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What was the last emergency situation you were in? What happened and what part did you play? (lemmy.world)

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Intentionally vague use of "emergency situation" to encourage people to share. If you handle emergency situations as a profession, what's a particularly interesting one.

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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago

I tell the suspect to stay put, I jump out into the hallway (first mistake), hastily pull open the door to the room in question (second mistake)

Why were those mistakes?

[-] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

In addition to what @snowsuit2654@piefed.blahaj.zone pointed out, I also ran into spaces - during an ongoing incident - in which I had no idea what was going on. Behind every door that I hastily jerked open, there could have been hazards that could have jeopardized my safety. Not incidentally, this way of thinking is also a part of a well-established first aid rendering protocol: check your own safety before rendering aid. You are no good to the person in need of help if you yourself become incapacitated or lose your life during the rescue.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago

But coincidentally, your mistakes turned out to give the best results. Your colleague needed someone to step in as soon as possible. How long would it have taken you to guarantee your own safety before each of those steps? How would you even do that? You can't know why the panic button was pressed without stepping into the room.

Also, I'm kind of wondering what happened to the suspect you were interviewing at the start. Did they stay put as you told them? Did they, as I expected when first reading your story, try to flee?

[-] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Good point(s)! Because no matter how much we practice these safety first protocols, when somebody is in danger, we act instinctively. My only thoughts were "eliminate threat 👿". 🤣

No, the suspect stayed where I asked them to stay. Those that we meet in our offices are not detained and attend these pre-trial interviews on their own volition. We do of course interview detained people too, visiting them in jail. Or at least I do, my coworkers are lazy and just do it over the phone. 😅

Anyway, sometimes it doesn't matter how hard I try to explain to people over the phone or in a written letter how much this interview could work in their favor, they still don't show up. Sometimes, this can directly lead to me suggesting to the courts that they don't go for probation, especially if the suspect has a couple of priors.

[-] snowsuit2654@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Because the person was threatening violence and any of these quick/loud actions could have triggered them to act. I think op is implying it would have been safer to be discreet and casually check the situation without alerting the person threatening their colleague.

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