Day After Arrest, South Carolina Officer Found Dead

He was passed out in his truck..The medics want to force treatment the cops go along.. A person has a right to refuse treatment... Now a person is dead.. GOOD JOB..and before you reply I have been a cop for over 20 years..

WHY-

TARGET HIT. DEAD ON W/ UR POST.

IN THIS DAY AND AGE, COPS AND OTHER RESPONDERS BETTER LEARN HOW TO TREAT EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER. RUMORS, BACK STABBING AND THE OLD TREATMENT OF COPS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE MUST BE SCUM DONT FIT ANYMORE. WE ARE ABOUT TO POSSSIBLY ELECT ANOTHER PRESIDENT WHOM WELL POKE HOLES IN THE FABRIC OF OUR FOR FATHERS.

STICK TOGETHER, UNIT INTEGRITY IS THE CEMENT THAT BOUNDS US AS A NATION.

PERIOD.

CHRIS S

If this officer chose to eat his gun rather than face the music for his moronic conduct, then so be it.

If he was this loosly wound, then he more than likely shouldn't have been wearing a badge to begin with.

It is time for the special treatment and the "look the other way days" for those in law enforcement to come to an end.

The misconduct not wanting treatment ???? I am not condoning the suicide...or saying look the other way...And your right he did have underlying problems and should not been a cop.. BUT... Every person can refuse help...even the drunk on the street if they are not a danger to themself or others...This was nothing more than a medical call and as police do not need to get involved in this area...In Florida officers have been charged with battery for assisting medical staff i.e. fire/rescue and hospital E.R. workers while forcing medical treatment on unwilling persons... If you get stopped do you flash your bagde to get out of the ticket or do you just sign on th line...ONLY YOU KNOW !!! Looking the other way is not everything makes it out to be...I have not shown a officer any more special treatment than I have shown to the people of the city....each case judged on their own merit.. But I have never not enforced the law to keep everyone safe cop or citizen...Please do not put yourself above others as anyine can fall....

I have to agree with True. There is alot of backstabbing, rumors etc..going on for the sake of popularity,envy, laziness etc..and these people are there to serve themselves and not others as they are sworn to do, I hope they all get rooted out.

Well, It's too bad that the guy killed himself, and I don't think it's fair for any of us to assume what was going on in his life. I've been through a suicide of a police co-worker and it's stressful...

But as far as trying to blame this one or that one as we all do, since none of us are perfect, look at it this way:

The comments have been "Forced medical treatment" of this guy. From what I read this is what it looks like (keep in mind I'm interpreting what I read above, and what I read above and my interpretation may both not be correct): Paramedics get a call about a man passed out in a truck, they respond, find the man intoxicated and uncooperative, they call police to assist, police respond and find the man intoxicated and disorderly and arrest the man.

Ok with that in mind, here in Canada you cannot have "Care and Control" of your vehicle while intoxicated, it is the same thing as Impaired Driving (DUI) Care and Control would be when a person is found in their vehicle impaired with the keys in their pocket/ignition/etc... This sounds like that may be a case of "Impaired Care and Control" if such a thing exists in that State or the USA at all, I don't know.

Second, depending on the medical condition of the person, he may not be able to refuse treatment. Think of your "Mental Health Act" or whatever you have. If I respond to a call to assist Paramedics who are dealing with a subject who is refusing to attend hospital or be treated, and the paramedics tell me that if the person is not treated they are going to die or suffer irreparable bodily harm then I will look to the Mental Health Act which gives me the authority to arrest someone if they are a "danger to THEMSELVES or others" If a person is going to die if they do not attend hospital and they refuse to go, then they are a danger to themselves. This is of course subjective, and each situation will need to be looked as such with a dose of your own good judgment and trust in the knowledge and abilities of other first responders.

Again, I wasn't there I don't know the background of this guy or the politics of the area, or if this news report is even half right. So before we jump to conclusions that the arrest was "BS" of that the coppers or medics acted inappropriately, just step back and think about this guys family and co-workers before we *censored* all over everyone assigning blame where it may not be due.

My .02

Listen .....the guy was passed out...had they turned away and he died then the question would be why didn't they take him for treatment. My times medical conditions can cause a person to act intoxicated.......He chose to eat his gun rather then take a suspension or look for a new JOB......Blame the trigger puller on those who were forced into this position by his actions

I think that all of you who have no idea who this person was need to keep your thoughts to yourself. There was lot more to the story that what you see and read on the news and web. So just let it go.