Ga-Lin

You would think that the award of, what is probably a six figure contract, would demand it. Not only fiscally sound but also legally as a qusi- governmental entity. I would be surprised if this was not challenged by other commercial services.

Was there an RFP put out for this? I don't recall hearing anything about it on the "street"

Just curious, who's running HVP now?

Thanks Tom, any idea what he's up to & where he is.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I kind of figured it had something to do with access. Still, it is a shame he will get off so light. Thrown out of a Volunteer org., & walks away with 2 Mis: maybe less if the DA decides to plead him out.

He destroyed a 100K+ vehicle. It should be Grand theft something.

I think the issue is really one of membership, access & supervision, not of driving experience. One can have all the experience in the world & indeed be one of the best, all of which gets thrown out the window when you are under the influence of mind/judgment altering substances. Let's review the facts as we know them & as reported. The accident occurred at about 1AM. The individual was sleeping at the building yet not on duty. He took the ambulance for a personal use (to get smokes, I don't believe smoking is permitted in the building.) He took a controlled, mind/judgment altering substance, which as stated in previous posts, states on the bottle (if it was indeed legally prescribed to this person) to avoid driving or operating machinery. The questions the leadership, membership & community should be asking are these: Do members have unrestricted, unsupervised access at anytime to use the building as a social club or hangout without taking calls? Why was this individual there after hrs & not on duty? Did leadership know he was even there & was it approved, if so why? Is the VAC subsidizing transient housing? Why didn't this individual take his own Pov instead of the ambulance? Don't get me wrong, I've done my share of "crashing" in a variety of different places in my career, some of which even had clean sheets. It was always understood or stated that if a call came in I was on duty or on call as a second response. He got off easy. Two misdemeanors,driving while impaired by drugs & "unauthorized" use of a vehicle. Why not grand theft ambulance?