Caught On Video: Nurse Dragged From Hospital By Police | TODAY
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2017
- A nurse who happens to be a former Olympic athlete says she was detained by police at the Salt Lake City hospital where she works. Alex Wubbels says it was an unlawful arrest and that she wants the public to see the disturbing video so it doesn’t happen again. NBC’s Steve Patterson reports for TODAY.
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Caught On Video: Nurse Dragged From Hospital By Police | TODAY
she's arrested because she refused to break the law?
wow.
Now this Utah police department has to worry about 2 possible lawsuits, 1 from the original victim (truck driver) and now the nurse. Bad karma tends to follow bad people...
No...she was arrested because she 1.) refused to cooperate with a lawful order (or so the police officer believed, which gives him every right to arrest her), and 2.) she resisted arrest, (which allows him/them to use "reasonable" force to take her into custody. Police officers aren't judges. They are law enforcement. They are empowered to act when they BELIEVE someone is breaking the law. Judges determine guilt or innocence. Police officers are never going to be 100% perfect executing in their duties. Citizens and guests of the United States are REQUIRED to submit to lawful orders, allow themselves to be taken into custody, and let the legal system sort out the details. When I see cases on the TV news where a police officer shot someone, it's almost always because that person resisted arrest. Guilty! Don't resist! GO PEACEFULLY! Then sue them if it was an unlawful arrest!
Seems to me we can handle that job ourselves then.. jeez no need for cops.. i got S&W at my side
Winston Thurston your a fool she refused to break the law and got arrested he should be stripped of his badge
Winston Thurston Well he thought it was a lawful order and was wrong. Maybe she thought she was not resisting arrest. He should have checked if he needed a court order or subpoena. If that patient would have died because his drip was stopped or vent turned off because his nurse was in the back of a police car, what would his blood be worth then? HIPAA clearly states what law enforcement can and can not do without patient permission.
I would sue the cop, the police department, the duty head nurse, the hospital, and to save time I'd change my name to Sue.
Hilarious.
guy saunders Thank you for cheering me up a little bit in this outrageous situation🌷🌷🌷
Why would you sue the hospital? That's goofy. The hospital was doing everything they could to help but the police weren't having any of it. If she has a case against the police department then should pursue that, however, suing the hospital is ridiculous.
Sooner Keith He was making a joke, is'nt it obvious? Should have been perfectly clearwhen he wrote he would change his name to Sue😉 And it's a good and valid joke in this misery of a mess, everything is always about suing someone in the US😨
guy saunders sue for what?
If you don't break the law I will arrest you.
gato712 Bill Hicks - Pick up the gun lol
gato712 Kind of like extortion
gato712 your profile pic tho
Agata Komers seriously
Agata Komers stop
This cop literally tried to extort this woman. Off with his head
Keylan at least off with his badge.
doesn't work they just move and get a job with a different police department there is unfortunately no way to black list these bad officers.
Keylan the roofs on fire the roofs on fire
They should bring back public exections and he should be one of the first in line!!!!
Keylan Actually nothing happened to the officer, he's still on active duty.
Looks like the cops were trying to blame the crash on the truck driver because they will probably be sued for pursuing a dangerous car chase that ended in a severe accident and left the truck driver in critical condition.
Joshua Kooyman you got it
Joshua Kooyman Can u explain what happened in the car chase? Who was the police chasing?
Yep. PoPo CYA.
Joshua Kooyman 100% correct
Quite a sound explanation for why they wanted to draw blood so badly. So even if you're the victim of a crash, you're better off never consenting. Good to know tbh.
one HUGE thing being glossed over, they wanted blood from the VICTIM of this event, NOT the guy they were chasing, but the innocent VICTIM of that police chase who is unconscious and badly burned all over his body... they wanted his blood hoping to find something they can use against him when he sues the crap out of the police department, this is an example of police victimizing the victims so they can find something to excuse any police mistakes...
wow good point they were chasing that car eh..omg
Yeah, interesting. I was wondering why the police were pushing so hard to get a tox screen on a victim of a car chase. As a ICU RN if we get a trauma unable to speak for himself and we're unable to reach next of kin/proxy we sometimes have to draw emergent labs/tox screens for treatment. I believe the authorities do not have access to the results without a signed consent and or warrant.
FBI needs to investigate that entire police department.
Evan Whitehead Yes, why didn't they get a warrent to begin with? With those injuries, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would KNOW blood had been drawn at intake. I am now convinced it was to contaminate the samples in the police lab so the driver couldn't sue.
It's kinda like catching them with the proverbial hand in the cookie jar... shady people do shady things hence no surprise Mr Detective is an ahole and I doubt this is his first time being shady.
She prints out the terms/laws that the hospital and police department both agreed to. It doesn't get any clearer than that. Yet he acts like a big baby when he doesn't get his way. He needs to be fired.
Jeremy, yes that's what makes the most angry. I don't mind when people make mistakes. I do hate it when they're actually being told it's a mistake but they do it anyway.
He needs a psychological evaluation and to be removed of his duties.
The cop is a "payne" in the ass😈. He should be fired!!
lucah86 that emoji just made me think that you were gonna murder him
Bleach Anyone? can I?😈😈
lucah86 sure
Should face prison time.
lucah86 promoted for fighting for justice for a person who was KILLED!
I hope she sues that Detective. He assaulted her!
Gone with Plants noooot really. If the cop hurt her then it's assault. As we can see no scratch on her. He was doing his job.
Gone with Plants me 2
Lu A I'm pretty sure if you touch anyone agrresivley like so you can get charged with assault
Wth are you talking about Lu??? Thats not his job to force someone to do something illegal
Lu A:
No, he was not doing his job. He had no right to the sample he asked for. She was in the right to refuse. The arrest was not valid. No actual injury has to happen for something to be assault. If you can't see this, don't vote because you are not qualified to make any important decisions for the rest of the public.
this is why body cams should be mandatory
STRFCKR all that was captured by the body camera still didn't stop them from doing it
STRFCKR Word👍
Jonte Lindsey But without the body cam there would not have been an official video clip of it.
Can you imagine though if there weren't body cams? He could have easily said that she assaulted him...and then it'd be a whole he did she said thing 🙄 I thank god that there's objective real evidence to show what happened
Jonte Lindsey i know. Same with with police dash cams, but stupid will be stupid, they'll get what's coming to them.
Cop: I needed a blood sample, but I didn't have the warrant to request a blood sample I supposedly needed, so I arrested a nurse!
Supervisor: Okay.... Where's the blood sample?
Cop: ... What sample?
fffaaiillllll
The supervisor should say : So you're st*pidly arrested innocent people? Don't you know an item called "Warrant" 😑😑 ?
💀💀💀💀💀
she would consider a lawsuit? the lawsuit needs to happen. this guy is not above the law and if he didn't agree with the hospital policy, he should have taken it up to upper management, not the nurse.
sanitary103 Exactly.
sanitary103 try suing the police and see how that goes - its always the same. even with those that do win, the hoops you have to jump through to even see a single cent of that money will lead you bankrupt ironically enough.
So you're in favor of protecting a drunk driver who killed someone?!
Jack... youre stupid as schit.. the drunk driver, fleeing from the police is dead.. the unconscious driver was the the driver of a semi truck that was hit by the driver fleeing police.. he was THE VICTIM. not the driver fleeing police. youre just jumping to conclusions to something you have no knowledge of. The police wanted to draw blood from the innocent victim of the crash for no apparent reason.
they had a reason to draw blood dude hoping he had something was in his system to deflect blame of the accident that the police created by changing the driver?
Id sue the cops.
ya if these payouts from lawsuits started coming out of officers pension, mm hmm well you would see a marked improvement, in cop etiquette, they would actually start following the law
Etho Exposed I would sue anyway not depending improvements I would sue the police department , city and the hospital for not getting an administrator down to the emergency room to deal with this mess. I would sue the individuals that were just standing there doing nothing especially those cops that allowed this woman to get dragged out of the hospital like that and disturbing the peace of other patients
RC CGC good point I think. About bringing in an administrator
Trooper2221 trooper this story really stirred me up ! I'm so upset that this cop just arrested this women like that ! No support ! These administrators sit in these offices getting paid six fig salaries being able to reach them you have two sometimes three layers of bureaucrats people reception ,secretary, personal assistant for them to pick up a call or answer an email. It is ridiculous I'm sure while this woman was working the hospital administration was out to lunch ! Where was the head doctor ? Other nurses ? This is a big deal story ! It shows how vulnerable we are ! Plus I learned a lesson from this story our blood is our property- never thought of that.
Etho Exposed Same
SO she was arrested for doing a good job.
some police have to check their power trip.
When a dickhead wears a uniform power corrupts he will become a psychopath
Ikr
Even if they got the sample, the blood is already exposed to narcotics.... I mean he's in a hospital for severe burn wounds.....
Justin Salsameda He has THC in his system 😁
LilRazKuL CEO wow thc is soooooo detrimental!!
Peter Brooks. They had no reason to take a blood sample he was not under any warrants. He is on a police force part time.
LilRazKuL CEO
Source?
Yeah....they probably want to get the sample while he's on narcotics, so the police won't be blamed for him being injured during the chase, since he would have been 'under the influence' at the time....CORRUPTION
For those who disliked the video... Educate yourself on H.I.P.P.A
Lasalle Jones Thank you! Also last time I checked interfering with a health care provider is a felony.
Lasalle, this goes even deeper than HIPPA. The US Supreme Court has ruled that the police can not take a blood sample from a patient without consent unless he's under arrest or they have a search warrant. That cop tried to force a nurse to violate a patient's 4th Amendment rights.
the Different between the Cop and Criminal is only the B E D G E
HIPAA* :)
Chris Hansen examples please you're personal
Fire this awful human
She was within the law, the officer wasn't.
+Nicholas Bodson Yes, Muh Canadian baby 😍
Complying with the officer would break federal law. People like dave days should be deported and sent to Afghanistan to live. Dave days is an enemy inside the borders of this country. He is a monster in need of removal.
hannah plumlee No No, don't state that they are human.
I wouldn't call him an awful human-- I would just say he made a repugnant decision.
This lady is 1000000 times more intelligent than this miserable cop.
I mean he's being paid more than her. Lol
Alex Stone....and your point is what exactly?! Smh
This actually has some basis in fact. Police departments don't like to hire smart people. There was a famous case where the New London, CT police department rejected an applicant because he scored too high on their intelligence test (equivalent of a 125 IQ). He sued for discrimination and lost.
IQ test != intelligence
I agree nurses are highly intelligent professionals not just giving injections. Many times they save their patients informing doctors when patients are crashing at 2am. They are smart cookies the way she was presenting the data was cool calm and logical while the detective clearly didn't like to hear it he resorted to force. This was a conflict of law and medicine. She was following the law he represents the law but it's the written law that counts in court
Her last statement.. "at the very least, their needs to be some significant discussion about what their duties are to our society" powerful words and long overdue.
Why can't any of the other officers arrest the detective? They clearly should have.
I am a nurse and there is not enough words to express how disgusted I and nurses across this country are feeling right now. We are people of peace, we are people who care about other human beings, we are people who do our job and follow the rules. Wubbles is one of us and like one of us she was following the federal HIPPA rules and hospital policy. Nurses are angry and shocked. Mostly we are angry. Police have no right to brutalize us or any other person in this country. Trust was broken.
Stop treating cops in your hospitals. You are in no way obliged to treat anyone.
they are obliged to treat everyone regardless of what they think about them. Thats what makes nurses so much better than cops.
"Trust was broken." a few police did this to one person! Better assume all police are out to get you!
Thistledove exactly that's how I feel as a nurse this is why I posted a video discussing this ! She did the right thing
Thistledove : oh you suddenly disgusted now, but not when this happens to Black and ethnic minorities in you're country everyday, and worse they usually get killed, where were you then???
The cop should be fired and sued
jenny sanchez and arrested
the other cops who just stood there and let it happen should be arrested and sued as well, they are all complicit. The police chief should be fired immediately for not immediately firing every cop on the scene. Until not only the rogue cop but all who allow it to happen, are fired, arrested and sued, this will continue to occur.
jenny sanchez he should be sentenced for a life imprisonment.
I agree that the man should be fired and striped of his pension. but she already is planning to sue the department if they don't take action to fix this problem so that it doesn't happen again. In my opinion every cop there should be fired. NONE of them tried to stop that guy and in fact helped him arrest her! who knows how horrible this department is. just purge it, I say!
jenny sanchez I agree ! 100% that's y I posted my video on this topic
This whole situation could have been diffused with a box of Krispy Kreme donuts.
Drunken Mongoose No, all it needed was an ice cold Pepsi.
Jack Attack nah, he was right when he said donuts...
Drunken Mongoose or Pepsi
Defused*
no buttplugs
I believe this detective has outlived his usefulness as an officer of the law
He was a general of the Confederates.
@@luisdeleon9819 he was also the king of nothing
Her refusal was in line with HIPAA laws so this cop basically arrested her for not breaking the law at his request.
GenericName007 ...and by "request," you mean "gun."
Max Johnson she was never at gunpoint genius
Exactly right @GenericName007
As most cops do
Roberto Hero
Well would ya look at that.. A Fake Lawyer.
This Detective is out of line he pulled a Nurse from her duties affecting other patients health... He should be sued for millions
TrevNick Simptietz "He ShOuLd Be SuEd FoR mILLiOnS." But why? She's not the only nurse in the hospital, so I highly doubt any patients were effected. Yes, he should probably be sued due to wrongful arrest, but not for millions. It's not like she was seriously injured, just roughed up a bit.
Steven Tripup
Yeah, who cares if the police just drag people out? Or arrest someone unlawfully?
When I worked at EMS a cop stopped our ambulance for speeding while we had a patient in the back. I sued a won a small amount but the patient sued and was awarded several million. The state ended up having to come in and take over that county because it bankrupt the whole county government.
+Steven Tripup. As a nurse, I can say that it definitely puts patients at risk. Nurses know their patients, not other nurses patients. Every patient is different and even simple treatments can have harmful consequences if the treatment isn't right for the patient. When we hand off our patients to other nurses, it takes anywhere from 10-15 minutes per patient to look up allergies, medications, lab tests, imaging, procedures, health history, diagnoses, plans of care, vital sign trends, etc. That's not to mention assessing our patients, which takes approximately 5-15 minutes per patient depending on your experience and acuity of the patient.
If suddenly a patient were to crash, it would leave those responding to the emergency no idea what led up to the emergency, leaving them to look up and test for everything possible, and delay care long enough to potentially save a life.
Too much of ur tax money my dude. Well, i assume the nurse does deserve 1 percent of my paycheck. (not really)
It breaks my heart to see a nurse get treated that way ☹️
CONSIDERING a lawsuit?? Just do it! The internet has your back and that's pretty
Much all you need in this day and age . Also when the county writes her "we're sorry" check, I hope she looks in the face of that cop and says, "Okay, we're done. YOU'RE done!"
Still in active duty, really?! 😡 That cop assaulted her, fire him!
Erika Marie he detained her she was resisting arrest
Erika Marie Incorrect. It wasn't assault. If anything the worse it can be was a unlawful arrest. If she was hurt then it be assault
She was not resisting arrest. He was demanding evidence that he had no right to and she was pointing out that he was in the wrong. This is what was happening right up to the unlawful arrest.
Why the laws are biased towards criminals who wear a badge, based on logic and intent of law, this is assault. A cop threatening to put someone in a cage who's innocent is no different than someone threatening to best you up. It's the very definition of assault.
No, he was harsh but there was no assault.
The police are well aware of the 'consent' policy, She should sue the officers personally,, not the police dept. Make them use their own funds instead of wasting tax payer money.
I love that idea. Perhaps cops will realize then what lawyers/court fees and time really cost to the average Joe!
no, cops belong to unions like nurses do. they make the department pay legal fees that relate to their line of duty, since this happened on the job, taxpayers still get the bill.
If you sue the officer personally, they have to foot the bill themselves.
Sue both, so that this is not a precedent...alert other parts of the state.
If you sue the cop personally, his funds may be limited. You sue the police department which is heavily insured, you might receive millions of dollars.
Consider a lawsuit? I would have filed one that very day
I am a nurse and so proud that she did her best to do her job. Hats off Nurse.
wait... I read the piece on nbc news website and now am watching this, if I understand both correctly, then the truck driver who was the patient in her care, was the VICTIM caught in the aftermath of a chase?! Why are they looking for substances in his blood? I know hospitals have standard procedure to do such tests on all patients but the nurse was within her rights protecting her patient by refusing the police blood draw. SMH...I don't agree with a lot of "sue-happy" situations, but she really should sue...
Becca Isanerd I read that he is a reserve police officer and they wanted to make sure he would be blameless. In other words, they were building a case against the other driver by making sure the victim, a fellow officer, couldn't be found at fault.
Becca Isanerd they are trying to absolve themselves from blame. The truck driver is going to sue
Victor ! Thanks for the clarification. I figured there was something I was missing.
The cops are looking for a way out of being sued themselves by the truck driver. They could be held liable for pursuing a dangerous car chase that left him in critical condition. That is the only reason they would want his blood period.
Rich D got it. Knew there was a reason why the cop reacted like that. Even the other cop behind him was in shock
She is a hero. If you ever see anything like this, immediately film it, step in and say something. Police are abusing their power. What a woman, I can only hope the medical staff in charge of my life has 1/10th the character she's shown.
She's nothing compared to a hero .. she's simply a woman that's doing what she gets paid to do..and she gets handcuff and 20 minutes later released... Most hero's are dead . My hero is God
Jlexus David profound statement.
@ Engineer Hero, I guess this happening in the hospital instead of a car makes a world of difference...go figure
Melanin On Fleek You really see things from a different perspective. You must have a higher iq than most.
Pretty sad that the other officers knew it was wrong, u can see it in their faces, n do nothing.
So the nurse explains policy and procedure to the cop , cop doesn't like her answer , so cop puts the nurse under arrest ? Isn't that like shooting the messenger ? After the way the cop behaved with the nurse , I wouldn't put it pass the cop to be up to no good regarding the patient either . Maybe the cop needs to be drug tested .
thats not a cop , thats a criminal and he should be in jail
"He's been suspended from the department's blood drawing program."
Yeah, I'm sure he's mortified...you know, when he's not pulling another "respect my autoritah" shtick on somebody else.
That cop will just find someone else to take his frustrations out on. He has turned into a monster.
what about the kidnapping charge by the cop? The Nurse is the hero, the cop is just a punk
Sue them
Us nurses WILL always protect our patients! 👏
If I was a police officer I would of arrested the detective for unlawful arrest.
Storytime626 but cops dont do that .....this is blm is around
You have a right to citizen's arrest because it was a felony. (assaulting a health official constitutes a felony) so you wouldn't actually have to be a police officer to arrest that lunatic.
Except there was no arrest made. She was released 20 after being detained.
No, she was held until later that night. When a police officer handcuffs you and places you in his car, you are in his/her custody. The officer informed her, "you are under arrest." She was under arrest.
She was held in the CAR for 20 minutes, but the official report says that she was taken to the station and released later that night
Dude, get a warrant. Simple. Done. This is angering.
Can't get a warrant for searching the blood of a victim, hence the violence and intimidation.
Michael Lucas you can, in serious cases, a DNA test( such as a blood test) can be warranted for by a judge. But this wasn't a serious case. The full story is this. During a high speed police chase, a police car had an accident with a civilian vehicle. Then, the police found the hospital to where the man was admitted, and tried to essentially shift blame to the civilian. That's what they were trying to do.
Then don't do it. If you can't get a warrant for it, you can't go and collect evidence. There are systems in place for a reason. It doesn't matter if you get blamed. If you are wrong, you are supposed to take the blame.
😡
In the longer clip the officers are discussing a warrant, but one mentions they can't get one without probable cause.
*I am outraged.* The cop committed a crime and he wasn't fired or sent to jail? What has America become? Why are we letting this pass? This is stupid and I am sickened watching this man assault her. And all he got was a suspension and a detective search? Why? Why is not taken care of properly?
Gee I cant imagine why? What was it that Trump said last month?? "Dont be so kind to the people you are arresting".. something like that? prolly unrelated. 8D
I'm willing to wait and see. I think he'll be fired and charged with a crime eventually. He's a cop so it takes time for them to do it the proper way. Civil Service regulations and Police Unions and all that. In the Real World he would have been fired the minute his boss finished watching the video.
Our police have become militarized, this stuff is unreal, this cop just shows how much power they "believe" they have. We need to reform our policies in this country or this kind of bad behavior will continue to happen!
yes but we also need to get ourselves in check i mean come on. petitions to revise the congress because some nitwit couldnt get high without it being illegal? no wonder so many mexicans want in on the buisness americans need to deprive themselves of oxygen to feel happy for some reason. but yes, we do need to fix a few things
Sea Doggo that is not an inexperienced police officer, that is a detective! He has to have 10 plus years on the force, if not more!
Hunta88888 how on earth did this video show militarization?! He was in uniform talking with her, and of course he messed up badly but no, this does not reflect cops around the nation. Do you even understand what your trying to say?
As a ER nurse, I am horrified at this obvious attempt by the PO to circumvent the law and threatening of the nurse who was just trying to protect her patient, which is by the way our job! He belongs in jail and I hope she does decide to sue! You are supposed to be on our side, to serve and protect! GTFO
It didn't surprise me when I found out it was in Utah though. This isn't even the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
She impeded the police. Nurses have nothing to do with "protecting" people. Where did you come up with that. Climb off of your pedestal.
D M Nurses sign a Hippa Oath which protects patient's privacy. Hippa is protected by Federal law which trumps a local cops request. She was following a bigger law
D M Nurses take an oath just like physicians and police officers. I'm a nurse and my job is to be a patient advocate. If any officer doesn't have proper documentation to collect evidence then they have no right to ask for any samples of blood, urine or any other body fluids. This isn't rocket science. He clearly acted prematurely and out of anger and in my opinion he didn't follow proper protocol.
nothing to do with pedestal. In Nursing school, and in order to get our license we are taught to protect our patients and advocate for them. Doing a blood test without going through the proper channels is a violation of a federal law also known as HIPAA.
FIRE PAYNE!!!!
Lolli Pop Actually, he should get arrested for unlawful arrest & for assault.
Tom Miller no
Tom Miller. No, a decent American would not resort to a loaded gun to handle a situation like this. Speak for yourself. Your comment is as bad, if not worse, than the policeman' lack of judgement on the matter.
Be as that may, remember that officers are under a lot of stress. His judgement of how to handle this was the wrong method to go with, and the PD will handle it.
I never watched this segment, so I don't want to assume but did they at least bring on a lawyer to help clarify the legal restrictions the nurse was referring to?
This officer was dead wrong and will be punished, but why are people blaming the entire police dept and cops in general for this guy?
I would not blame the entire department... But please have a look at the entire 20 minute video out there where another officer was trying to convince her after she was arrested that she is the problem...
And where an officer tells her "you're interfering with MY law"
Exactly.. You may have an officer with a problem but the "my law" comment from someone at the command/supervisory level is more worrisome to me...
Sam, well, none of the other cops there even tried to tell the guy he couldn't do that.
None of the other cops tried to stop him, and the police dept still has him on active duty. If I was chief, I would have him on immediate, unpaid leave, investigation, probably followed by firing, and arrest if the cop.
Treat all Women with respect
Chris Hansen Found the dirtbag that likes slapping on women. 👆
TREAT EVERYONE with respect
Simp
The cop looked exactly the way i expected him to
You and me both. LOL.
John Bracewell hahahhahahahhahahahhahaahaha
not the victim tho right
i think he resembled a clown
John Bracewell a police uniform?
This is truly disturbing! This cop needs to arrested for assault. Nurse Alex, we are with you.
Hey dude, I know you want support law enforcement, but if you were a hospital worker and a police officer brings in an unconscious person who was also recently on fire, no signed warrant, are you going to do as the officer says?
The Vegan Optimist she was resisting 💯
are you serious? do you have any clue what law means? do you know why there are defense attornies? Those things are there to protect your civil rights dude. Take a course in Civil rights and do us all a favor
dsndicmsa
Not about supporting whilst intoxicated, it's about doing the right thing. The nurse was in the right, the officer was not. If the right thing was to take blood etc as when it suits the police, the law would state that. It does not.
dave days you are a troll lmao you couldn't have made it anymore obvious
What a corrupt cop. I hope he was fired. He was trying to throw his authority around. He can't stand people who knows the law and challenge him. What a huge ego trip.
i wonder how tough corrupt cops are would be without the uniform badge and gun
My wife is a cop and I have three other cops in my family. I'm a huge law enforcement supporter and I am appalled by that LEO's actions. He did that out of spite and could have easily just waited for a warrant. Instead he let his emotions take over and lost his cool. Now if there's more to this video than what we see here, fine. But from what I see here, that LEO needs to be on UNpaid admin leave until the investigation is over.
Yup, there's more to the video than what you see here. The nurse is told by another officer that she's the problem, and an officer tells her "you're interfering with _my_ law." Then there's what you can see, where cops have no problem watching him break the law. Then there's the fact they probably caused the accident chasing another vehicle, and the truck driver had nothing to do with it. Just dirty all around on this one. Cops always like to close ranks in cases like this. The "good" cops are ineffective because they can't arrest the bad cops, or are too stupid to notice how corrupt their precinct is. I just dealt with the police, and two of the three people I spoke to were taking money from the guy who robbed me. I hope your locals are cleaner than that, but frankly it's not too likely.
Its guys like this detective who give ALL cops a bad rep! And unfortunately, the police departments almost always shelter guys like this even when their crimes are there for all to see. That bad cop deserves to be held to the same standard as anyone else, and if anyone else did what they did, they wouldn't be on leave, they'd be behind bars!
There's literally no need to see more to the video. There's was nothing she could do unless it was illegal.
@BPS Thanks for being a positive light in this messy Internet.
This cop should lose his badge, this was not the way to handle the situation, holding the requirements she read them aloud, she was not in the wrong, this man dragged her out of the hospital, she wasn't putting anyone in danger and had no reason for arrest other than him having a bad temper, SMH
This is what people have been saying for the last 5 to 10 years we are losing our civil rights as Americans. She was doing her job she believed she was doing the correct thing to protect the patient. And they went after her as if she had just committed murder. Until it happens to someone you love or it's captured on tape do people believe this is happening America this is happening we need to take back our country we have a right to live in peace for God's sake this lady is a Healer.
Yep, we are getting screwed over while they orchestrate Black vs White riots.
Sad but it is going to take more of this happening to white people and caught on tape, because there have been plenty of minorities being shot, abused, violated etc... by police caught on tape, starting with Rodney King, and they still didn't care!
She acted in the best interest of the patient and she followed her hospital protocol. If she did what he asked, she would have been fired! This cop is unstable.
The arresting officer was fired on October 10, and his supervisor was demoted two ranks from Lieutenant to Officer. On October 31, 2017, Wubbels and her attorney announced that Salt Lake City and the University of Utah had agreed to settle the incident for $500,000.
Thanks for your patient !
Police or not , by FEDERAL LAW those police officers had kidnapped her.
dave days : No he didn't. In the hospital the nurse is under the hippa law of not relasing medical info. If in a police station they can take blood for info. BIG DIFFERENCE. The police broke the law blatantly on two accounts. Look it up. Not for a argument, but that is how the law is written.
Ja Z hippa laws r for patients, I don't really see an issue with giving blood for a test especially if ur an athlete like her, seems a bit suspicious but the cop did not have the right to pick her up like tht. Arrests could have been made to her but taking her like tht was unfair. I also don't buy that she doesn't press charges against the cop and this is the media, sometimes the whole story isn't given.
ichigomursalin : It's the law and he was a patient and he wasn't under arrest. Two laws had been broken , no exception.
dave days : Hippa is federal law , to get any info needs a warrant. NO exception. Look it up , I'm not arguing with anyone, it's the law and it is stated as such.
dave days : Warrant is needed, no matter what. Please look into it before commenting.
The irony when the police tries to break the law
SpicySkittlez _ they do it constantly, it was caught because the cop has a police Cam on him. Or else they would have doctored the report and people would have bought it.
He got his badge by completing a correspondence course in law enforcement.
+blackearl7891 the asswipe stated in his report that he took Alex outside in order to avoid a "scene". I seriously hate this ugly dickface.
In the USA wrong is right and right is wrong.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME THOESE COPS NEED TO BE FIRED NOW
"Once we saw the video, we started an internal investigation" THIS IS WHY YOU ALWAYS RECORD THESE THINGS!
What professional cop wears a black Polo Shirt and tries to arrest a nurse for following hospital protocol?
Some cop that needs to be terminated for not following other peoples protocols
He must have been golfing lol idk
Brandon Ward who said he was professional?
Brandon did
He's a detective apparently, they don't usually wear uniforms
Lemme get this clear, a trucker was driving on the highway, cops was chasing a suspect on the on-coming lane, the suspect hits the truck right on and the suspects car explodes and the truck burns, the suspect die instantly and the truck driver suffered burns and is uncousoius and taken to the hospital. So the question is why the fook does the cop need a blood sample from the unconscious trucker?
To divert responsibility from the police to the victim.
I saw a comment further up that had the idea that maybe he was trying to find evidence that the guy was on drugs for a counter-lawsuit, since this accident was a major liability for the cops involved.
To place blame on the truck driver rather than the police. They will tamper with the sample if needed.
Night King drunk driver
Auto Trials, I believe you nailed it.
Sue them hard...we have your back. Not acceptable at all for police to act like this
If she had gone willfully and quietly, knowing she was right, I wonder how far this would have gone! What could they have possibly charged her with?
He didn't give her that choice and the outcome would of been the same. The hospital board was already angry that he tried to take blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant. Even if he hadn't assaulted her like that the hospital would of still sued the police department.
I think the officer needs a blood test, he's definitely high on something
DE51B0Y give this man a medal 🥇
DE51B0Y power
Katy Whitaker
ok
Chase Banz ok
She was kidnapped by a maniac. Why is he still on the job?
yeah, he is either working a desk job, or chilling at home.
I don't understand how people can continue to defend these polices. This police is not protect the law. He was violating the law -- in multiple occasions. The person on phone even told him (1:10) that he cannot threaten the nurse. Next thing he did? He arrested her. He didn't arrest her because she broke the law. If in the doubt, this officers could have called his supervisor to verify the situation. But no. He arrested her because he didn't want a "no" as an answer.
Reason for the blood makes no sense at all. False arrest and assault. FIRED, SUED
That poor girl:(
Nicholas Soodeen 333 People like this and I do too
The truck driver and the subject of the blood draw was the VICTIM of a high-speed police pursuit when a suspect being chased by the police crashed into him. Why did the police want a blood sample from the truck driver? So they could place the blame on the victim who had no control over get in the accident and not themselves for starting the chase. Local and State police never take responsibility for their actions. We need civilian review boards reviewing every police interaction. I'm thankful the body cam footage wasn't "lost." BTW I'm a former FLEO.
That's a really good point.
that's a really good point
And to add further irony the VICTIM is also a reserve LEO.
Brian Beeler I'm a truck driver and no matter who's at fault if we're involved in an accident we have to submit a blood sample other wise DOT (department of transportation) will take away our CDL (license to drive heavy vehicles)
+Demetrius Davis that doesn't apply here. It want an accident for one and he was unconscious.
Personal injury lawyers will have a field day with this case. Military personnel know you never treat a nurse like this. The doctors and hospital administrators should tell the offending police department that, until lawyers and judges have resolved this matter to the satisfaction of all persons involved, they are barred from the hospital premises and should take all their business elsewhere.
When a driver signs on with a company they sign a paper giving permission for drug testing to be done after an accident for drug testing if the driver is unconscious. This is to be done by the company the drive works for, and the federal D.O.T. with the permission from a judge. That cop and his office should be sued and he should be demoted to writing parking tickets. However maybe the office should be jailed for practicing low without a license. A warrant was needed.
"We take this VERY SERIOUSLY so Im going to give him a paid vacation" Nice👍
Blacksican9 Not on vacation. He's still working. He's just not doing blood draws any more. So beware that psycho is still policing the neighborhood.
Then again, she'll be getting paid a lot more pretty soon.
dasoulfoodbuffet mwmuddy.
Blacksican9 i would sue them
Cops screw up in their jobs (i.e. shot someone), they're sent on paid leave. Anybody else screws up, they get fired.
Burn unit. Let that sink in. Can they immediately replace her or were patients put in danger. Nor can he compel her to do any medical procedure. What law allows a police officer to force a nurse to do anything. It doesn't exist.
Mountain Mama .. ..the cop will not forgot the "burn unit" he stumbled over his sense of entitlement into. This'll burn for quite some time on his record----and should. It's hard to name a more trusted american career vs. a least trusted american career...cop v. R.N. is never easy to defend. But she can lose more than just her job----she can easily lose her state nursing license as well. Confidentiality is highly litigated in medicine law. He needs some serious community service done at the burn unit or any other spot that overworked and undervalued nurses work.
It's not easy or quick to replace a nurse taken off-shift; it usually means the other nurses in that ward have to take over her patients. It's not necessarily a critical situation, but yes - does impact the quality of the patients' care.
While the legal system often does have a tendency to look after its own (for better or for worse), I wouldn't be too optimistic about this officer's future in the police. Unlike those dodgy cases of officers getting off after using deadly force on suspects who probably didn't warrant it, there's no shaky legal precedent protecting them (ie, self-defense), no huge counter-protest defending the officer's actions, etc. Had the nurse complied, she would have broken the law and put her registration at risk (clearly the officer had a poor appreciation for how much accountability and regulation nurses are under).
This case is making pretty huge waves in the nursing community all over the world; us being a profession that traditionally has a fairly close-knit relationship with the police. It's not an event SLCPD can defend (the nurse was shortly released without being charged), and they know that it'll take more than an apology from the police chief to fix.
Criminal assault is an assault for which the assailant may be criminally prosecuted. Such an assault is considered a crime and not a tort. This term isolates the legal elements that give rise to criminal liability even though the act might also have been tortuous.
An attack by physical force on a person for which the attacker is liable to criminal prosecution is considered a criminal assault.
The following is an example of a case law explaining the term:
At common law, "assault" had two meanings. One meaning was criminal assault, which is an attempt to commit a battery. For example, a defendant swings his fist to hit another person and misses. This is an assault but not a battery because there is no physical contact with the victim. It is an attempted battery. It is an assault even though the intended victim may not have apprehended or known about the danger of the infliction of immediate bodily harm or offensive contact.
The police in America have no accountability for their action ow my god!!
Police brutality at it's finest. That nurse obeyed the law, the cop did not. He needs to be fired and put in prison for felony assault.
Also, there was no reason to draw blood from a VICTIM of somebody else.
Do you know this for a fact?
Do you even realize the doors that open if something like that happens? Good grief.
Prince Noah Assault is not a felony unless they use a weapon which he didn't. It would be a class B misdemeanor
McTittyFucker if we did a blood test to get a driver license this would take a HUGE HUGE HUUUUUGE chuck out of our right to privacy. The right to privacy is based off of what a reasonable person believes is private so it can be a slippery slope. This is why that is a BAD IDEA.
disgrace to the badge, should be fired. this cop gives good cops a bad name
The 'good' cops are enablers. Notice how none of the other police tried to stop him.
wow...just wow
That detective can go to jail for assault.
So, the truck driver (patient who's blood the police wanted drawn) was innocently driving down the road, and hit by a car driven by someone running from the police. The truck caught on fire, and the truck driver was badly burned. Why would the police be so desperate to get blood results? To some how shift blame to the truck driver? I support the Men Blue, but this stinks of some sort of cover up.
unclevroomvroom FBI needs to get involved for sure. Seems like the police dept was trying to do a coverup. Is this standard procedure for them?
unclevroomvroom Innocent truck driver was seriously injured due to a police chase. Police needed something anything to not be liable for the truckers injuries. Even if they had gotten the truckers blood samples I seriously doubt it would have been admissible.
"Did you have consent to collect blood samples?"
"No"
"Did you have a warrant?"
"No"
"Was he under arrest?"
"No"
"Move to dismiss"
unclevroomvroom the police wanted a blood sample to see if the truck driver was on drugs I don't know why though.
Badr Deeab Read the post above yours!
Not only that but he was ON the BLOOD DRAW UNIT. He should have KNOWN what the Law was in pertaining to a Blood Draw!! FIRE THIS AH!!!
"Protect and Server"
-this man isn't a cop, he's a thug.
It's Officer Pain! lol
This is even more disturbing, once I watched the video.
You can see the force, the officer used, when handcuffing the Nurse.
At 1:36, his hands are bright red, from his grip.
As a nurse, everything Alex Wubbels did was 100% correct by any hospital protocol; From checking policy, to calling hospital administrator.
WTH was this Police Officer thinking? Given his age, I have to assume he isn't a rookie.
This isn't something I've ever seen, while working in the ER. I worked in a big city, New Haven CT. Police were frequently present and always had an amazing rapport. There's a great respect for each other and complete understanding of protocols, on both sides.
This truly is shocking.
There are laws in some states that give complied consent. That means you are consenting to breath test, field sobriety tests, and blood tests when applying for a driver's license.
Now, remember consent can be revoked at anytime. If a driver revokes the consent then they can lose their license for up to a year or longer depending on the driver's past. The question here is if the driver, who is unconscious, can revoke consent. Many courts have ruled against the argument that the suspect was not able to revoke the consent. They ruled that once the consent is given then the Suspect has to revoke the consent in order for the search to stop.
As far as the nurse, she does not have implied consent. She never gave consent to use her as a nurse to draw blood. She was not interfering with a criminal investigation. If she tried to stop other nurses, or the police officer who is a licensed phlebotomist, then she can be charged with interfering.
The Supreme Court has ruled that a warrantless search of a suspects blood while receiving hospital treatment does not violate the 4th Amendment; only when the officer has PC to believe the driver was under the influence. This is to stop officers from drawing blood on anyone they choose without cause. Did the officer have PC to believe the truck driver was under the influence? Just because you are in an accident does not give an officer PC.
The Updated facts: A. The Truck Driver was the VICTIM of a head on collision caused by a high speed police chase. B. The Truck Driver was NOT Under arrest, Conscious to give consent, and NO warrant was obtained. Also, The TRUCK DRIVER IS AN OFF DUTY RESERVE POLICE OFFICER unknown to the Police at the time. This has ALL the smell of them trying to blame the truck driver for causing a wreck that THEY IN FACT CAUSED! This investigator has the "I'm God" complex, other officers stood around and did nothing while he attempted to violate the truck drivers constitutional rights and violated the nurse's rights. She was after all ONLY relaying the information from Hospital Administration on the phone!
And the other cops are watching the criminal assault the nurse?!
Ah yes. Those must be the "good" cops people keep talking about
TLC PG exactly !
Exactly !!
The patient was a victim of the crash and a reserve police officer to boot.
This 'dectective' was well out of order. As an ex nurse, no nurse is FORCED
to take blood. The police have NO jurisdiction in the care of a patient.
The Supreme Court made it illegal only in 2016 to take blood unless their
is consent of the patient, warrant from a judge if the patient is under arrest!
She should sue to make sure it is not done again! Too many incidents are
swept under the carpet and most offenders do not learn from their mistakes!
wow. If a cop did that to me I'd file a lawsuit for police negligence. They can only legally hold a suspect up to 48 hours with minimal evidence to a case.
It is called a WARRANT. Police can't just get whatever they need on the spot. I respect Police a lot but this particular detective and his supervisor need to learn the laws. I hope this poor nurse who is just doing her job sues them.
There is also implied consent and it is a slippery slope; I'm a retired Army nurse now working in the civilian sector and having a hard time adjusting.
True, but doesn't warrant the behavior and cuffing. Both of those officers could have gotten on the phone with hospital administration and their leadership and worked it out. It's not that hard to wake up a judge, when there's a dispute of law. This behavior is uncalled for and it damages the relationship between law enforcement, EMS, Fire Dept and ED, who rely on each other tremendously and often have bonds and trust. No excuse for the behavior, no matter how "right" you think you are. Higher Ranking officers should be held accountable too IMHO. They could have easily de-escalated this situation.
Implied consent only applies if the person is under arrest. That was the third condition. He was not under arrest, so there is no implied consent.
I doubt they could get a warrant. They had no probable cause to suspect the truck driver of any wrongdoing.
That nurse is Alex Shaffer-Wubbels, she competed in Alpine Skiing in the Winter Olympics for the United States in 1998 & 2002 (she is an American hero). Another city about to loose millions in a lawsuit because of incompetent cop & his supervisor. The officer was arguing that he had "implied consent" - however, “implied consent” has not been the law in Utah since 2007, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that the Constitution permits warrantless breath tests in drunken-driving arrests, but not warrantless blood tests.
Jamie Lancaster *lose
i totally on the nurse's side and think the cop is a lowlife pig but she is NO hero just because she was in Olympic !
I hate watching people arrested wrongfully when they're right in certain situations. Hope she's okay.
Cop was WAYYYY out of line. This video makes me furious! I hope he is subject to some sort of disciplinary action. I can't BELIEVE they are letting him be on active duty during this investigation. COMPLETELY effed up. I hope the nurse sues him for assault.
Cop should be fired point blank and the department should be sued. This is ridiculous this is what's wrong with law-enforcement they can do whatever they want and nothing happens to them but we go to jail for the same thing
Bradley Lake musical theater was ritiana
Bradley Lake COOPERATE WITH THE POLICE! THATS ALL IDIOTS HAVE TO DO
Bunch of stupid meat heads
The officer gets suspended with pay, so in other words, he gets a paid vacation.
Ptay0000 exactly. there was a cop driving drunk hit a mini van full of kids, killed 6 of them doing 112mph while off duty with no lights on. he stayed on paid leave for 4 years until the lawsuit was "settled" with unspecified damages and was immediately reinstated with a promotion and nearly double the pay.
when the local released that information, he was transfered to another city and got another raise after another lengthy vacation while another complaint, this time for sexual assault, was "investigated". quite the buddy system they got going on.
lilsammywasapunkrock
Do you have a name for the guy in that story? Or some links. It sounds wild.
Also did you hear what happened to David Eckert in New Mexico a couple of years back? They literally anally probed the guy, 8 different times in one night. They had to pay out 1.5 million for that case.
Seriously though, if the compensation settlements was coming out of the cops pay and pensions packages instead of the local municipality's general funds their behavior would dramatically improve overnight.
Abdimunim Omar if it came out thier pensions then the police, would police themselves
DvsMoi6
Exactly!
Behavior improves when individuals know that the consequences of their actions will impact them negatively and in a substantial manner. Nothing does this more than financial pain. Doctors and others professionals carry extra insurance and are super cautious for this very reason.
Exactly
She can get fired or sued if she were to allow that cop to going to the patient’s room and take the blood by force. Without him being under arrest, without a warrant, without the patient’s consent.
They should’ve gotten a warrant & did their jobs
These two "police officers" should be thankful that I am neither a doctor or a nurse employed at this hospital or any other hospital. If one of them were brought to "Emergency" after being severely wounded - I would be sorely tempted to behave in a unprofessional manner pertaining to their care.
I would be tempted to behave as unprofessionally as they treated this nurse who was following lawful procedures. I hope that I would have higher
ethical and moral convictions than the behavior which they displayed in handling this incident.
Nurse Alex Wubbels is an honorable compassionate professional health care worker. I am certain that she would treat them with the utmost highly professional care regardless of how they treated her.
The cops were trying to get her to break a federally mandated law. It really is not just the policy of the hospital, it is a FEDERAL LAW. Those cops need to be stripped of their badges, let go from the PD without any severance pay, and go directly to jail. Exactly what that one cop was going to do to her. He deserves the same treatment, no worse! Because they had to be aware of this law for the last 12/14 years when HIPPA first came into effect. Every agency, hospital, Dr. Day care center, etc, etc, must abide by this law or be terminated or worse depending on the person(s) and/or agency that perpetrated this illegal act. They should be treated no differently for breaking the law, oh i should say, trying to get someone else to break the law for them by, strong arm tactics, gas lighting, abduction, oh gosh the list is long. That cop was nothing short of a being a woman beater and prob would have shown even worse procedures if the camera were not rolling. Husbands go to jail for doing what he did! I can't help but wonder if he is married or maybe i should say still married (I really don't know) but, if he is, I wonder just what he is like with her. If the police depts are supposed to be the long arm of the law, then they need to learn the laws before they can become an officer. It's ludicrous that most of them don't! Just saying...
Right?! This cop probably has no idea what HIPPA is.
I think the proper term is HIPPO
blueshirt06 think hippo is very large animal...Hippa maybe fits better ;)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: HIPAA
Expiration Date when I see a long comment like this and it has a lot of likes, I just like the comment without reading it
Alex gave every legal reason she has under the law to state why the blood sample could not be given. I have lived in Macau and China and have never seen such overkill with someone detained with no lawful cause. Alex saves lives. It is more like serve and protect own interests not the public. What the public here from government departments is talk and no action. You know what is right in this situation that Alex should not have been forcefully detained and the legal reasons she gave ignored. PERIOD. This is such an unintelligent way to undertake police work. The excuse that they Police do some things wrong is like saying a criminal who detains people against their will (kidnap) sometimes does some charity work so it is okay. Police need to intelligently and assertively clamp down on crime. Officer "WE'RE DONE. YOUR UNEDER ARREST" should be stood down in the same level of accountability the public you are supposed to serve get. Under arrest for what? Videos like this are becoming more prevalent in the US and the world is watching. www.9news.com.au/world/2017/09/02/05/18/us-cop-under-investigation-for-arresting-on-duty-nurse-who-refused-to-break-hospital-rules
dsndicmsa the person they wanted a blood sample from was just in a passing truck. A fleeing suspect slammed into the truck driver. The person they wanted to get blood from was a victim in all this. They wanted to see if there were illicit drugs in his system so they could hopefully be free of blame in any future lawsuits the truck driver may bring against them for the injuries he sustained.
dsndicmsa where did you even get the idea the unconscious guy was drunk driving?
Any update ?
That is so terrible. I am also a nurse. That nurse did the right thing by following policy and being an advocate for a patient. You would want her to be your nurse if you needed one.