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Andreas_RebmannThey used statements and reports from both the ambulance agency and FDNY.
They used statements and reports from both the ambulance agency and FDNY.
The main point was to discuss the controversy between these two, very different, safety and education zones for Nuclear disasters
"The violence broke out when the patient spit at the Emergency Service Unit officers and swore at them. The officers responded by hitting him in the face, hauling him off the stretcher to the ground and then tossing him back on the stretcher, the EMTs said in written statements submitted to the FDNY."
"An FDNY spokesman confirmed there was a notification from the agency to the NYPD. The NYPD said the 67th Precinct incident is being investigated by the Internal Affairs Bureau."
EMS protocol for spit
Usual punishments for abuse by Police
Other stories of similar events
The author used official statements from a variaty of sources.
In this case, the main point of the article was to be rpepared ahead of time so that the damage during and after the disaster would be minimized. With education for the communities, after a disaster it would be much easier to move and treat people without as much confusion as there might have been.
The patient was described as emotionally disturbed, and the behavior of spitting at the officers and so on may suggest underlying mental illnesses, a common at risk group for mistreatment.
"Entergy Corp, which operates Indian Point, said that 10 miles 'provides a robust safety margin' and the Fukushima advisory reflected that area's bigger power complex and the lack of information surrounding that accident."
"...Disaster Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization that monitors disaster-response programs and the author of the report, cited the commission's response to the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in which it reccommended that U.S. citizens within 50 miles evacuate."
Fukishima's emergency response, public and corporate messages on Indian Point, Entergy Corporation
FDNY - Fire Department of the City of New York, which includes the EMS department as well.
NY police - self explanatory