The incident occurred on Tuesday night after a car overturned and another fell down an embankment on the 805 Freeway.
Chula Vista Firefighter Jacob Gregoire responded to the
accident by following standard protocol of parking his fire truck in
front of the crash scene to protect the victims as they were being
treated and loaded into an ambulance.
However, when a CHP officer asked Gregoire to move the
truck he refused and returned to helping the crash victims, prompting
the officer to handcuff Gregoire and temporarily place him under arrest
in front of a TV news camera.
“This is ridiculous. CHP is arresting engineer for where
he spotted the fire engine,” states a voice on the Fire Department
radio frequency. “We’re in the middle of patient care with patients on
the freeway and we’re trying to protect our scene and they’re putting
him in handcuffs at this time and walking him away.”
Gregoire was detained in a CHP squad car for half an hour before supervisors from both agencies arrived.
“It’s unbelievable that you guys have to treat us like
this. We are on the road trying to help people,” states Gregoire as he
is being handcuffed.
The CHP say they are investigating the incident but have refused to name the officer involved or say if he has been reprimanded.
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