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Three men shot to death outside southern Louisville apartments

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calling ems

March 25th, 2013 @ 6:29PM (11 years ago)

The proper procedure is to advise ems to continue code 3 period!

RE: Three men shot to death outside southern Louisville apartments...

March 25th, 2013 @ 8:47PM (11 years ago)

The dispatchers are just following the rules put in place by higher ups and lawyers afraid of the city getting sued again. They're not always wrong either. Code 3 vehicles have too often crashed into people and killed them. Driving code 3 is inherently dangerous even if you think you're an expert. Any experienced high speed driving experts on the department should be transferred to training immediately because I don't know of any. Keep in mind that ambulances are less maneuverable and harder to stop than cars. The chances of the average law abiding person being involved in a fatal shooting is a lot less probable than their getting into a fatal car accident. Police need to protect the good people first.