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Utah County judge throws out Payson police lawsuit

than the camera in a Police car, I think it is a good idea for Law Enforcement and EMS to have a recording mic on themselves when they are dealing with the public to record everything that's being said during an incident or situation....

I have to side with Anderson here. The officer should have left him alone.

Since when do police officers or EMT's have constitutional authority to force anyone to get medical treatment? They can involuntarily commit mentally ill patients, but apparently didn't. (Of course I wasn't in the court room, and the judge may have decided that the transport was voluntary, which is a different issue.)

A patient cannot be compelled to be transported to the hospital. If EMS personnel can prove that the patient was not alert and "oriented", EMS personnel can make the determination to transport the patient on the patient's behalf. If the patient is alert and oriented, but EMS personnel feel that the patient should be transported and the patient does not object, EMS personnel are working within their scope of practice. From the article, it appears that the patient was somewhat alert and oriented. The question is whether or not the patient actually refused to be transported or not.