Another bullshit passive-voice headline. Written implying the fault was not with the LAPD.
“LAPD officers destroy MRI machine in bungled pot raid”
It’s better than the title implies. They also broke the MRI machine because they hit emergency stop buttons instead of stopping for a couple seconds to ask how to safely handle removing the gun.
(I’m not sure the cost difference between a graceful shutdown and an e-stop and can’t find information, but if it’s 250k worth of fix, I’m betting it’s significant.)
My uncle is a medical equipment installer that installs and calibrates MRI machines.
The issue is more than just the physical damage, which can be expensive, these machines take a long time to calibrate to the local environment. If the electromagnets are damaged, the whole set needs to be replaced, as they are manufactured in matching batches.
It’s like if you damage a piston in an engine, it will cause damage to the crank shaft, which will also damage the rest of the engine. It’s a helluva job to fix.
All the helium offgassed instead of being reclaimed so…
One LAPD officer, “dangling a rifle in his right hand, with an unsecured strap, approached the MRI Office” and glanced at the large warning sign on the door that read: ‘Warning. Magnetic Field. High Frequency Yield. Metal Parts and Medical Instruments of All Types prohibited.’" He then walked into the MRI Office, according to the lawsuit.
The judge that signed off on this warrant needs to be held accountable. Tinted office windows and some guy saying he smelled something should not be enough for a warrant.
You mean you want them to read things before signing?
That’s going to require them doing their jobs. They’re not going to be happy about that!
They might miss a round of golf, that would be a terrible injustice.
Lose your rifle, lose your job. Simple as.
Zero tolerance is never good. But this example of stupidity should have at least lose the officer his gun privilege and relegate him to a desk job.
Are you saying you have zero tolerance for zero tolerance?
LoL… intolerant of intolerance… but yeah.
Life is messy and hardly ever black or white. Zero tolerance is just lazy leadership.
comrade magnetism
Rod Farva level of stupid.
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