Legal Issues

Chief Joshua Vance said Christopher Lee Linn showed up at scenes, then joined the Wharncliffe VFD on a provisional basis and was not to go on calls

A fellow Pro Care EMS employee and an SUV driver were killed in the head-on collision

Documents show Kansas City’s civil rights department investigated and substantiated her complaints that her supervisor “taunted and terrorized her”

Preservation of evidence and scene documentation can help bring the guilty to justice and also ensure an innocent person is not wrongly convicted

Giovanna Vittori filed her discrimination lawsuit in 2018; later that year, she died from a medication overdose at 38

Peggy Finley's attorney plans to continue seeking a bond reduction, but Peter Cadigan's lawyer does not

The patient is accused of being agitated and pepper spraying EMT Elaina McAlister before stabbing her seven times in 2019

American Medical Response has placed the DeKalb County medic on administrative leave

Falck officials acknowledge staffing and response-time issues, but the two sides are at an impasse over how much the city will pay the service

The Annapolis FD medic has been accused of making inaccurate statements about why patient Renardo Green was in a prone position

Nearly six years after her death, co-workers cried in the courtroom and shared hugs outside with her family

Suspended Ct. EMT Bradley Doyle was carrying a BB gun, handcuffs, pepper spray, knife, duct tape, cable ties and rope, according to an arrest warrant

IAFF Local 42 leaders said that other Kansas City FD employees had similar physical altercations with patients or residents and were not disciplined or terminated

The bill supports tougher penalties for swatting calls that lead to an evacuation, lockdown or emergency response

State investigators found that Guard Well Medical Transportation failed to ensure its vehicles were properly staffed during transports and failed to properly train its employees