Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A SIMPLE injection of insulin would have saved the city millions in lawsuit payouts to diabetic NYPD prisoners, the Daily News has learned.
When diabetics are arrested, they must surrender their medications to cops as well as their freedom.
?Prisoners are not permitted to self-medicate, and those requiring such attention are brought to the hospital,? NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said in a statement.
But several lawyers who have filed suits on behalf of diabetics say cops take a dim view of interrupting the booking process to take a prisoner to the hospital.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...eds-article-1.1090629?localLinksEnabled=false
When diabetics are arrested, they must surrender their medications to cops as well as their freedom.
?Prisoners are not permitted to self-medicate, and those requiring such attention are brought to the hospital,? NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said in a statement.
But several lawyers who have filed suits on behalf of diabetics say cops take a dim view of interrupting the booking process to take a prisoner to the hospital.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...eds-article-1.1090629?localLinksEnabled=false