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Betty Higdon

Ambulance (file/credit: CBS 2)

City Officials Call For Tougher Rules To Protect EMTs, Paramedics From ‘Sick People’

The new initiative would provide EMTs and paramedics who are assaulted on the job with the same legal protection that is currently afforded to police officers.

2012/10/23

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