Utah Police Officer Featured In Video Arresting Nurse Fired

[Bearing Arms 388]

The video rocked the nation. It was a simple thing. A police officer wanted a blood test for an individual brought in following a traffic accident, someone who had been seriously injured. He wanted it, but he had no court order for it and there was no doctor’s order for it, so the nurse got on the phone and appeared to be trying to find a solution.

 

She got arrested for her troubles, and in the process became the subject of a viral video.

 

Now, that officer is looking for a new job and his supervisor is getting to climb back up the ranks.

 

Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown has fired one officer and demoted another in response to the July 26 arrest of University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels, according to records obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.

 

 

Detective Jeff Payne, who arrested Wubbels, was fired Tuesday. Payne’s watch commander the day of the confrontation, Lt. James Tracy, was demoted to police officer III effective Wednesday, according to the documents signed by Brown and sent to the men.

 

Brown’s decision is the

culmination of an internal affairs investigation

that began a day after the confrontation between Wubbels and Payne. The probe ultimately found that both officers had violated a number of department policies.

 

 

“In examining your conduct,” Brown wrote to Payne, “I am deeply troubled by your lack of sound professional judgment and your discourteous, disrespectful, and unwarranted behavior, which unnecessarily escalated a situation that could and should have been resolved in a manner far different from the course of action you chose to pursue.”

 

 

Brown was similarly critical of Tracy, saying his lack of judgment and leadership was “unacceptable,” and, “as a result, I no longer believe that you can retain a leadership position in the Department.”

 

I support our boys in blue, but they make mistakes. When they make major mistakes like this one, they should be fired just like anyone else would be. Let’s be blunt, this wasn’t some minor screw up either. This was a massive gaffe that was also caught on video, which didn’t do him any favors.

 

We all understand that police officers are in a tough spot. Sometimes, the rules allow guilty people to walk away from their transgressions. It’s frustrating. I get it.

 

Yet there are still laws that have to be observed, otherwise, you’re committing your own transgressions. Among those laws is the Fourth Amendment that protects people from unreasonable search and seizure, and that includes bodily fluids. If there’s probable cause to get the blood sample, then call the judge and get the warrant. Nurse Wubbels would have had no issue, then.

 

Instead, Payne crossed the line when he decided to arrest a nurse who was just doing her job.

 

There’s one very important thing to remember here, however. These are just two police officers out of thousands in this country who do the job right each and every day. It becomes easy to paint them all with the same brush, but they work in a job where doing your job right goes largely unnoticed by most people, but every screw up has the potential to be a front page story.

 

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[Mr Thrall 12]

The cop assaulted, molested, threatened and kidnapped that lady. (OF COURSE HE HAD SEVERAL ACCOMPLICES TO THESE ACTS AS WELL.) He had no legal standing to do so. What he did was commit multiple violent crimes and he was fired ? I will keep the whole "legal" standing to the side for the moment. He is in law enforcement and does not even know the law. Then when the cop commits illegal violent crime he is not held accountable. If it was anyone else committing all these violent crimes we would be locked away. Then again the "supreme" court has said this...

 

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/heien-v-north-carolina/http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/heien-v-north-carolina/

 

http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/police-2/supreme-court-rules-you-have-no-4th-amendment-rights-if-cops-dont-know-the-law/

[Scott Lance Smith 452]

Parking, Traffic & Fees for Government, Services (Licenses, Registrations, Permits, Etc,) should be only $20 (Annotation 2 - Eighth Amendment - Excessive Fines). The Citizens/Taxpayers of this Country are being Abused/Used on a Minute by Minute if not Second by Second Basis by Career Politicians & Their Cashiers in the Costumes of Police & City “Courts”. The Citizens/Taxpayers have Chosen Time after Time to Reject/Un fund Corrupt/Unwanted/Wasteful Programs & Spending. So what do Career Politicians do to Fund these Programs? Career Politicians Send their Cashiers to Write Traffic Tickets & “Traffic/City Courts” Impose Heavy Fines on “Working People”. Knowing full well their Victims Can not Defend themselves. Working People can not Afford to “Take Time Off Work” little own Hire an Attorney. If even Ten Percent of these Victims/People Used their Constitutional Rights in terms of the Seventh Amendment (Trial by Jury for any Fine of Twenty Dollars ($20). The Whole Corrupt System would Collapse in a Month. This would also mean the Police & Courts would have more time for REAL Criminals. In other Words the Next time you get a Traffic Ticket & Appear in Front of a Cashier/Judge, Plead NOT Guilty & Demand a Jury Trial. If the Cashier/Judge Informs you, you do not have the Right to a Trial. Read the Cashier/Judge the Seventh Amendment.

 

The Citizenry of the United States have known for years maybe decades the police have a Ticket quota system. The police on the other hand have denied this. Being a former police officer I can honestly CONFIRM there is a well defined if not written quota system. It is easy to find. Add up all the Tickets a police department issues in a month, divided that number by the number of police officers in the department. This number is the Quota, for any one police officer. You will find the number of Tickets issued from each police officer is at least equal to their Monthly Salary. Depending on how currpt the municipality (mayor, city manager &/or city council) is maybe two or three times. Another way to determine the quota system is to find the police officers who are getting promoted & bonuses.