{"id":15476,"date":"2017-10-11T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=15476"},"modified":"2019-06-01T08:35:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T12:35:04","slug":"update-salt-lake-police-officer-fired-nurse-wubbel-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/update-salt-lake-police-officer-fired-nurse-wubbel-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Salt Lake Police Officer Fired After Nurse Wubbels Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>SALT LAKE CITY &#8211; Following the controversial arrest of a University of Utah nurse, one detective has been fired, and a Lieutenant has been demoted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Detective Jeff Payne and Lt. James Tracy<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/update-nurse-assaulted-by-police-officer-gets-apology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">came under public scrutiny in July<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>after they arrested Alex Wubbels, who refused to conduct a blood draw on an unconscious patient to help with a police investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a notice of employment termination, the Salt Lake City Police Department stated that Payne violated numerous police policies, and &#8220;dramatically undermined public respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Based on the strong and compelling evidence as set forth above, I have lost faith and confidence in your ability to continue to serve as a member of the Salt Lake City Police Department,&#8221; Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision comes after an internal affairs investigation and citizen review board. Both entities sustained findings of policy violations in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, Wubbels and her attorney Karra Porter responded to the news of the firing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I owe it to the body camera footage to really tell the story of what happened,&#8221; Wubbels said.<\/p>\n<p>She left the rest of the statements to Porter, saying, &#8220;I currently don&#8217;t feel the emotional capacity to really speak to the allegations, or the statement that Chief Brown put out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Porter said she was pleased with Chief Brown&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do feel some relief, frankly, that Detective Payne was terminated,&#8221; she said. She said she hopes there are lessons that will be learned from the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see any way that someone thinks they can behave like that, and go out there and interact with the public,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Wubbels is still considering filing a lawsuit, Porter said, and they&#8217;ll make a decision later this month.<\/p>\n<p>More details available at <a href=\"http:\/\/fox13now.com\/2017\/10\/10\/salt-lake-police-officer-fired-after-u-of-u-nurse-wubbels-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox13 Salt Lake City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[divider style=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Want EMS and air medical tips sent straight to your inbox? Get <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Net<\/strong><\/span> newsletter. 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