Reply To: Charges against Derek Chauvin

“You can only release restraint when s/o can take over the custody of the Perp.”…”I worked in NYC EMS. The rules & laws are probably the same all over.”

As someone who has also worked in NYC EMS I can assure you that this isn’t true. Cops can restrain someone as they deem necessary. There is no rule or protocol that requires them to keep a suspect handcuffed and pinned on the floor until EMS arrives.
EMS doesn’t “take over custody of the Perp”. If a patient is under arrest or being detained and needs medical attention at least 1 officer will ride in the back of the ambulance (with the patient handcuffed to the stretcher if necessary) and stay with the patient until they are discharged from the hospital.