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12. Since police work can be dangerous, you'd think that kind of training would be mandatory

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:48 AM

Sep 2016

for the safety of the officers as well as any other injured persons.

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What's with this police policy of letting shooting victims just bleed out? [View all] bagelsforbreakfast Sep 2016 OP

Time and time again as witnessed on video FreakinDJ Sep 2016 #7

non medical liability DustyJoe Sep 2016 #14

If you're dead you can't testify. MaeScott Sep 2016 #2

DING DING DING Thread Winner folks FreakinDJ Sep 2016 #8

Especially since the bad cops have created a corrupt culture meow2u3 Sep 2016 #16

I remember it too. Maybe not all over the country but lostnfound Sep 2016 #11

Dead men can't talk. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #4

Enhanced first aid training and carrying gunshot kits Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #5

That presupposes the will is there. malthaussen Sep 2016 #10

Raise the expectations and sometimes people live up to them lostnfound Sep 2016 #13

Of course they get first aid training awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #18

All the training and gunshot kits in the world awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #17

Instead they walked backwards exboyfil Sep 2016 #9

Exactly! redwitch Sep 2016 #15