The firefighter was NOT CONTROLLING TRAFFIC, he was blocking an ambulance and the crash scene, using his 20,000 pound fire engine which no car could damage.
You do realize they do this to protect the ambulances? what do you think a squad car can stop a car going 70mph down the highway smashing into a cruiser, that cruiser will just smash into the ambulance and hurt even more people if not kill some, meanwhile a fire truck would just absorb a car on the path of the accident.
I'm sorry if I offended you
I never argued..... why a firetruck would be there nick... all I said was there is more to the story then meets the eye.... Please understand that i'm not against you
You didn't offend me....
All I'm pointing out is that I have read a detailed account of what happened. Hell, I have even read the Fire Chiefs response to the incident (hes really pissed) and the chief of police (who isn't too happy either) about what occurred.
The last I read about what happened to the cop is that he is facing disciplinary action.
The most ironic part about this story was that engine was there to shield the cops too from oncoming traffic to boot.
You keep saying all this, and I'm not doubting you read it somewhere. How about letting the rest of us read it for ourselves. Screw the Fire Chief, he's sticking up for his own, the thin red line if you will. I've seen no pictures of the scene other than what the filmed report shows. The danger of oncoming traffic may have been non-existent by the time the firefighter was asked to move his truck by the officer.
The fire department has the right of way and can leave the truck where it is.
How can the officer possibly justify this action?
Not so. This was CHP's scene and their purview, the accident's victims belonged to the EMTs. The two agencies are supposed to cooperate by policy. The FD fellow was swinging his dick around and refusing to cooperate with the agency who had control of the traffic.
He wasn't cuffed for doing his job, he was cuffed for obstructing others from doing their jobs.
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