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posted by mrpg on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the took-way-too-long dept.

"A Utah police officer [Jeff Payne] who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw was fired Tuesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force."

Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the decision after an internal investigation found evidence Detective Jeff Payne violated department policies when he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and dragged her out of the hospital as she screamed on July 26, said Sgt. Brandon Shearer, a spokesman for the department.

Attorney Greg Skordas has said Payne served the department well for nearly three decades and questioned whether his behavior warranted termination. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.

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Utah cop fired after arresting nurse who wouldn't draw blood
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Utah officer wants to apologize for nurse's controversial arrest


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by NewNic on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:48PM (5 children)

    by NewNic (6420) on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:48PM (#580683) Journal

    And should never work as a police officer again

    Good luck with that. He'll be back working for the local Sheriff or a nearby plice department in a couple of months.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday October 11 2017, @07:24PM (3 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday October 11 2017, @07:24PM (#580725) Journal

    Huge risk in hiring into any badged position once fired somewhere else. Most departments won't do it.

    If the guy just resigns and moves on, that's different. Even if there are complaints on record at the old place, because every cop accumulates complaints over time.
    But Fired is different. Insurance companies usually won't wear it.

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    • (Score: 5, Informative) by NewNic on Wednesday October 11 2017, @07:58PM

      by NewNic (6420) on Wednesday October 11 2017, @07:58PM (#580748) Journal
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    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:34AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:34AM (#580926) Journal

      "Most departments won't do it."

      Citation needed. I think the Good Old Boy's network has him covered. All he need do is avoid media/public scrutiny for awhile, and he'll be forgiven.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Grishnakh on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:56AM

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:56AM (#580966)

      BS. In addition to the other responder's link, there was a cop named Dan Lovejoy who murdered a woman at a Walgreens in Chandler AZ a while back: she was driving away from him and he shot her to death. He was fired by the Chandler PD for this, but not prosecuted. He got himself another job at the next county over, Pinal County, with the Sheriff's department there, which was run by some buddy of infamous Joe Arpaio.

      I'd say shooting someone to death who's fleeing is quite a bit worse than arresting someone improperly because they won't break the law for you.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:38PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:38PM (#581172) Journal
    What might make this case different is that he was trying to frame another police officer. No one would buy that he arrested a nurse for failing to provide access to a comatose patient without a warrant merely because he wanted to protect the patient (a patient who if he so happened to have evidence of illicit drugs or alcohol in his blood would greatly reduce the liability that the police department would be exposed to in this case). This patient happened to be a police officer.

    So said police department would have to either buy a pig in a poke (and not investigate at all why the officer had been fired) or be comfortable with hiring a police officer that was willing to do this to another police officer.