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Mon Aug 3 11:50:42 BST 2009

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM, <cadeth66 at aol.com> wrote:
> I personally believe its over-kill for any Hospital security guard to be armed.
>
>  Granted some of the people we treat may be potentially dangerous most of the time a situation can be
> verbally de-escalated

Maybe I can add something to this story.

If you read the local papers, you will see that the EMMC ER has a
uniformed City of Bangor (Maine) police officer in the department each
overnight.  That police department uses Tasers, but not every officer
carries one due to lack of funds.

The hospital, believing that violence is escalating in their ER, wants
the police officer assigned to the ER to have a Taser available if
needed (I suppose rather than the alternatives, such as a gun or OC
spray) each and every night.  The police dept said they cannot
guarantee that, so the hospital offered to purchase one exclusively
for the cop's use.  It is to be locked away during hours when the cop
is not there, and is NOT for the use of hospital's medical or security
staff.  Only the cops will have access to it.

Or so goes the story from the local paper and a couple of friends who
work there.  I do not work there myself, so I do not have first-hand
knowledge.  Maybe Pret can shed more light?

LT

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