everything has to go through channels and of course.......... has to be departmentally authorized. I can't even sign out an M-16A1 rifle for the longest since the department haven't trained me, even though I can assemble/disassemble one (army trained) with my eyes closed. the reasoning is that......... California is a sue-happy state and los angelenos are notorious on suing the LAPD. so, for example, if an officer don't have a defibrillator 'coz he's not authorized to carry one due to non-training.......... no one can sue him or the department. everything has to be within policy. besides training for the use of.......... we even have to experience being sprayed with pepper spray (OC spray) and being tased.
we're still talkin' about 5150 (danger to other/self) restraint, right? I don't know about over there, but here it's under the penal code.
i see..just like us, we can't do a medical procedure unless we're credentialed to do it (we have to go thru credentialing in every hospital we work)..unlike back home in the Phils where I still can do C-sections and surgical procedures. Oh well--so be it sir.
here in Massachusetts--we call it Section 12 (Emergency restraint/examination/hospitalization of dangerous persons).
under the Ca penal code it's PC 5150 and in the military............ it's section 8.
that's how it is over here............ to keep order and avoid lawsuits.
nosebleed nalang ko ani
beyond my knowledge nako ni...not my scope