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DALLAS (Dec. 11) - They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own

safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital.

But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.

Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the

U.S. have been accused of sex-related crimes on duty or off, an

investigation by The Associated Press found. Some of them molested

patients in the back of an ambulance.

'A Dream Job for a Sexual Predator'Mutmomah county Sheriff's Office /

AP4 photos This Oregon paramedic is serving a five-year prison

sentence after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching female

patients in the backs of ambulances. But Lannie Haszard, 62, is not a

unique kind of criminal. An investigation found that at least 129

ambulance attendants across the country have been accused of sex-

related crimes in the past 18 months, some while on duty.(Note: Please

disable your pop-up blocker)

"It's a dream job for a sexual predator," said Greg Kafoury, a

Portland, Ore., lawyer who represents three women who were groped by a

paramedic. "Everything is there: Women who are incapacitated, so

they're hugely distracted. Medical cover to put your hands in places

where, in any other context, a predator would be immediately

recognized as such."

Across the U.S., emergency medical technicians have been accused in

recent months of such crimes as rape, soliciting minors over the

Internet and possession of child porn, according to an AP survey of

the state agencies that oversee those professions.

Exactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their

crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:

? A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a

girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her

15th birthday party.

? A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he

allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a

hospital.

? A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years

in prison for engaging in sex and providing alcohol to teenagers he

befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.

? A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on

charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's

breasts while pretending to tend to her injuries.

? A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-

old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her

in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.

State health officials in 23 states reported receiving sex-related

complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most

complaints ? 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and

resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13

complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was

immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved

sexual misconduct on the job.

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i'm a pretty horny guy. but i don't think anything above limp could be

achieved when someone is in dire enough straights to be in an

ambulance. i get all attached to people over sexually "sticky"

situations. if i mustered up the gall to drug or trick a hospital

bound victim into sex with me, i'd probably end up visiting in the

hospital and sending cards and thinking there was a special

connection. i'd prolly be the most polite rapist of all time.

- bax

baxter <district29@cox.net> wrote in

news:8eacdb42-ff88-4d6b-8773-f1b311fa7a68@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> DALLAS (Dec. 11) - They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own

> safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital.

> But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.

> Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the

> U.S. have been accused of sex-related crimes on duty or off, an

> investigation by The Associated Press found. Some of them molested

> patients in the back of an ambulance.

> 'A Dream Job for a Sexual Predator'Mutmomah county Sheriff's Office /

> AP4 photos This Oregon paramedic is serving a five-year prison

> sentence after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching female

> patients in the backs of ambulances. But Lannie Haszard, 62, is not a

> unique kind of criminal. An investigation found that at least 129

> ambulance attendants across the country have been accused of sex-

> related crimes in the past 18 months, some while on duty.(Note: Please

> disable your pop-up blocker)

>

> "It's a dream job for a sexual predator," said Greg Kafoury, a

> Portland, Ore., lawyer who represents three women who were groped by a

> paramedic. "Everything is there: Women who are incapacitated, so

> they're hugely distracted. Medical cover to put your hands in places

> where, in any other context, a predator would be immediately

> recognized as such."

> Across the U.S., emergency medical technicians have been accused in

> recent months of such crimes as rape, soliciting minors over the

> Internet and possession of child porn, according to an AP survey of

> the state agencies that oversee those professions.

>

> Exactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their

> crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:

>

> ? A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a

> girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her

> 15th birthday party.

> ? A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he

> allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a

> hospital.

> ? A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years

> in prison for engaging in sex and providing alcohol to teenagers he

> befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.

> ? A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on

> charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's

> breasts while pretending to tend to her injuries.

> ? A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-

> old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her

> in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.

>

> State health officials in 23 states reported receiving sex-related

> complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most

> complaints ? 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and

> resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13

> complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was

> immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved

> sexual misconduct on the job.

>

> ----------->

>

> i'm a pretty horny guy. but i don't think anything above limp could be

> achieved when someone is in dire enough straights to be in an

> ambulance. i get all attached to people over sexually "sticky"

> situations. if i mustered up the gall to drug or trick a hospital

> bound victim into sex with me, i'd probably end up visiting in the

> hospital and sending cards and thinking there was a special

> connection. i'd prolly be the most polite rapist of all time.

Power and vulnerability are closely tied up with sexuality. That's what

bondage is all about.