Report: Officer lost control before arresting Utah nurse
Source: Associated Press
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Updated 3:35 pm, Thursday, September 14, 2017
FILE--In this Sept. 1, 2017, file photo, nurse Alex Wubbels speaks during an interview after she was dragged in handcuffs by Utah police from a hospital in Salt Lake City. The case of the police officer caught on video dragging Wubbels from the hospital in handcuffs is now before a Utah police chief to decide possible punishment after a law enforcement oversight board found the detective lost control and got aggressive while his supervisor failed to seek legal advice that could have calmed the situation
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A Utah police chief will decide any possible punishment for an officer caught on video dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her after a review board found he lost control and got aggressive.
It appears Salt Lake City Detective Jeff Payne became upset during a long wait to draw blood from a patient and his frustration spilled over after nurse Alex Wubbels refused under hospital policy, the report from the independent Police Civilian Review board report said.
"His verbal actions were loud, aggressive, and overly mission driven," the report released Wednesday states, adding that Payne "very clearly lost control of his emotions."
That report and another from the Salt Lake City Police Department's internal affairs investigators will be considered by police chief Mike Brown as he weighs possible punishment that could include firing.
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TNNurse
(6,927 posts)you do not get to lose your temper and get upset while doing your job. He is clearly unsuited to remain in police work. She remained calm under much more stress than he had.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)He is in burnout with no recovery window....time to go fishing or camping for him... Crossed the line with no Redemption option.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)He'll be twice as eff'ed up as he was before, too. He is no longer temperamentally suited for this job.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Put a fork in him stage. ..
Blues Heron
(5,938 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)what we all saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)When review boards come to similar conclusions when cops are clearly in the wrong when handling African Americans...But there is no sign of that happening at all. It is very depressing.
33taw
(2,444 posts)But I also question what's up with the department? This is only an issue because the nurse's lawyer made it a public issue. My guess is they thought it was funny and joked about it in the office. I hope she does seek some damages from their office.
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Supervisor and the two Security Guards standing with their thumbs up their noses.
MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)never allowed to work in Law Enforcement again.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)This guy needs to find another line of work.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)not only to the public, but also to his officers.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)I don't know about Utah, but in California assaulting a health care worker is the same crime as assaulting a police officer. They put people in jail for kicking a police dog, FFS.
byronius
(7,395 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)He could use a decent haircut
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,033 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Now what,a two week vacation and back to being a THUG cop?? That POS needs to be FIRED NOW,not coddled.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)His verbal actions? What about his physical actions. And that "overly mission driven" business borders on trying to excuse his actions. It sounds as though they're saying that he was so focused on his "mission" that he got carried away. It's almost as though they are trying to reprimand him and commend him at the same time.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Make them pay her MILLIONS, and she can do with the money whatever she wants, and make part of the agreement be the HR policies need to be changed. Most people won't do anything until it costs them money.