.
It looks like it could have been a suicide. There was nothing in front of the fugitive, and looks like he deliberately crossed to the other side of the road in order to to crash into a truck.
:ohmy:
Funny how the same posters BASH me for having a drink or two before driving, but yet change their pace for this "cause"...
Do these posters even have a cause? Doesn't seem like it!
Change our pace for what cause? I don't support drinking and driving or illegal search and seizure. See how that works?
In the aftermath of all this, the nurse is being extremely reasonable.
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/health/2017/09/04/on-today-nurse-alex-wubbels-again-says-police-need-to-police-themselves-to-regain-trust/
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"I'm not here to police the police," Alex Wubbels, 41, said Monday on TODAY. "The police need to do that if they're going to regain any kind of trust by me or, I think, the public."
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Wubbels' attorney Karra Porter appeared with her Monday on "TODAY." While a lawsuit is not out of the question, Porter said, her client mostly wants changes so no other nurses are arrested.
"Most people that this happens to don't have this kind of evidence," Porter said.
Policy change: police don't deal directly with nurses.
The thing I find really disturbing is that cop dragged her out during her shift. How many patients was she responsible at the time? That stupid move could have put people's lives at risk.
So stupid.
I´m wasted and don't work...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/04/utah-hospital-bars-cops-from-contact-with-nurses-after-appalling-arrest/?utm_term=.59400d351c33
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The University of Utah Hospital, where a nurse was manhandled and arrested by police as she protected the legal rights of a patient, has imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, including barring officers from patient-care areas and from direct contact with nurses.
Margaret Pearce, chief nursing officer for the University of Utah hospital system, said she was "appalled" by the obfficer's actions and has already implemented changes in hospital protocol to avoid any repetition.
She said police will no longer be permitted in patient-care areas, such as the burn unit where Wubbels was the charge nurse on the day of the incident and from emergency rooms.
In addition, officers will have to deal with "house supervisors" instead of nurses when they have a request.
Seems like a bad idea. Cops and Hospital staff need to work together at times, this is an escalation and will most likely harm both sides. Punish the cops who did wrong (they certainly deserve it). that's the answer, not blame all cops.
The solution is now simple... When they have a large, violent male patient that becomes a problem, the nurses can now handle that themselves!
Remember, women always want independence! Give it to them!
When they get the shit beat out of them, their faces and bodies sliced open, and generally get beaten to within an inch of their lives, these stupid bitches will then miraculously reverse the policy...
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The solution is now simple... When they have a large, violent male patient that becomes a problem, the nurses can now handle that themselves!
Remember, women always want independence! Give it to them!
When they get the shit beat out of them, their faces and bodies sliced open, and generally get beaten to within an inch of their lives, these stupid bitches will then miraculously reverse the policy...
They'll use in-house security.
It's unfortunate. My sister is an ER nurse, and my sister in law is a recently qualified doctor who did her mandatory time in ER. Both have some pretty horrible tales about their "customers" that required police assistance.
SLC cop who threatened to 'take good patients elsewhere' before arresting Utah nurse gets fired from his paramedic job
http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/05/slc-detective-involved-in-nurses-arrest-is-fired-from-his-part-time-paramedic-job/
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Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne has been fired from his part-time paramedic job as the fallout continues from his arrest of a University Hospital nurse in July.
Payne's actions "violated several company policies and left a poor image of the company," Gold Cross President Mike Moffitt said in a Tuesday interview. "We determined today it was best to part ways."
Utah officer told not to worry about blood sample, chief says
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The officer at the center of controversy over his treatment of a Utah nurse was told not to worry about obtaining blood from an unconscious car crash victim in the hospital, but tried anyway, Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen told CNN Wednesday.
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Jensen told CNN his department had initially ordered the sample from the man, who was involved in a crash near Logan, Utah in Cache County. But Logan police asked the Salt Lake City police for help and they dispatched Payne, a trained phlebotomist, to get the blood sample, Jensen said.
At the hospital, Payne relayed his difficulty in getting the blood sample to a Logan detective, who was not at the hospital, Jensen said.
According to Jensen, the detective then informed Payne the Logan department could get the blood through other means.
"He didn't tell him you must cease and desist, he simply said 'don't worry about it, we'll go another way,'" Jensen told CNN. "I just don't believe (Payne's) actions were in the best interest of the patient, the nurses or law enforcement, quite frankly.
"He could have just packed up and gone home," Jensen added.
Other Updates:
. Gray's condition has been upgraded from critical to serious
. Warrant not originally sought by Logan police because they didn't know Gray was unconscious
. Logan Chief Jensen says "it's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, but I can't come up with a play that includes what happened."
. Gray is a full-time truck driver who also serves as a reserve police officer in the Rigby, Idaho, Police Department.
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/06/mayor-biskuski-police-officer-who-arrested-nurse-should-immediately-have-been-put-on-leave-br/
Updates:
. Detective's body camera confirms that Logan police asked him to back off blood draw before nurse's arrest
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/08/detectives-body-camera-confirms-that-logan-police-asked-him-to-back-off-blood-draw/
. Local prosecutors ask FBI to help investigate police
//https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/08/after-utah-nurses-violent-arrest-local-prosecutors-ask-fbi-to-help-investigate-police/?utm_term=.4d19c9c83e91
Update:
. Internal affairs investigation finds police officers (Payne and Tracy) violated a number of department policies.
//http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/13/slc-mayor-to-announce-findings-of-investigations-into-police-officers-who-arrested-nurse/
. Police Civilian review Board Investigation report here:
Neither Payne nor Tracey new the law and neither took steps to find out before the situation spiraled out of control
Contributing factor - Payne was waiting for about 90 minutes before events on video, got himself worked up, thought nurse was going to report him for his attitude.
//https://www.scribd.com/document/358841091/Civilian-Review-Board-investigation-into-Salt-Lake-City-police-officers-involved-in-the-arrest-of-Utah-nurse-Alex-Wubbels#from_embed
. Internal Police Department memo re Payne here:
//https://www.scribd.com/document/358844101/Detective-Jeff-Payne-internal-affairs-investigation#from_embed
. Internal Police Department memo re Lt Tracy here:
//https://www.scribd.com/document/358843661/Lt-James-Tracy-internal-affairs-investigation#from_embed
. Next steps - pre-determination hearings to be held for Payne & Tracy