What's with this police policy of letting shooting victims just bleed out?

[Lee-Lee]

5. Enhanced first aid training and carrying gunshot kits

Is something that needs to be addressed. State standards vary wildly on how much training officers get and how much, if any, they get on an annual basis for in-service training.

In NC the curriculum in BLET is essentially equivalent to what Medical First Responder is, but very few new officers bother to take the test or maintain it. Very, very few departments do any first aid training on an annual basis.

In the case of NC it would only be about 60 more hours of classroom time plus some clinical hours in the ambulance to get them to EMT-B level. I have long held that getting all new officers to EMT-B level and having them keep that certification would be a huge improvement in many ways- faster medical response to incidents that they are involved in or just aster response if they are closer than Fire or EMS to an incident is big.

Then make sure all cars have a basic medical jump bag in them and have all officers carry a small belt mounted kit with gloves, bandage, quick clot and tourniquet.

It would be a big asset to public safety in many ways- officer safety is better because they are more prepared to render self aid or aid to others. The public gains more trained and equipped medical responders on the road. And in cases where a suspect is injured the knowledge and equipment to render aid is there once the scene and suspect are secure.

One of many changes on my long list of how I would change things. Some day I'll make a long post about it all.