Sexual Misconduct
Police sergeant challenges and educates EMS leaders to do more to reduce the risk and occurrence of sexual harassment for all employees
Here’s four proactive measures EMS employers can take to prevent harassment and discrimination in the workplace
Take responsibility for building and improving a department culture through good words and deeds, not disparaging ones
One of the women said in her lawsuit that she lost her unborn child hours after James Walley raped her in the back of an ambulance
FDNY officials reviewed the leaked reports on the message board and are confident that the information was not posted by a first responder
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
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested Thomas Peltier for 45 counts of possessing child pornography
Robert Stambaugh, 60, pleaded guilty in March to three child pornography counts
Timothy Ovadal, 36, is accused of fondling a patient and exposing himself in the back of an ambulance during a transport
The student immediately complained to her parents and police after the firefighter allegedly made lewd comments and touched her during dinner at the firehouse
Define what behaviors are off limits and what to do if an assault against emergency responders does occur
A 25-year veteran of Fayette EMS is suing the agency after she says a veteran supervisor “slapped her on the buttocks” according to the suit
Aaron English was accused of groping a teenage patient in 2017, but he wasn’t charged until another teen came forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior
Amy Sherlock allegedly admitted that she had photos of four of her colleagues, and her coworker claimed she said they were for “insurance”
Officials said Joshua Patterson, 21, found the 15-year-old patient on Snapchat and sent her sexually explicit photos of himself
Female paramedics at the South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust claim they were forced to watch porn and give sexual favors
The 57-page suit alleges the city has failed to deter a long-standing, pervasive culture of sexual harassment throughout the department’s firehouses and facilities
Suzanne Grimes alleged that Sentara Healthcare fired her because she filed a complaint that her colleague made explicit comments about her body
Jeffrey Dean said he was told to teach his new partner to “keep his mouth shut”
Joshua Walton Vaughn, 26, was allegedly having explicit conversations with a 16-year-old on the app Whisper
Francis Lenahan pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy
The 57-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of an ambulance
An EMT student told police he had been sexually assaulted and secretly photographed by Barry Barkinsky, a hospital emergency manager and EMT course instructor
The female firefighter claims that she was reprimanded and reassigned to another station when she told her superiors about the harassment
Fairfax Underground curator Carey Weidemann said he thought Chief Bowers’ statements were a “deflection of blame”
Our co-hosts talk about the tragedy and disgrace of bullying after the death of firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff
Sam Conkel, 24, was arraigned on sexual battery and gross sexual imposition charges
Chief Richard Bowers said his focus at the moment is on Nicole Mittendorff’s grieving family and colleagues, but that he has zero-tolerance for bullying
Colin Skeele, 29, was arrested after being accused of engaging in sexual intercourse and showing child pornography to a 17-year-old cadet
If convicted of sexual battery and gross sexual imposition, Samuel Conkel faces a maximum of six and a half years in prison
Fire Chief George Sheets said the firehouse is not a place for reckless “Animal House” behavior
The female patient accused a Georgia EMT of touching her backside while she was being transported to a hospital