Opinion No.

The Honorable Brenda B. Gullett State Representative 28 Longmeadow Pine Bluff, AR 71603-6300

Dear Representative Gullett:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question concerning a proposed policy of the Pine Bluff Police Department as it relates to local emergency medical services:

Does the decision as to whether the victim, although apparently dead, is potentially salvageable and should be given medical treatment rest with the paramedic, and not the police officer?

You have highlighted certain language in the proposed policy that states that:

[a]t times, a victim…