NYC Paramedic Shot by Patient in Ambluance

May 22, 2022, 02:05 PM

Sig2340

There is good news. NYPD may have found the gun used in the McCluskey murder.

[Gotta wonder how many stickups were done with that Prancing Pony.]

quote:
Foxnews.com

A paramedic in New York City was shot inside an ambulance by a man he was transporting to a hospital, but two good Samaritans quickly intervened to apprehend the fleeing suspect.

EMTs from the Richmond University Medical Center responded at approximately 7:40 p.m. Wednesday to reports of a disorderly person at the Funkey Monkey Lounge on Staten Island.

Upon their arrival, EMTs observed a 37-year-old man in front of the bar and escorted him to the ambulance.

While the ambulance traveled Forest Avenue to the Richmond University Medical Center, the patient brandished a gun and fired one round inside the ambulance, striking a 25-year-old EMT in the shoulder, NYPD Inspector Mark Molinari told reporters.

The driver pulled over the ambulance near 646 Forest Ave., where the patient exited the ambulance’s back door. The man was quickly apprehended by a retired NYPD detective and an off-duty Department of Sanitation police lieutenant, Molinari said.

ROSAL

New York City's Sanitation Department has its own police force? Why>

May 22, 2022, 02:14 PM

Dzozer

Who knew?

"New York City Department of Sanitation Police
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Formed 1936
Preceding agency - Municipal Law Enforcement
Operations jurisdiction New York, United States
Size - 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2)
Population - 8,274,527
Legal jurisdiction - New York City
General nature - Local civilian police
Headquarters - Brooklyn, NY
Peace Officers approx 70 members as of 2020
3 commands. Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
Commissioner responsible - Edward Grayson
Agency executive - David Lashley, Director of Enforcement

Parent agency New York City Department of Sanitation
Patrol Cars Ford Fusion
Website DSNY Official Site

The New York City Department of Sanitation Environmental Affairs Bureau (Environmental Police Unit) [1] is the law enforcement arm of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), primarily responsible for regulating, enforcing and investigating sanitation-related offenses within the City of New York.

The New York City Department of Sanitation Environmental Police Unit has approximately 70 peace officer's which including, lieutenants, inspectors, and chiefs. Members are recruited from sanitation workers, supervisors, superintendents, and chiefs who go through a thorough law enforcement screening and vetting process. They retain their original civil service title.

DSNY law enforcement officer's are required by New York State Municipal Peace Officer Training Council and the Department of Criminal Justice Services to undergo and pass a 16-week peace officer academy before they can become a NYS Peace Officers within the Sanitation Environmental Police Unit . Training includes penal law, criminal procedural law, police science, discipline, powers of a peace officer, radio use, defensive tactics, unarmed and armed self-defense, physical fitness training, chemical training, handcuffing techniques, firearms, and arrest procedures, among many other subjects.

DSNY Peace Officers are licensed to carry a firearm by the New York City Police Department, they also use handcuffs, pepper spray, expandable ASP baton, radios, and other related law enforcement and public safety equipment. Once assigned, officers undergo 400 hours of on-the-job field training with experienced personnel before being issued permanent assignments. All DSNY Police Officers undergo continuing education & in-service training to re-qualify on equipment and learn about changes in law and department procedures.
Powers and Authority

DSNY Peace Officers are New York State Peace Officers as listed and defined under the NYS Criminal Procedural Law Section 2.10 Sub Section 59. DSNY Peace Officers have the authority to make warrantless whenever acting pursuant to their special duties. They are also authorized to issue desk appearance tickets, parking tickets, criminal summonses and they may also issue Environmental Control Board summonses related to Sanitation Department specific.

Some of the areas of focus are:

illegal dumping enforcement
environmental-related summonses
theft of recyclable material
private sanitation truck enforcement
illegally abandoned vehicles
littering, other quality of life violations
improper disposal of solid waste, just to name a few."

LINK

May 22, 2022, 02:22 PM

.38supersig

quote:

...the patient brandished a gun and fired one round inside the ambulance, striking a 25-year-old EMT in the shoulder.

This is the part where I wanted to read about them bringing back a firing squad.

May 22, 2022, 02:27 PM

ZSMICHAEL

quote:
Funkey Monkey Lounge on Staten Island.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That should have been a clue. Cannot even spell Funky correctly.

May 22, 2022, 02:41 PM

LS1 GTO

quote:
Funkey Monkey Lounge

I would’ve thought a place like this would be located in Florida and owned by a member here.

May 22, 2022, 02:42 PM

recoatlift

I hear a Curtis Mayfield song in the background.

May 22, 2022, 03:11 PM

ZSMICHAEL

A Google review indicates I will not be going to the Funkey Monkey:

I had a great time at drag bingo. will definatly be coming back.

May 22, 2022, 03:24 PM

flashguy

Nothing about the condition of the EMT?

flashguy

May 22, 2022, 03:31 PM

Sig2340

quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
Nothing about the condition of the EMT?

flashguy

Sent home after being treated in the ED. At the link:

“The wounded EMT, identified as Richard McMahon, was released from the hospital Thursday. Video showed him smiling in a wheelchair while fellow first responders greeted him with applause.”

May 22, 2022, 03:49 PM

rscalzo

quote:
Originally posted by Dzozer:
Who knew?

"New York City Department of Sanitation Police
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Formed 1936
Preceding agency - Municipal Law Enforcement
Operations jurisdiction New York, United States
Size - 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2)
Population - 8,274,527
Legal jurisdiction - New York City
General nature - Local civilian police
Headquarters - Brooklyn, NY
Peace Officers approx 70 members as of 2020
3 commands. Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
Commissioner responsible - Edward Grayson
Agency executive - David Lashley, Director of Enforcement

Parent agency New York City Department of Sanitation
Patrol Cars Ford Fusion
Website DSNY Official Site

The New York City Department of Sanitation Environmental Affairs Bureau (Environmental Police Unit) [1] is the law enforcement arm of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), primarily responsible for regulating, enforcing and investigating sanitation-related offenses within the City of New York.

The New York City Department of Sanitation Environmental Police Unit has approximately 70 peace officer's which including, lieutenants, inspectors, and chiefs. Members are recruited from sanitation workers, supervisors, superintendents, and chiefs who go through a thorough law enforcement screening and vetting process. They retain their original civil service title.

DSNY law enforcement officer's are required by New York State Municipal Peace Officer Training Council and the Department of Criminal Justice Services to undergo and pass a 16-week peace officer academy before they can become a NYS Peace Officers within the Sanitation Environmental Police Unit . Training includes penal law, criminal procedural law, police science, discipline, powers of a peace officer, radio use, defensive tactics, unarmed and armed self-defense, physical fitness training, chemical training, handcuffing techniques, firearms, and arrest procedures, among many other subjects.

DSNY Peace Officers are licensed to carry a firearm by the New York City Police Department, they also use handcuffs, pepper spray, expandable ASP baton, radios, and other related law enforcement and public safety equipment. Once assigned, officers undergo 400 hours of on-the-job field training with experienced personnel before being issued permanent assignments. All DSNY Police Officers undergo continuing education & in-service training to re-qualify on equipment and learn about changes in law and department procedures.
Powers and Authority

DSNY Peace Officers are New York State Peace Officers as listed and defined under the NYS Criminal Procedural Law Section 2.10 Sub Section 59. DSNY Peace Officers have the authority to make warrantless whenever acting pursuant to their special duties. They are also authorized to issue desk appearance tickets, parking tickets, criminal summonses and they may also issue Environmental Control Board summonses related to Sanitation Department specific.

Some of the areas of focus are:

illegal dumping enforcement
environmental-related summonses
theft of recyclable material
private sanitation truck enforcement
illegally abandoned vehicles
littering, other quality of life violations
improper disposal of solid waste, just to name a few."

LINK

There are only about 60 or 70 under this title. They attend a 16 week academy and go through training with a NYPD FTO for 10 weeks of so.

May 22, 2022, 04:14 PM

kz1000

quote:
NYPD may have found the gun used in the McCluskey murder.

"I frisked him, he's clean."

May 22, 2022, 05:15 PM

Sig2340

Ten or so years ago I was asked to teach a young bloke who was going to work in Africa how to maintain and shoot an AK pattern rifle.

As we got to know each other I learned the job was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The job itself was flying around to mining sites to check on the recovery of mine workers injured on the job, but not so badly they couldn't work (e.g., light duty). This was needed because some of the "walking wounded" probably should have been hospitalized, but the workers refused, fearing the loss of wage and job.

I asked if the money was good and he replied "On my first day on the job as a paramedic for Camden, NJ, the first piece of gear I was issued was body armor." He explained for three years he worked in Camden, taking all the OT he could to finance a return to university. I met him about a week after he graduated from American University. At AU he'd met a South African who worked for a mining concern, and that's how he got the job.

He picked up the story with his new employer telling him he'd need to learn about AK pattern rifles before he showed up on Day 1. His employer explained that they are flying over a war zone much of the time, and there is a very real chance he could be on a ex-Soviet MI-8 or -17 "Hip" helicopter that got shot down or crashed. He also added that if you see people shooting at you, shoot back.

Surprised by the nature of the job I inquired about compensation. It was six figures, four weeks on, two weeks off. Company paid vacation (four weeks), with travel costs paid each year. And the very real chance of ending up being eaten in the jungle. And not be a lion or leopard. My student quipped that it was the same basic job as Camden, but he was making six times the pay, under better working conditions.

May 22, 2022, 07:34 PM

Tn226

quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
My student quipped that it was the same basic job as Camden, but he was making six times the pay, under better working conditions.

And he could shoot back!

May 22, 2022, 11:35 PM

ammodotcom

quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
"On my first day on the job as a paramedic for Camden, NJ, the first piece of gear I was issued was body armor."

Camden is a legendary hell hole. I once spoke to a cop from there about 20 years ago who said he unholstered his handgun every night he was on the job.

May 23, 2022, 02:29 PM

Fed161

I used to work at the Camden NJ SSA Office and played in a softball league. Our office at the time was located in a complex of offices that included the Camden PD headquarters, the US Marshals, IRS, US Customs (as they were known at the time), the Camden County Dept of Social Services and one other agency that I don't recall. (Safety in numbers I guess). All the agencies were in the softball league. I remember attending an end of summer cook out and having a conversation with several guys from different agencies. A name came up about a particularly noxious ass hole Camden resident. Surprisingly enough, every single guy from every agency knew who he was. They all had dealings with him. (SSA had dealings with this guy because losers with long criminal records apply for disability benefits in large numbers. It's just one more scam they run. Guys like that are why the denial rate for disability claims runs about 70 percent.) Anyway, we all came to the conclusion that the same group of ass holes is giving us all work. We all have jobs because of them.