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re: This afternoon, I called the Baton Rouge City Police
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:50 pm to Will Cover
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:50 pm to Will Cover
Will Cover--This response is perfectly reasonable, and I thank you for taking this issue seriously. What you describe is a person who is not fit to drive a vehicle and would likely endanger herself and others by driving. It was a good choice on your part to call 911.
The 911 personnel are no doubt trained to determine the appropriate personnel to handle this matter. This woman was clearly impaired--perhaps by alcohol, perhaps by drugs, perhaps by a medical condition--and needed some kind of assistance. Prior to getting into a car, it is probably appropriate to send paramedics or other medical personnel, though I agree with one of the other posters that it would be best if a police officer would be dispatched as well. But once the person got into a vehicle, this should be a police matter. You have an impaired person driving a vehicle and putting others in danger. Paramedics are not positioned to stop an impaired driver--this is a job for the police. It is unfortunate that the police response time was so slow--that slow response time placed others in possible danger from a person who should not be driving in her condition.
The 911 personnel are no doubt trained to determine the appropriate personnel to handle this matter. This woman was clearly impaired--perhaps by alcohol, perhaps by drugs, perhaps by a medical condition--and needed some kind of assistance. Prior to getting into a car, it is probably appropriate to send paramedics or other medical personnel, though I agree with one of the other posters that it would be best if a police officer would be dispatched as well. But once the person got into a vehicle, this should be a police matter. You have an impaired person driving a vehicle and putting others in danger. Paramedics are not positioned to stop an impaired driver--this is a job for the police. It is unfortunate that the police response time was so slow--that slow response time placed others in possible danger from a person who should not be driving in her condition.
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Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:53 pm to Will Cover
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Baton Rouge
Found the problem.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:57 pm to tLSU
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When a call comes in, a supervisor listens to the comments on the radio and makes it a code 1 (low priority, auto accident without injury, burglar alarm without a call from homeowner indicating false/no one home, etc) or code 2, which are important calls.
According to friends with brpd, this is bs.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:01 pm to mametoo
Well, I'll clarify. This is the standard for actual law enforcement. BRPD may very well just run around like chickens with their head cut off.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:02 pm to Will Cover
You did the right thing. She could of had a stroke or another type of brain injury that required medical attention.
But what she needed was an EMT.
But what she needed was an EMT.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:03 pm to Will Cover
If it makes you feel any better, EBR sheriffs aren’t any better
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:05 pm to Will Cover
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Teeth were blue, of the ones she had left.
The antibiotic tetracycline given to someone younger than age 8 causes their teeth to permanently turn blue. She may have been fricked up but the blue teeth were coincidental.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:05 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Dear Facebook
I wish you'd Dear Facebook me.
OP looks like she just had a knee replacement a few weeks ago according to FB. Shes probably on the paid meds and drank a blue daquiri today. Bad combo.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:06 pm to Will Cover
So what kind of car was she in?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:08 pm to Will Cover
Could have been a stroke or another medical issue.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:09 pm to Will Cover
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. I left for 30 seconds to reposition my car (had to pull out on the side street and turn around to find a safer place to park).
Come on, Trevor. You had one job.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:18 pm to Will Cover
After saving 7k off msrp using Will’s tried and true method, I support his decision to call 12 on a junkie.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:22 pm to Will Cover
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Is this standard practice now to send paramedics
For a woman going in and out of consciousness?
Don't call a police Seven digit admin number in this situation. Call 911.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:23 pm to Will Cover
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Teeth were blue, of the ones she had left.
You were far too close
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:27 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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People I know and love don't hang out near dollar stores that have drug deals in the parking lot
mungo, you don’t lack self esteem do you?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:28 pm to Will Cover
Not sure about blue teeth but blue tongue would indicate using benzos.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:41 pm to StringedInstruments
If it’s not a violent call in progress you stand in line. You obviously don’t know how few actual offices there are now. Best to mind your own business and stay alive.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:46 pm to Amon
Meanwhile five people died today in BR from overdoses. It’s just a number on a wall. Nobody cares, so don’t dial 911 for that BS.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:50 pm to Will Cover
You should have taken her home with you, cleaned her up, had her wormed and kept her as a lap puppy.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:53 pm to Will Cover
There are a variety of factors that would have effected the response and response time for this call for service.
Communications may have built the call as a medical, lowering the police priority. The day shift and evening shifts overlap, but there is a period towards the end on the first one before the second one starts where low priority calls for service get held for the second shift. This sounds like it would have qualified for a delayed dispatch.
Citizens call in possible impaired drivers all the time. If the vehicle isn't an immediate threat to public safety, wrong side of the road/excess speed, these calls get broadcasted only without assigning an Officer to them. Most of the time the complainant doesn't want to follow the vehicle and provide updates so it's difficult to send an Officer to an exact location to intercept. As a result, they are broadcasted with a description for all units to be on the look out for.
Finally, inner city police work is very busy and a lot of Cops don't like rushing to make a DWI arrest because many are not proficient in the evidence gathering techniques or lengthy paperwork. Add the fact that this was a drug impairment and you can rule out about 90% of guys on the jobs qualified to do a drug evaluation to build the case. For most Cops without a lot of experience in all aspects of these cases, it could take them well over 3 hours from contact to clearing the jail.
What you described sounds like someone under the influence of a narcotic analagesic, commonly an opiate or synthetic opiate, and "on the nod".
You did the right thing. Wish you could have got a more definitive conclusion, but there are other contributing factors that out rank your incident.
Communications may have built the call as a medical, lowering the police priority. The day shift and evening shifts overlap, but there is a period towards the end on the first one before the second one starts where low priority calls for service get held for the second shift. This sounds like it would have qualified for a delayed dispatch.
Citizens call in possible impaired drivers all the time. If the vehicle isn't an immediate threat to public safety, wrong side of the road/excess speed, these calls get broadcasted only without assigning an Officer to them. Most of the time the complainant doesn't want to follow the vehicle and provide updates so it's difficult to send an Officer to an exact location to intercept. As a result, they are broadcasted with a description for all units to be on the look out for.
Finally, inner city police work is very busy and a lot of Cops don't like rushing to make a DWI arrest because many are not proficient in the evidence gathering techniques or lengthy paperwork. Add the fact that this was a drug impairment and you can rule out about 90% of guys on the jobs qualified to do a drug evaluation to build the case. For most Cops without a lot of experience in all aspects of these cases, it could take them well over 3 hours from contact to clearing the jail.
What you described sounds like someone under the influence of a narcotic analagesic, commonly an opiate or synthetic opiate, and "on the nod".
You did the right thing. Wish you could have got a more definitive conclusion, but there are other contributing factors that out rank your incident.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 7:56 pm
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