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originally posted by: redhorse
Even when the nurse had clearly spelled out that it was against the policy that the hospital and the police had agreed upon. He KNEW he was being asked to do something that was against policy.
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: AMPTAH
It doesn't work like that, you don't get to break the law because you're afraid of retribution by your superiors. If your supervisor says shoot that unarmed man in the back are they supposed to do it?
If you know it's wrong, it's your duty to not do it and too prevent anyone else from doing it.
Jaden
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: AMPTAH
It doesn't work like that, you don't get to break the law because you're afraid of retribution by your superiors. If your supervisor says shoot that unarmed man in the back are they supposed to do it?
If you know it's wrong, it's your duty to not do it and too prevent anyone else from doing it.
Jaden
originally posted by: AMPTAH
originally posted by: redhorse
Even when the nurse had clearly spelled out that it was against the policy that the hospital and the police had agreed upon. He KNEW he was being asked to do something that was against policy.
No. He knew only what the nurse told him. The source of the information was not "a trusted source." His trusted source is his superiors.
The important thing here is that the blood needed to be taken right away, because tomorrow it would be too late, when any evidence of alcohol or drugs in the system would have disappeared, passed out of the body's system. There was an "urgency" to get the blood sample "as soon as possible." Otherwise, it would be useless as evidence.
The nurse was stalling him with things he knew nothing about, new rules, so he calls his boss, who tells him "arrest her", we need to force them to give us that sample now, at all costs, because later it would be too late.
He simply said, "Yes boss." Like any good cop.
originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: blend57
Hiya, what will happen with the nurse's record? Cuffed in a police car will impact her career prospects if she has to declare it during application procedures.
Will she need to disclose this incident in the future? I don't know how it works in the States.
Incidentally, if the officer succeeded in getting the blood, it'd be inadmissible as evidence for the three reasons the nurse cited. Perhaps his due diligence and report accuracy will also be considered in future investigations.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: AMPTAH
Exigency more than likely doesn't apply in this incident. The driver they wanted to obtain blood from was not under arrest and nobody so far has indicated that they had probable cause to believe he was in any way impaired while driving. Both of those factors weigh heavily against the exigent circumstances argument, and I think they'd have a hard time convincing a court they had legally obtained the blood sample.
Kudos to you for an actual semi-factual argument for once, though.
originally posted by: moebius
This is just another case of might makes right, and comply or get arrested (or shot)...
originally posted by: AMPTAH
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: AMPTAH
It doesn't work like that, you don't get to break the law because you're afraid of retribution by your superiors. If your supervisor says shoot that unarmed man in the back are they supposed to do it?
If you know it's wrong, it's your duty to not do it and too prevent anyone else from doing it.
Jaden
First of all, he didn't break the law. He broke the policy. The police department and the hospital had agreed on a "policy", this is what the nurse told him, and he was requesting the hospital to break that policy, which she was not authorized to do.
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: Xcathdra
Ok again if you had training it told you to shoot someone in the back who was unarmed from a moving vehicle would you then do it?
Jaden