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In a world where the police are just as out of control as the criminals I think that cell phone videos are the public's last defense against mistreatment and brutality at the hands of Law Enforcement. I think its an abomination that someone who barely got out of high school can tell a college educated citizen or even an attorney whether or not they are breaking the law when many of them can't even read the laws let alone interpret them. In a day and age where police officers require no higher intellect and no upper level of education and the liberal agenda is constantly trying to dumb the tests down to allow less qualified people to get hired in Law Enforcement, I have no faith in our enforcement system. These morons (most of whom are on a power trip) constantly overstep their bounds. The only difference between a perp and a cop is the badge in my opinion! I have no respect for the police (Don't get me wrong, I try to avoid them at all costs and not provoke because you never know how they will react).

I cant agree with anything you are saying at all except this "...videos are the public's last defense against mistreatment...at the hands of law enforcement." however I must add that this is a two-way street and video will also be law enforcement's last defense against unfounded claims of harassment, mistreatment or violence lodged by the public as well.

a suspect...on their front lawn...has every right to expect what goes on there to remain private

So long as you, the photographer, are on property you have the legal right to be present on (i.e. sidewalk, porch, car, etc.) you have the legal right to film anything in plain view.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/05/13/despite-court-rulings-people-are-still-getting-arrested-for-recording-on-duty-cops/

https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/know-your-rights-photographers

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-20/news/chi-supreme-court-eavesdropping-law-20140320_1_illinois-supreme-court-illinois-eavesdropping-act-cook-county-jail

Osage.

RIP

Backward, maybe. If it helps get women in medical emergencies to the ED that much quicker and with better care, then not so much.

Just so long as they play nice in the sandbox and dont go screaming up and down the tristate area in unmarked flycars from 40 miles away like some other nameless religion associated agency/organization.

I mean no harm, but I would rather not know a BP than have the machine give me a wrong one. I would rather not know, and know that I don't know, than think I know and have it be that what I know turns out to be wrong. The respiratory rate counter is so innacurate as to be useless. The 5 second BP works about 1/5 of the time (it only works if the machne catches the BP during inflation, rather than having to fully inflate then slowly deflate.) Most of the time it needs to fully cycle.

I love the device, but it just isn't gonna happen that I base a treatment decision on a BP taken by any machine. JEMS did a study showing how innacurate ALL machine vitals are, and it showed that the shockier the patient, the more innacurate the vitals. When the Zoll is right, it is pretty accurate, but it can be WAAAY off. It is very easy to not be bothered taking real vitals and just roboticly documenting machine vitals, but it is at best = quality care compared to REAL vitals, and at worst it can lead you to perform an improper intervention- fluid challenge, lasix, nitro, trendelenburg etc.

The CPR feedback seems a real advance. Like all things medical, a study will need to be done to see if it makes us do better CPR and if that = better outcomes.

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Zoll X-series. We just got 2 X-series with medic level features and 7 all new Zoll smartCPR AEDs for <~$50,000. We were sold on Lifepack until we saw the X series demo, we did not consider Philips. Between the weight, software and hardware it was a no brainer.

Even if you only use it to take vitals it is the only EKG/AED with military grade technology built in. Between the welch-allyn BP cuff taking BPs in 5 seconds and the EKG leads allowing respiration rate determination, vitals take themselves.

The CPR feedback allows you to track your CPR performance though-out and ensure proper perfusion competent, it will yell at you if you do not. It really makes effective CPR idiot proof.

Hopefully you got the full demo from both, and Ian, the smooth-talking Zoll rep. was able to show you exactly why the X-series is superior.

The GOP doesn't claim Christie.

Governor Chris Christie (R_NJ) gives the keynote address at the 2012 Republican National Convention.

Tell me again how the GOP doesn't claim Christie?

God bless the GOP.

This story could have been told 600 times from the 2 proby classes before. This is just another story for the liberal agenda. I hope this guy is getting destroyed at work, rule number 1, never talk to the press. This guy took his hard work and effort and had it destroyed by the same news paper that supported the a****** that ruined his first attempt at the job.

Ok, I get it, every proby class has a 36 year old proby priority hire making grabs of an infant during their first 10-75, totally normal and not extra ordinary or newsworthy in any way.

You would think you just take the positive press for once and move on...

Rip

FTFY:

I have been a (self-professed) Constitutional scholar for decades.

This appears to be a microcosm example of what is wrong with our 'public officials' right down to the most local of levels. Individual wants/needs/desires are put before those of the general population for which these 'public officials' are in office to serve.

Or, it could be the FD that bought a unnecessarily large and expensive vehicle and now the fire commission is disagreeing with that purchase. (Note I am not saying this is the case, only potentially the fire commissions point of view.)

Its all a matter of prospective.

Should we really be that impressed? She's a female big deal there's plenty of great female firefighters. By now we should know firefighting has nothing to do with your gender or race or anything like that. She's obviously put in real time learning her trade.

I am thoroughly impressed with the way that apparatus was set up to be run by one person. It's bad enough if there are no hydrants but requiring huge amounts of manpower to run the water supply part of the fire robs the fireground of the firefighters needed to put out the fire. I like the fact that tremendous amounts of energy were not needed to run around the rig and get things. She basically stays in a small area and accomplishes everything.

We should commend the fact that at 16-17, the member is able to flow water to a portable pond by themself in 2.5 minutes.

Additionally, when 0.33% of the largest fire department in the world is female, and 3.4% of firefighters nationally are female, any press that highlights the skill and contributions of members other than white, middle aged, christian men should be lauded.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nyc-female-firefighters-trying-boost-numbers

In my opinion the answer is clear:

Across the board, region by region, state by state, regardless of your certification, affiliation or position; we as emergency responders should at least familiarize ourself with the opiate triad and the administration of IN naloxone.

The modern heroine epidemic is here and we will see it in the streets.

Sounds like these units were given to the 3 (4?) fly cars that cover the 45-Medic area (NW Westchester).

I know for a fact that they do all the time, just because you do not hear them doesn't mean they aren't helping agencies. It seems like you are you basing this statement solely because you do not hear them on your scanner?

Well then prove him wrong. If you can't do it for him, how can you do it for the people who pay for it?

Evermore it is up to the individual to prove his innocence rather than the states' duty to prove guilt.

Thats what I am afraid of.

Does any legislation in NY address the record keeping and storage of LPR photos/data?

Jacob

Today the City of New York went to social media to notify residents of a measles outbreak in upper Manhattan, the South Bronx and the Lower East Side and reminded residents to vaccinate their children starting at 12 months. Unfortunately in 1998, the Lancet, a British medical journal, published an article that claimed that the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine caused autism in children. The article has since been retracted, but the worry has remained. Today a large movement remains with non-vaccination of children coupled with a large undocumented, unvaccinated populations and these once nearly eradicated diseases are back on the rise. Are our EMS providers finding this spike only in larger urban areas or also in rural areas?

Rural too.

Then you are lucky to work where you do...

typo, sorry, power-pro.

Only places that will see these are VACs. No commercial company will spend the $

not when we just got the whole fleet using power-pro.

RIP