Fla. measure would arm paramedics for ‘high-risk’ operations
By: policeone.com
A measure making its way through the Florida Legislature would arm paramedics that would then join law-enforcement officers during “high-risk” operations.
SB 722, sponsored by Sen. Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, would allow paramedics and other EMS personnel to be armed before entering situations like hostage incidents, narcotics raids, sniper incidents and active shooter incidents, reports WWSB.
Hooper cites recent deadly active shooter incidents such as the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the mass shooting at a Fort Lauderdale airport as the reason for the proposal.
