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)