Los Angeles Times

At the LAFD, pay for sex on duty, batter a cop, lie on medical records — and keep your job

One firefighter made off with a Los Angeles Fire Department cellphone last year and used it to solicit a prostitute while on duty. He then abandoned his dispatch post at the department’s downtown ...
NBC Los Angeles

Not enough firefighters to deal with increased medical calls, LAFD report says

A newly-released examination of how the Los Angeles Fire Department handles emergency calls shows the department sometimes exceeds ideal response times because of traffic, a few neighborhoods in need ...
ABC7

Daughter of LASD medic is escorted to school by his fellow deputies after he died of cancer

GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- A week after a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tactical medic died of cancer, fellow deputies escorted his young daughter to school on the year's first day of ...
Officer

Police Tactical Medics Talk About Working in the Line of Fire

OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...