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The decision to ban staff from moonlighting as law enforcement marks a change of course for the safety-net medical system, and has prompted at least one doctor to choose policing over the hospital.
Overuse of ambulance diversions during the pandemic has led to constant closing and reopening of ERs that left EMS crews and patients frustrated.
Mpls. and EMS officials disagreed on new mental health service.
Copy shortlink: The union that represents Hennepin County's paramedics, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical dispatchers accused Minneapolis officials of planning to use unarmed civilian personnel for certain mental health emergencies with little or no input from health care first responders. Sam Erickson, vice president of the Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs (HCAPE), said the union was not included in "any planning or coordination for the new civil response teams." He said it was also his understanding that the new teams are not "full...