Officer who arrested U of U nurse fired as part-time paramedic

[Eugene]

Source: KUTV

Officer who arrested U of U nurse fired as part-time paramedic

by Larry D. Curtis, KUTV

(KUTV) Gold Cross Ambulance has fired Jeff Payne, the officer who arrested a nurse at the University of Utah.

Payne was a part time paramedic for the Utah ambulance service.The termination was announced in a press release Tuesday from Gold Cross that said in part, "...we take his inappropriate remarks regarding patient transports seriously." The company said it would "continue to maintain our values of outstanding patient focused care, safety, and the complete trust of the communities we serve."

The termination is effective immediately.

Payne has received national attention since he arrested nurse Alex Wubbles who denied him access to a patient to draw blood. She said his arrest was assault. Video of the arrest from Payne's body camera was released. Since Wubbles approached the media, University of Utah Hospital police, have issued an apology for not protecting her.

http://kutv.com/news/local/officer-who-arrested-nurse-fired-as-part-time-paramedic

[underpants]

1. Remember this happened in July

Not a word about it until this week that I know of.

[Brother Buzz]

3. It was nothing but an incident in the police log until....

the damning video splashed last week.

[dembotoz]

2. As a paramedic he REALLY should have known better

From both sides
No excuse

[treestar]

4. he might be an ok paramedic

It is as a cop he should be fired.

[tblue37]

5. He threatened to dump all the transients in that hospital if the nurse

didn't comply with his illegal order to draw blood.

[Brother Buzz]

6. A paramedic who decides who is indigent, and where to 'dump' them is OK?

[treestar]

7. I guess I was thinking more of

his bad arrest. But OK. So the question is, is he still a cop?

[Brother Buzz]

11. Yes, still a police officer on paid adminstrative leave

I'm hoping they are just dotting the i's and crossing the t's while they build a bullet-proof case to terminate, because this ain't gonna blow over.

[FSogol]

8. Wanna bet that he feels the indigent are color-coded? Glad he was fired.

The police department should do the same.

[demigoddess]

9. good! he did not understand why nurses and emts have rules to follow and why they

have those rules. And he seems prone to break rules if it is okay for him.

[exboyfil]

10. It would be a liability issue for the ambulance company

I bet they are praying no former patients have claims.

[Skittles]

12. so he is a cop and a paramedic

yet he knows less about hospital procedures than I do? How is that possible?

[XRubicon]

13. I think the guy he was trying to draw blood from was a part time cop too

and a part time truck driver. Republican heaven, everyone part time with limited benefits.

I am guessing that is why this thing blew up in his face.