A Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy was hospitalized Thursday after suffering a “medical emergency,” police said, and remained in critical condition Friday evening.
The deputy is a sergeant with the agency’s police services bureau and patrol operations division and a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, spokeswoman Monica Worrell said.
She declined to identify the deputy, the nature of his medical emergency, or how long he was out of communication before being found.
The deputy was found in his vehicle by another officer in a parking lot in the area of Bynum Run Road and Cannery Lane in Rock Spring Thursday evening, Worrell said. The sergeant was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he remained in critical condition Friday evening.
(UPDATE 5/13/12: Worrell said Saturday the deputy did not suffer self-inflicted injuries, but continued to decline to specify the exact medical issue he suffered from.)
Get better soon, sir.
Sir we are here for you and your family, we got your back! Get well and God Bless.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Praying for this man who puts his life on the line for us everyday
Praying for your full recovery. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Harford County.
When I started reading this story, I thought the referenced deputy might have suffered a heart attack or stroke. But the fact that he was flown to Shock-Trauma indicates he suffered some sort of traumatic injury.
Considering where this happened, and coupled with the fact that the Sheriff’s Department is refusing to release any information at all, but apparently isn’t looking for suspects or anything, this points to some sort of self-inflicted injury.
You may supprised at how little it takes to be airlifted to the STC if you are a LEO. It’s a professional courtesy of the system. (Kinda like family members not getting ticketed or jailed for things the regular folk would need a lawyer for) Considering the shape some of the older guys are in and the stress of constantly dealing with the dregs of the community, I’d go with heart attack. Either way, seems like a slow news day at the dagger to report this. Get well soon!
It makes no sense to transport a heart attack victim to a trauma center. If this was a heart attack, it would have been much quicker to transport him conventionally to Upper Chesapeake, a five minute drive by medic unit. And if it was a heart attack, there would be no reason to withhold that information from the public.
I hate to say it, but everything about this story leads me to believe this was a serious self-inflicted injury.
Hoping for his full recovery from whatever happened. I agree that this story raises more questions than it answers. May have been better to wait until more information was available before HCSO released any information.
Praying for his full recovery.
Let me expand on my previous comments, and see if I can present this logically…
The sergeant was found by another officer in the evening, in the area of an industrial park. I know that area, and there is little traffic there after business hours.
The sergeant suffered a medical emergency that required helicopter transport to a facility that treats seriously injured people. Had this been a heart attack or stroke, or some other non-trauma event, he likely would have been tranported to Upper Chesapeake.
No mention is made in the story of the nature of the medical emergency, and there is no mention of any suspect or third person being involved, so we can assume that only the sergeant is involved.
Logical conclusion: The sergeant injured himself, either accidentally or deliberately.
He and his family are in my prayers.
Beemerman: All the critics are going to come out of the woodwork to dismiss me as a conspiracy theorist, but no information is forthcoming from HCSO because this is a cover-up. And it is one hell of a cluster. Seriously. I’m going to get a lot of thumbs down but just wait and see how this plays out. Not good at all.
Consider yourself dismissed.
From what I’ve heard I’m surprised that there was even a press release for this incident at all. It was NOT self-inflicted but a real medical emergency. There are no further details because HIPAA prevents it. So please stop guessing on what happened and have a little faith that HCSO actually knows what it’s doing.
I hope you’re right. I would be happy to have my suspicions turn out to be incorrect.
FYI, I have little faith in the HCSO, given the amateurish, unprofessional behavior of some of the clowns they employ. But that’s beside the point…
We are left with “guessing” what happened because the HCSO has decided not to release very much information. You want us to stop guessing, ask the HCSO to explain this incident.
And BTW, this involved a on-duty armed public employee…while he has privacy rights under the law, the public has a right to know at least some information about what happened to him and why.
For you know-it-alls who think UCH would be able to handle any stroke, they might be able to in the case of a “mild” one or a TIA, but a severe hemorrhagic stroke gets one a helicopter ride to the ICU at University of MD, where they have a Brain Trauma Center. UHC does not even have a Neurosurgeon on premises; stroke MRIs are read via internet by doctors at other hospitals. UCH and HMH are local emergency rooms; they are not equipped for severe brain traumas. It is possible this officer had a severe headache and went to the area where he was found to try and shut his eyes for a bit; stroke victims don’t always think clearly, and many severe stroke victims experience severe headache at onset. No matter what happened, this was a medical emergency, and the man has a right to privacy. Prayers to the officer and his family.
Thanks for lecturing us “know-it-alls”…
Does anything about a pot and a kettle come to mind?
Can’t handle getting schooled?
Go school people who need schooling.
If this guy suffered a massive stroke the SO would have said so, and if you were nearly as smart as you want all of us to think you are you would realize that.
Wrong again, Beemerman! It was a medical emergency….which could be anything from a heart attack to a stroke. A medical emergency that has no suspicion of being anything other than a medical emergency is no one else’s business, and therefore should only be reported at the discretion of the patient. If there had been any injury that would require an investigation, such as a self-inflicted injury or a violent attack of some sort, THEN the issue would be in the public domain, and would be reported as such.
In any case, I wish a speedy recovery to the officer!
While HIPPA does not permit release of medical/health details without patient consent, I don’t believe it precludes the release of a patients name, or the fact someone by name was transported to a hospital or other emergency care center.
That’s my understanding of the law too. And to put it another way: I believe details of the incident could have been released without mentioning the deputy’s name.
I stand by my original comments: Based upon what we know at this time, this looks/smells like a case of self-inflicted injury of some sort, either accidental or deliberate.
CONSPIRACY!!!
Do you even know the meaning of the word “conspiracy”? Apparently not.
Next time you want to be a wise guy on here, how about getting out a dictionary first, so you don’t look quite so foolish?
(Besides, I don’t think anybody in the HCSO is smart enough to engage in a conspiracy.)
“Based upon what we know at this time, this looks/smells like a case of self-inflicted injury of some sort…”
Who is “we” and why are you speaking for someone else, unless of course you are speaking for the voices in your head?
Your suppositions are that of a conspiracy theorist. You have no facts, but yet you purport the HCSD has been purposefully and surreptitiously concealing the nature of this man’s illness. You have flat out said that you believe his trauma is that of a self-inflicted nature. Either print some facts, or go wax your BMW.
Would it make you feel better about your life if he did indeed hurt himself, Beemerboy?
The “we” I referenced in my last post would be those of us who can read and think, and draw logical inferences from what we’ve read. This apparently does not include you.
And I do have facts, the same facts we all have that were released by the HCSO. And those facts, as released by the SO, raise more questions than they answer.
And by the way, bugwit, I made no suppositions on here…you really do need to learn to read and write!
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/supposition
1) supposition
an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it
SYNONYM – assumption
Your idea was that the officer had a self-inflicted injury, you were unable to prove such, but purported it.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/purported
1) purported
that has been stated to have happened or to be true, when this might not be the case
The term “bugwit” does not appear any legitimate dictionary, but I can only infer that you have some sort of magical dictionary that only the most grandiose have access to.
The sheriff’s department confirmed that it was not a self inflicted injury. Do you still stand by your suppositions that it was?
You are a fool and an idiot. I just don’t know which one better suits you. Maybe a lemming since you appear to follow others without thinking for yourself. Either way, hopefully you will learn that if you know nothing about something you will just stay quiet.
Beemerboy, don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.
I’ve updated the story to include that HCSO said the deputy did not suffer any kind of self-inflicted wound. Good thought though, I should have asked that initially.
What’s the difference between a porcupine and a Beemer? On a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside. 😀
It is really a shame that we can’t do like some fire departments and offer our services to select citizens only. I would love to discontinue protecting Beemerman wherever he may be. Then when he is forced to make one of the split second decisions that we make every day and he makes it incorrectly, we will be there to arrest him and store him where he belongs. To suggest (incorrectly) that this injury was self-inflicted with the limited information given is not only lacking in judgment but also in decency. The absolutely disgusting perception I get from some of these posts is that it is less of a tragedy when officers have taken their lives in the past. It must be nice to be sitting at a computer desk at work, blogging on the dagger, the biggest threat you face is the business end of your stapler, and the greatest stressor you face is your boss armed with a ball point pen.
Well said KOCS.
Praying for a speedy recovery for the Sgt.
It makes me sick to see people turn a true medical issue into a conspiracy and cover up. The public has no right to know the entire medical history or the reason for his illness. The Sergeant is good man and it is truly unexpected that he would have suffered such a medical emergency. What we all now need to do now is pray for him.
He had a stroke