Not only do these incidents themselves pose a significant public safety risk, policy violation, and involve potential violation of Federal law, but the lack of notification to the EMS Agency substantially compounds this risk to the public.
"Any time something like this happens, it is frankly devastating internally and externally to the organization," said Chief Robert Sapien regarding the drug theft by Captain Moalem.
The fire chief admitted to investigators that he had "forcefully" taken his daughter out of a swing and subsequently "threw her on the ground" due to frustration over her crying.