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• Ga. man accused of stealing $136K from ambulance service

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  Edward T. Stevenson allegedly cashed 132 checks from the ambulance service from January 2013 to March 2017

• Heather Locklear ordered to residential treatment for 2018 first responder assault

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  Heather Locklear faced five counts of battery on an officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer

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  Two decades later: How fire, EMS response has changed since Columbine

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  A fire captain who was on duty during the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 says the incident forever changed how they prepare for and respond to active threats and mass casualty incidents

• Mich. paramedic accused of swiping morphine, fentanyl for personal use

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  Eric Stanke, 34, was arraigned for charges that include possession of a controlled substance and two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud

• Cincinnati family sues city for wrongful death after failed 911 responses

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  The lawsuit states that "defendants acted recklessly and with deliberate indifference in failing to protect Kyle Plush, causing him to suffer greatly before his death"

• What should EMS providers consider before carrying a concealed weapon on duty?

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  EMS1 columnists react to a Kansas law that prohibits public employers from preventing their employees from carrying a concealed weapon while on duty

• Survey: 90% of American adults consider air ambulances a critical service

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  YouGov conducted a poll revealing that a majority of people believe air ambulance services are critical and should be covered by insurance companies

• FDNY notifies more than 10K patients of possible data breach

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  An FDNY employee lost an unencrypted hard drive containing patient care reports made between 2011 and 2018

• SC ambulance service to pay $200K in back wages

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  Department of Labor officials ended an investigation on MedTrust and concluded that the ambulance service violated federal overtime requirements

• Baltimore County to pay more than $1.1M to settle wrongful death lawsuit

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  The lawsuit alleged that officers used excessive force against Tawon Boyd and that county EMS erred in injecting him with the anti-psychotic medication Haldol

• Mass. officials suspend rescue squad president's EMT license

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  Department of Public Health officials state that Daniel McCall misrepresented his credentials to teach an EMT class

• Fla. EMS billing agency mistakenly publishes hundreds of confidential health records

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  National EMS Billing had uploaded a 1,105-page document to the courts’ website, which allows anyone with internet access to see the information

• SC county, EMS agency sued for negligence in man's death

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  Paul Tarashuk was struck and killed by a vehicle after first responders released him while he was experiencing a schizophrenic episode

• EEOC files suit against Wash. AMR for pregnancy discrimination

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  The EOCC lawsuit states that AMR refused the request of a pregnant paramedic for light duty during her third trimester

• Ky. fiscal court to consider backup ambulance service agreement

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  The situation comes after Owensboro Health announced plans to exit an ambulance agreement, leaving the region without a secondary emergency medical transport service

• Pa. police charge former assistant fire chief, paramedic with sexual assault

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  Parker A. Foster Jr. was serving probation for a 2016 sex assault case when he was charged with sexually assaulting a person with a mental disability

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