... a longstanding history of conflict between police agencies in Salt Lake City with hospitals, and
this particular hospital especially. The fact that these conflicts have been ongoing for YEARS in this locale and have
yet to be corrected suggests that the failure of leadership in that hospital and those LEA's is endemic ...
By what informed authority or investigative evidence can you claim that the hospitals in question have poor leadership in place
that has contributed to long term conflicts with LE..?
This is a case of LE (both individual and chain of command) failing to honor the previously co-signed blood withdrawal agreement.
further, the blood draw law LE was trying to hustle the hospital with, became defunct in Utah 2007.
If you have any verifiable reported evidence concerning the history of those area hospitals being at fault, or unlawful, belligerent,
obstructive, or failing to honor agreements ,please present it.
The mere fact LE were required to conduct their own de-escalation training program, seems to acknowledge they may be the
cause of long term conflicts with hospitals.
" The Salt Lake City Council issued a statement at Tuesday’s formal meeting. Chairman Stan Penfold said that;
“all seven council members” shared the public’s concern about the incident.
“We stand united in our believe that it is unacceptable,” he said. “It was especially frustrating in light of
the police department has made recently on [de-escalation] training. This is a big step back on those efforts, which is disappointing.”
all the progress on de-escalation...??....so in other words Police Dept. had an identified major issue with escalating situations
involving its officers in the field.
