[Westside]

Gold Cross Ambulance has fired Jeff Payne, the officer who arrested a nurse at the University of Utah.

Payne was a part time paramedic for the Utah ambulance service.The termination was announced in a press release Tuesday from Gold Cross that said in part, "...we take his inappropriate remarks regarding patient transports seriously." The company said it would "continue to maintain our values of outstanding patient focused care, safety, and the complete trust of the communities we serve."

The termination is effective immediately.

Payne has received national attention since he arrested nurse Alex Wubbles who denied him access to a patient to draw blood. She said his arrest was assault. Video of the arrest from Payne's body camera was released. Since Wubbles approached the media, University of Utah Hospital police, have issued an apology for not protecting her.

http://fox45now.com/news/nation-world/of...-paramedic

[RunItUpTheGut]

As I said before when this first came out, this is a guy whos compensating for his lack of size in other areas.
One of the good ole boy cops who abuses his power daily and thinks that the badge allows him to make decisions based on what he believes is right instead of whats in the law books.
I have no sympathy for him. If he cant handle the job, hes doesn't need to be a cop either. There were several different ways this could be handled professionally but he chose the route to straight prickville.