Idiot sheriff is needlessly exposing your county to a really GOOD Lawsuit. 

His foolish insistance of sending a deputy before dispatching EMS  WILL get the county sued by some family of a person who dies because the "magic hour" was blanently disregarded. All it takes is a court order releasing all the Dispatch times on when call came in, when EMS was finally dispatched and Idiot Sheriff's department rule about sending a Deputy to a medical emergency before requesting EMS.

The problem is of course, the Sheriff is in charge of the dispatch center and obviously he is trying to force all EMS departments to buy the same pager system county wide. Idiot Sheriff is playing a very potentially expensive game of "turf war" at the public's safety..

County Commissioners are not very intelligent using the excuse "he is with in his budget"..  They have  or should have a County Prosecuting Attorney who,, if is any kind of 1/2 arse decent Attorney should be giving the Commissioner's sound legal advice. 

Whether is is a fire, medical emergence, or LEO situation it should be a 2 step call period.

1. Person call's in emergence states the type of emergency

2. Dispatch sends Proper Men and Equipment. Be it, firetrucks, ambulance, Deputies.

Any further 'call this dept,, so they can dispatch that department'   is foolish. Dispatch IS the DECIDING and Call out Department period.

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