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Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
Paddy O'Furniture
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Date: December 24, 2008 01:19PM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a survey of a random sample of U.S. emergency physicians, virtually all said they believed that law enforcement officers use excessive force to arrest and detain suspects.
The sample included 315 respondents. While 99.8 percent believed excessive force is used, almost as many (97.8 percent) reported that they had managed cases that they suspected or that the patient stated had involved excessive use of force by law enforcement officers.
Nearly two thirds (65.3 percent) estimated that they had treated two or more cases of suspected excessive use of force per year among their patients, according to a report of the survey published in the January 2009 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Dr. Jared Strote of the University of Washington, Seattle, and a multicenter team also found that emergency physicians at public teaching hospitals were roughly four times more likely to report managing cases of suspected use of excessive force than those at university or community teaching emergency departments.
Blunt trauma inflicted by fists or feet was the most common type of injury cited in cases of suspected use of excessive force, followed by "overly tight" handcuffs.
Most emergency physicians (71.2 percent) admitted that they did not report cases of suspected use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.
A large majority (96.5 percent) reported that they had no departmental policies on reporting their suspicions or they did not know of a policy to guide their actions, and 93.7 percent said they had received no education or training in dealing with these situations.
The sample included 315 respondents. While 99.8 percent believed excessive force is used, almost as many (97.8 percent) reported that they had managed cases that they suspected or that the patient stated had involved excessive use of force by law enforcement officers.
Nearly two thirds (65.3 percent) estimated that they had treated two or more cases of suspected excessive use of force per year among their patients, according to a report of the survey published in the January 2009 issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal.
Dr. Jared Strote of the University of Washington, Seattle, and a multicenter team also found that emergency physicians at public teaching hospitals were roughly four times more likely to report managing cases of suspected use of excessive force than those at university or community teaching emergency departments.
Blunt trauma inflicted by fists or feet was the most common type of injury cited in cases of suspected use of excessive force, followed by "overly tight" handcuffs.
Most emergency physicians (71.2 percent) admitted that they did not report cases of suspected use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.
A large majority (96.5 percent) reported that they had no departmental policies on reporting their suspicions or they did not know of a policy to guide their actions, and 93.7 percent said they had received no education or training in dealing with these situations.
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: December 24, 2008 02:25PM
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
tubby
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Date: December 24, 2008 02:59PM
How in the hell do emergency physicians know this....did they witness the arrests?
Or do they just believe the perp telling them they didn't resist arrest?
Or do they just believe the perp telling them they didn't resist arrest?
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
Euripides Cathcart
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Date: December 24, 2008 03:07PM
Doctors and cops are both liars but cops are bigger liars.
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
What The Fahk
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Date: December 24, 2008 04:21PM
In a survey of a random sample of U.S. patients, 100% said they thought that doctors charge too much for their services, In a survey of a random sample of cops, 100% said that it takes ER's too long to treat their "abused" prisoners.
Would you ask a lawyer to set your broken nose? Hell no. So why the fuck would anyone give two shits what a doctor has to say about police methods and tactics. Unreal. Must have been a slow news day....
Would you ask a lawyer to set your broken nose? Hell no. So why the fuck would anyone give two shits what a doctor has to say about police methods and tactics. Unreal. Must have been a slow news day....
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
Benny Hana
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Date: December 28, 2008 12:50PM
Cops need to beat on doctors more.
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
boredom
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Date: December 29, 2008 10:32PM
Don't break the law and the cops won't kick your ass. Seems simple enough to me.
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
tubby
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Date: December 30, 2008 12:17AM
I was at a car event once in Florida and an old, retired Florida State trooper was there with his perfectly restored '56 Ford, a former FL Highway Patrol car.
I was looking at it and remarked that it didn't have the partition between the front and back seat like modern police cars.
He said, "We didn't need that stuff back then, the suspects were usually unconscious by the time they got in the car".
I was looking at it and remarked that it didn't have the partition between the front and back seat like modern police cars.
He said, "We didn't need that stuff back then, the suspects were usually unconscious by the time they got in the car".
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: December 30, 2008 08:54AM
boredom Wrote:
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> Don't break the law and the cops won't kick your
> ass. Seems simple enough to me.
there are literally millions of laws. i mean, people have made a profession out of specializing in knowing certain sections of the law... they are called lawyers. however, i agree that if you are robbing a bank or something blatantly criminal you are retarded. however, there are laws that are intentionally unreasonable so that they can use it as a way to generate revenue.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> Don't break the law and the cops won't kick your
> ass. Seems simple enough to me.
there are literally millions of laws. i mean, people have made a profession out of specializing in knowing certain sections of the law... they are called lawyers. however, i agree that if you are robbing a bank or something blatantly criminal you are retarded. however, there are laws that are intentionally unreasonable so that they can use it as a way to generate revenue.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
ITRADE
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Date: December 30, 2008 10:16AM
Gravis Wrote:
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Outstanding...
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Outstanding...
Re: Docs Say Cops Too Tough
Posted by:
.JFC
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Date: August 12, 2021 12:39PM
Damn.