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Residents raise EMS injury allegation and call for repudiation of ICE memorandum during public comment
Summary
During public comment a resident alleged a paramedic dropped his 72‑year‑old father during a transfer and requested accountability; another resident urged the council to repudiate a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with ICE, saying the agreement grants arrest powers without warrants.
Two members of the public used the meeting’s public comment period to raise concerns about emergency medical care and a memorandum of understanding related to immigration enforcement.
A resident (identified in the transcript as speaking under public comment) alleged that on Aug. 28 a Taylor Fire Department crew dropped his 72‑year‑old father while moving him to a stretcher and that the paramedics then “refused to … stop handling” the man when he complained. The speaker said his father ‘‘screamed out of pain’’ and alleged the paramedics failed to properly assess or document the injury; he asked the council to commit to accountability. Corporation counsel said he had reviewed the matter with the deputy fire chief, that the hospital had performed a CT scan, and that the hospital reported “absolutely no injury.”
A second commenter asked the council to repudiate a 287(g) agreement the commenter said the chief had entered into with ICE and argued the memorandum authorized broad warrantless arrest powers. The commenter said the agreement should be publicly repudiated; no council action was taken on the request at the meeting.
Council did not vote on either item; corporation counsel indicated the fire department reported the event to the receiving hospital and that hospital findings did not show injury.
