Losing an EMT not a good decision
OK, let me get this straight. We have an EMT who tried to treat a suicidal patient — perhaps too insistently for an acknowledged dishonest, but oh-so-fragile, police officer to handle psychologically (“Making an arrest record disappear,”
Oct. 16).
This, followed by a series of typically self-defeating policy decisions: “let’s not honor our written agreement” on the part of City Hall. Then, “Let’s not fire the dishonest cop.” Why? “’Cause we never do!”
Instead, let’s penalize the civilian.
Wow, we lose a practicing EMT who might save other lives and keep a cop and the inevitable pension costs in spite of the fact that her integrity has been definitively impeached. This is not the way to get Albuquerque back on track, folks!
DAVID STUART Albuquerque