A California Highway Patrol officer handcuffed and detained a Chula Vista firefighter for refusing to move his engine out of traffic at a crash scene Tuesday night, prompting a nationwide storm of online commentaries on Wednesday.
The
firefighter had parked the engine behind an ambulance in the fast lane
of Interstate 805 near East Naples Drive, where a sedan had flipped over
a concrete guard rail and two people were reported injured.
Chula Vista Fire Chief Dave Hanneman said fire crews are trained to position their rigs to block oncoming traffic.
“I
know clearing the freeway is a priority for the CHP,” Hanneman said.
“Our No. 1 priority is the safety of our firefighters and patients.”
The
CHP officer, whose name has not been released, told
firefighter/engineer Jacob Gregoire to move the engine out of the
traffic lane or he would be arrested, Hanneman said. He said Gregoire,
who was checking the overturned car for any additional victims, answered
that he’d have to check with his captain.
That’s when the officer detained Gregoire, a 12 ½-year fire service veteran, Hanneman said.
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The CHP are a bunch of thugs in uniform. Yet another reason to stay out of Commiefornia.
ReplyDeleteInsane. Should be a parody.
DeleteWell, it could have been worse. The cop could have beaten the firefighter into a sack of pink jello mixed with bone splinters while shouting "stop resisting!", and then shot the survivors of the wreck to death for good measure. I'm past the point of being surprised at anything these maniacs do.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't have said it better, sad to say.
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