When I was living out in N. California, the city that I lived in had a "public Safety" dept which was the police, fire and medical services combined into one operation. Each officer was assigned a take home car, and worked regularly scheduled shifts. Officers responded to fire calls from home in city patrol cars. Some were assigned to go to one of 2 stations to get trucks to bring to the scene; others went directly to the scene. Medical calls were handled by one team of 3 officers that rotated through the ranks. Each person was a fully POST certified police officer, fully trained fire fighter, and each was also an EMT, some were paramedics. This is the only place that I have seen do this type of operation. Does this happen else where and what are your thoughts of this type of operation?
[ 11-02-2001: Message edited by: DoD Police ]
[ 11-02-2001: Message edited by: DoD Police ]
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