Testimonials & Other Real Life Situations

POLICE:

http://www.officer.com/news/10454162/
mass-state-police-captain-suspended-over-chase

Yesterday at a duty status hearing, attended by the respondent's lawyer but not by the trooper
himself, a duty panel suspended the trooper without pay indefinitely, according to state police spokesman. The hearing took place at state police headquarters in Framingham.
 

http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-13/bay-area/
17266594_1_sergeant-dog-police-officer

A grieving dog lover has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against South San Francisco police, saying an off-duty sergeant wrongfully shot and killed his boxer named Angel after it grappled with the sergeant's dog in a park last year.

3 residents sue police allege brutality
The suit also names as defendants former Police Chief Eddie Jaggers, who now is the chief in Raeford, along with four Coats police officers. This is the second time since 2005 that Coats has been sued on claims of police wrongdoing ...

Lawyer sues Fairfax over 2009 shooting of unarmed motorist
A Manassas lawyer has sued Fairfax County, its police department and the officer who shot and killed David A. Masters, an unarmed motorist, just making the two-year deadline for filing a civil lawsuit. The suit names Masters's ex-wife and stepdaughters ...

Bayou La Batre police captain sues Mayor Stan Wright, 3 councilmen over retalitation
The mayor has been accused in a lawsuit of demoting a police captain in retaliation for the officer's help investigating corruption in the city. (Press-Register/John David Mercer) MOBILE, Alabama -- A Bayou La Batre police captain has sued the city ...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/26/
police-chief-sued-for-making-arrest-by-police-labor-union/
The Scranton police union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the city for an off-duty drug arrest made by Police Chief Dan Duffy in March.

http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=1208&issue_id=62007

Minimizing Risk by Defining Off-Duty Police Misconduct .... The officer's lawyers sued his department alleging that his off-duty video sales were protected under ...

FIRE:

http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/
mich-township-firefighter-sued-2009-crash

A driver who slammed into the back of a fire truck two years ago is suing Frenchtown Township and the firefighter who helped save his life

http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-ems/articles/
988817-Fla-firefighter-sued-for-stealing-foot-from-scene/

A man who lost a foot and a portion of his leg during a Florida car crash sued a former emergency worker who took the body parts

EMS - Paramedics

http://www.allinjuryattorney.com/Injury_Blog/2010/February/
EMS_sued_for_wrongful_death_over_death_of_athlet.aspx

In North Carolina, the parents of a high school football player filed suit against the Orange County EMS for wrongful death, claiming that the EMS responder failed to take proper care of their son.

http://www.madisonrecord.com/news/
235440-ofallon-ems-sued-for-allegedly-dropping-patient

The next-of-kin of a deceased woman has filed suit against O'Fallon's EMS, alleging its employees dropped the woman, breaking her hip and contributing to her death.
 

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