Scanner Reports 3-16-12

22.05.12

By Roger the Scanner Guy

It's FRYday Yippie Dippie Snippie. I was talking to a friend the otter day about Medical Responses on Code 40 Drunks. It's kinda interesting that nowadays if you're so drunk and cannot walk you get shipped to Cottage. Usually by code 2 Medics. That is why they request Code 2 medics. I said something about it once and got my butt bit off by a small group of anonymous cowards. Most code 40 Drunks are transients - that's a fact. If they are passed out it's usually an unresponsive call and Fire rolls code 3 (Lights and Siren) I wonder Why the big Hoopla for drunks? It costs the tax payers a lot of money to ship these guys to the hospital, get ‘em checked out then have the PD Taxi them out to Jail, or the sober center. Heck, when I was a drunk, they hog tied me, tossed me in the back seat, sprayed me with pepper spray, and dumped me in the can. What the HELL is going on around here now? I don't know how much it costs for all emergency responders to respond, I know it's a lot. AMR is about 1400.00 to the hospital I think that is without hooking ya up to all their gadgets. I'm not an investigative journalist but it doesn't take one to let taxpayers know they are getting screwed, and not in a good way. It's hard to pinpoint how many of these calls go out per day I think it's a high percentage though. I don't fault emergency responders with this they are doing their job. I wonder why everything has changed here to where we are catering to the Drunks. These emergency responders are doing everything but bottle feeding them and burping them. What Gives?

Source: Santa Barbara Edhat