I saw an ad for a MN Police Department which was hiring police officers. The catch was you had to be a NREMT Paramedic, which I thought was weird, but also made sense.
How do you feel about firefighters/EMT/Paramedic crossing the line and working as police officers?
Good ideas maybe since we understand some aspects of public safety, and most of us have been through an EVOC course?
Or bad because of too many bad habits especially with driving some people acquire? Would you be more inclined if it was a fulltime FF/EMT vs. a volunteer or paid on call?
The reason for asking about training police officers as FF/EMT is because the city that I work in, it is mandatory for all police officers to be certified at the EMT-B level within 2 years of hire.
I am FF2 and EMT-(Finishing paramedic this fall)
How do you feel about firefighters/EMT/Paramedic crossing the line and working as police officers?
Good ideas maybe since we understand some aspects of public safety, and most of us have been through an EVOC course?
Or bad because of too many bad habits especially with driving some people acquire? Would you be more inclined if it was a fulltime FF/EMT vs. a volunteer or paid on call?
The reason for asking about training police officers as FF/EMT is because the city that I work in, it is mandatory for all police officers to be certified at the EMT-B level within 2 years of hire.
I am FF2 and EMT-(Finishing paramedic this fall)
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