Crime runs wild in Italy

http://abcnews.go.com/International/italian-circus-closed-pass-off-dogs-pandas/story?id=27793003

Video - response to NYPD ambush

http://www.ems1.com/volunteer/articles/2045350-Video-EMS-Response-to-NYPD-Officer-Ambush/

rapid transport to hospital by 2 ambulances

3 minute video shot from overhead

Chinese cops vs Ostrich

http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/runaway-ostrich-races-truck-highway/story?id=27787220

video shows ostrich blowing thru tollbooth on highway without paying toll

Palm Beach County FD Just Says No to Backboards

http://www.jems.com/article/news/florida-fire-department-abandons-backboa

Radley Balko at Twitter

https://twitter.com/radleybalko
Author of "The Rise of the Warrior Cop"

London UK cut trauma deaths by 30%

https://twitter.com/Obidoc

? London UK ? - 30% reduction in trauma deaths since trauma centers were opened 2 years ago

Charlotte NC - saving 80% of heart attack victims

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/12/09/5371865/charlotte-improves-cardiac-arrest.html#emlnl=Todays_Headlines

Mecklenburg County saving 80% - Charlotte saving 50% - USA average is 15%

(I thought that Mecklenburg County EMS covered Charlotte? - maybe not - maybe Charlotte FD and a private ambulance company serves the city)

Ferguson MO - eyewitness statements

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/ferguson-witnesses/

Did Michael Brown charge Darren Wilson? Here are the witness statements.

USA - 3,000 die from seizures annually

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2014/ninds-08.htm

10 lies you learned in EMT class

http://limmercreative.com/10-lies-learned-emt-class
11 lies actually

Unarmed police around the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#Weapons

Police do not carry guns in - United Kingdom - Iceland - Ireland -
Norway - New Zealand - Malta - (mostly island nations)

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China apparently has 2 types of cops - regular unarmed cops - plus
Armed Police (who also operate the FDs) - since 2006 the regular
unarmed cops have been given gun training and some guns - but there is
just 1 emergency phone number for police (so they must be functionally
consolidated)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_%28China%29#Firearms

regular police in China historically have not carried guns

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India#Weapons_and_equipment

Police in India usually leave their guns at the station house