New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs fly at them from all directions, hitting the officers and covering them in snow.
The officers, growing visibly frustrated, shoved at least two people to the ground as snowballs continued to whizz by. At one point, a person runs up behind an officer and mushes some snow onto his head. One of the officers can be seen rubbing his eye toward the end of the video.
In a statement Tuesday, the New York Police Department said multiple uniformed officers were struck in the face with snowballs and were “removed by EMS in stable condition” to a nearby hospital, but did not disclose additional information on their injuries.
They actually don’t have to respond. It would be insane if they did, and the system simply wouldn’t be able to function; the volume of calls (and for the most frivolous things) can be tremendous.
/used to work 911/dispatch
Don’t know what 911 system you worked in, but NYC sends PD or EMS or Fire to every call, not matter how obviously frivolous.
Just because you do doesn’t mean you are required to. Also, I don’t believe it. You send PD or EMS if somebody calls 911 because they see a black guy they don’t recognize in their neighborhood? Because that’s a common call.
Funny thing about people.
Most aren’t actually trained to respond well in an emergency.
They might say that someone is bleeding a lot when it’s just a bloody nose, or say ‘he fell down’ when the person had a heart attack and collapsed.
Source?