Cop Prevents Mother's Route To Hospital. 11-year-old Brooklyn Girl Dies On The Way.

According to New York Post,

"The Ojeda family has said Carmen desperately begged Mendez, who showed up at the scene, to help the dying girl.

She said Mendez -- who is assigned to the 84th Precinct _ told her he couldn't do CPR, tried to give her a ticket and briefly boxed her in.

But Mendez painted a different picture to investigators, sources said.

He said when he pulled up at the scene after having gassed his vehicle up at the nearby 76th Precinct house, he saw a good Samaritan already performing CPR on the child and Briana had on an oxygen mask.

Her mother always carried oxygen in her car because of the girl's asthma.

Mendez acknowledged telling them he didn't know CPR and said he escorted them to Long Island College Hospital with his lights and sirens blazing."

Sadly, not only did it take the police department four days to find out who the officer involved was, because Mendez did not report the incident, they did not criminally charge him or fire him.  Carmen had to pick Mendez's photo out of a line up for the police to be able to find out who he was.  The crime of him not reporting Carmen's request for assistance? None.  He is back to work with full pay.

By the time they all arrived at the hospital it was too late for the staff to save Briana.  It is not clear how much time was wasted by Mendez nor if that amount of time would have made a difference.

In what world is it okay for a police officer to give someone a ticket before taking them to the hospital?  Do you think Mendez should have taken them to the hospital right away and dealt with the side-swipe accident later?

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