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-Land of the Free
Long Beach is now using a sedative to detain people during certain police calls
2021-09-01
[LBPOST] In a first for Long Beach, fire department paramedics have recently begun helping police subdue people they believe are potentially violent or combative, sometimes by administering a powerful sedative to the person being detained.

Over the past four months, LBFD paramedics have used the drug midazolam on more than three dozen people as part of a new pilot program meant to bolster coordination between the police and fire department, city officials recently announced.

Nearly 1,000 police and fire personnel, including more than 60 dispatchers, have received training on how to recognize the symptoms of a person exhibiting what city officials call “agitated delirium” as well as coordinate a combined response, according to an Aug. 20 statement from the city.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Ed Buck Recommendedâ„¢
Posted by: Frank G   2021-09-01 20:47  

#12  Injecting a powerful drug into someone, when you don't know what they have already taken, sounds ike a recipe for disaster.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-09-01 20:20  

#11  So, we're just skipping trials and going right to lethal injection.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-09-01 17:12  

#10  Just think. If Chauvin had a tranquilizer gun like they use at the zoo, it might have been a whole different story.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-01 16:20  

#9  Oh, the people who didn't get over playing fireman or whambulance driver as a kid have lobbyists too.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-01 16:19  

#8  Ketamine is a highly controlled substance — a young person of my acquaintance can only get her twice-weekly dose for treatment-resistant clinical depression at her psychiatrist’s office. I am deeply shocked that mere paramedics are permitted by the FDA to hand it out to undiagnosed, unwilling patients on the street.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-09-01 15:34  

#7  Three Colorado cops and two paramedics are charged with manslaughter after death of black man who was put in chokehold and injected with KETAMINE when arrested while out buying tea
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-01 15:12  

#6  Always a good idea to just comply. I do understand agitated / disturbed people can't manage that.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-01 14:52  

#5  So they hold you down and give you an injection.
Read the article. This has killed people in at least two other cities.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-09-01 14:12  

#4  breaks the Nuremburg protocols, just sayin'
Posted by: 746   2021-09-01 12:38  

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Posted by: Dron66046   2021-09-01 07:34  

#2  Yes, this has worked out so well in the past.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-01 07:27  

#1  A prescription is available for 405 commuters.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-01 01:18  

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