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Why do police sometimes ride in the back of an ambulance with a patient??

i would've thought mentally, physically unstable patient.

Bobby wrote:Why do police sometimes ride in the back of an ambulance with a patient??

Usually a mental escort for SJA. Depending on the patients demeanour, aggression or sedation will determine if police ride in the back.

major crime....

Usually because in some cases:

it is a requirement of an act or regulation



to preserve evidence

or

for continuity purposes with evidence.[/b]

Genesis wrote:Usually because in some cases:

it is a requirement of an act or regulation

to preserve evidence

or

for continuity purposes with evidence.[/b]

Also to protect the Medic from some of the rotten eggs they cart off to hospital

or they like the paramedic enough to spend some time with them

Asked one of the guys who was here for an escort, and he said continuity of evidence.

munchkin1981 wrote:or they like the paramedic enough to spend some time with them

lol