A nurse alleges she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy and the law that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.
Footage from University Hospital and officer body cameras shows Detective Jeff Payne insisting to nurse Alex Wubbels that he be allowed to get a blood sample from a patient in the burn unit who had been injured in a July 26 collision in northern Utah that left another driver dead. The patient was a truck driver hit head on by the deceased who was running from police, not a suspect or perpetrator.
Wubbels responded that blood cannot be taken from an unconscious patient unless the patient is under arrest, there is a warrant allowing the draw or the patient consents. The detective acknowledges that none of those requirements is in place but insists he has the authority to obtain the draw. This clearly enrages Payne, who violently arrests Wubbels in full view of other officers for "obstruction".
Payne's superior has expressed concern, because Payne was in the wrong and had no reason or right to arrest her, but oddly the excessive force of the arrest is not an issue for him.
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45629038&nid=148&title=stop-ive-done-nothing-wrong-nurse-shares-police-video-of-crazy-arrest-by-sl-officer
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