dwayneb236 wrote:
Campncouple wrote:
Many departments don't allow their officers to change tires due to the risk of injury. They are to park the patrol units behind the broken down vehicle with the emergency lights on, and it's a good idea to get out of that unit once you've done this. They can and have gotten creamed from behind. My department leaves it up to us. They would rather we didn't change the tires but if we do they won't say anything. It's a situational thing. You just have to determine what would work out best. We get assistance calls on the highway quite often. We usually just protect and wait for the tow truck.
My department had a policy pertaining to "Ancillary Traffic Services", in my years on the road I changed many flats, adjusted snow chains, opened locked cars, etc. And like most, it just depended on the situation/location, and many times I would standby until a wrecker would arrive. However, on one occasion I delivered a baby in the back seat. The baby nor the mother wanted to wait on EMS.
