Assaults on Fire Department Emergency Medical Service personnel are a serious problem, according to testimony at a Feb. 25 City Council committee hearing.
Between 2015 and 2018 the number of physical assaults by patients and the public on EMS members increased by almost 50 percent. Chief James Booth, who commands EMS, told the Council panel that in 2015, the first year for which he had statistics, there were 79 assaults. In 2016 the number was 97, and in 2017 it spiked to 166. Last year, 117 assaults were reported.
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