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Complaint Review: Safford Police Capt. Wiessman Officer Lance Shurtz - Safford Arizona
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Safford Police Capt. Wiessman Officer Lance Shurtz
525 S. 10th Ave. Safford, 85546 Arizona, U.S.A.
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Safford Police Capt. Wiessman (i Think Thats Right), Officer Lance Shurtz on july 29th,2008 my 20 year old son shot himself and wrecked (front page new at eastern az. courier), he had been tested earlier that month for stds. all was negitive. but he had tossed the pampletts in his back seat, BTW while his last moments were quickly passing, the hospital admin. told me that a young man needed a heart, i replied yes, the officer claimed he had aids, capt. refused complaint. Safford Arizona
July 29th, 2008 my 20yr. old son shot himself, while driving down the street. Earlier that month he had been tested for stds. all neg. results, but the pamplets he received he tossed in his backseat.
While he was slowly passing, the hospital admin. came to me with info. of a young man that needed a heart. Happy to donate my sons, they rushed to make arrangements.
officer Shurtz intercepted with the pamplet info., and claimed that my son shot himself because he had found out he had aids. The man from admin. refused to use his heart to save the young man.
Then everybody that i came in contact with, nurses, citizens in the area of Safford, even the minors in Morenci that worked at the Phelps Dodge Mine, and the County Autopsy Specialist, claimed that they received the same info, all from the same Officer.
I tried to file a complaint with the capt. at the police dept. and he told me that he had freedom of speach. I then asked if there was not an ethics code he had to follow as a police officer. The capt. replied "we all have ethics, that we choose at our own discretion, you do, I do, nothing that you don't have yourself".
I then asked him if i could file a complaint, and he said "absolutely not"! "He has been talked to and the rumors will stop".
As of now i have consistently been discriminated against, as well as my boys.
For instance I recently had to get an injunction on a roommate that refused to pay his rent, and was progressing violence and threats. Not an hour after he was served and escorted off the property, he broke back in and was trying to hide in the room he occupied before. I called the cops, as the one Officer was doing his job, the other was threatening me, if i did not shut-up and let him get some stuff, he would take me to jail. As i tried to explain that breaking an injunction was serious, and to put him in jail for breaking it, he may do it again. The officer said, let him grab some of his things, he's not that bright and he may come back if i do not let him get some things. And the officer then told me that i needed to just shut up or go to jail.
This is not the first incident and there is a lot more involving officer shurtz, even with my son before his passing. ie:being pulled over 8 times in one week, searched resulting in tearing his Alero up, yet not one ticket or warning after every stop. Or using his teaser on my son with no threats to justify it, although my son at that time turned the teaser on the officer, he was fed up. Now he is gone.
By the way, i received a letter from the city attorney that he could find no evidence of a crime that a judge would convict in the injunction incident. But that i was a victim. Yet have charges on me for confronting the police when they arrested my next to the oldest for a warrant that did not even exsist the day after we buried my youngest son.
The article of my sons death was in the front page of the eastern az. courier, the week of july 29, 2008.
There is much more to tell, but too much for here.
Thank-You respectfully
Jacki
safford, Arizona
U.S.A.
While he was slowly passing, the hospital admin. came to me with info. of a young man that needed a heart. Happy to donate my sons, they rushed to make arrangements.
officer Shurtz intercepted with the pamplet info., and claimed that my son shot himself because he had found out he had aids. The man from admin. refused to use his heart to save the young man.
Then everybody that i came in contact with, nurses, citizens in the area of Safford, even the minors in Morenci that worked at the Phelps Dodge Mine, and the County Autopsy Specialist, claimed that they received the same info, all from the same Officer.
I tried to file a complaint with the capt. at the police dept. and he told me that he had freedom of speach. I then asked if there was not an ethics code he had to follow as a police officer. The capt. replied "we all have ethics, that we choose at our own discretion, you do, I do, nothing that you don't have yourself".
I then asked him if i could file a complaint, and he said "absolutely not"! "He has been talked to and the rumors will stop".
As of now i have consistently been discriminated against, as well as my boys.
For instance I recently had to get an injunction on a roommate that refused to pay his rent, and was progressing violence and threats. Not an hour after he was served and escorted off the property, he broke back in and was trying to hide in the room he occupied before. I called the cops, as the one Officer was doing his job, the other was threatening me, if i did not shut-up and let him get some stuff, he would take me to jail. As i tried to explain that breaking an injunction was serious, and to put him in jail for breaking it, he may do it again. The officer said, let him grab some of his things, he's not that bright and he may come back if i do not let him get some things. And the officer then told me that i needed to just shut up or go to jail.
This is not the first incident and there is a lot more involving officer shurtz, even with my son before his passing. ie:being pulled over 8 times in one week, searched resulting in tearing his Alero up, yet not one ticket or warning after every stop. Or using his teaser on my son with no threats to justify it, although my son at that time turned the teaser on the officer, he was fed up. Now he is gone.
By the way, i received a letter from the city attorney that he could find no evidence of a crime that a judge would convict in the injunction incident. But that i was a victim. Yet have charges on me for confronting the police when they arrested my next to the oldest for a warrant that did not even exsist the day after we buried my youngest son.
The article of my sons death was in the front page of the eastern az. courier, the week of july 29, 2008.
There is much more to tell, but too much for here.
Thank-You respectfully
Jacki
safford, Arizona
U.S.A.
6 Updates & Rebuttals
Stacey
Dallas,Texas,
U.S.A.
Agree
#2Consumer Comment
Sun, February 15, 2009
HIPAA relates to medical records - I work for a Healthcare Organization and we have to go through training for HIPAA regulations Next time your suggest someone to contact HIPPA I suggest you do your research because it is not HIPPA it is HIPAA I am sorry for your lose but I have a hard time believing your story What actions did you take to ensure the Officer was reprimanded?
Stacey
Dallas,Texas,
U.S.A.
Agree
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, February 15, 2009
HIPAA relates to medical records - I work for a Healthcare Organization and we have to go through training for HIPAA regulations Next time your suggest someone to contact HIPPA I suggest you do your research because it is not HIPPA it is HIPAA I am sorry for your lose but I have a hard time believing your story What actions did you take to ensure the Officer was reprimanded?
Stacey
Dallas,Texas,
U.S.A.
Agree
#4Consumer Comment
Sun, February 15, 2009
HIPAA relates to medical records - I work for a Healthcare Organization and we have to go through training for HIPAA regulations Next time your suggest someone to contact HIPPA I suggest you do your research because it is not HIPPA it is HIPAA I am sorry for your lose but I have a hard time believing your story What actions did you take to ensure the Officer was reprimanded?
Stacey
Dallas,Texas,
U.S.A.
Agree
#5Consumer Comment
Sun, February 15, 2009
HIPAA relates to medical records - I work for a Healthcare Organization and we have to go through training for HIPAA regulations Next time your suggest someone to contact HIPPA I suggest you do your research because it is not HIPPA it is HIPAA I am sorry for your lose but I have a hard time believing your story What actions did you take to ensure the Officer was reprimanded?
Martie
Harvest,Alabama,
U.S.A.
HIPPA
#6Consumer Suggestion
Sun, February 15, 2009
I first would like to say that I am sorry for your loss. The previous suggestion for you to file a HIPPA complaint is not correct. HIPPA is for healthcare workers, Insurance companies and others who have access to your medical records. It was designed to protect who can access and see your medical information. The police officer is exempt from being fined because he is not a healthcare employee. While he should not have said what he did he will not be fined. Also, if they were going to harvest any of your son's organs they would have screened him to make sure he was an acceptable donor. The medical team would not have taken a cop's word regarding your son's medical history. Again, I am truly sorry for your loss. No parent should have to bury a child.
John
Altus,Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
File a Privacy Violation against the police officer with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191
#7Consumer Suggestion
Sat, February 14, 2009
www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html Here is the form to print and fill out. Mail to the address below or file it on-line www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/howtofileahealthinformationprivacycomplaintpkg.pdf This police officer violated the health privacy of your son. File a complaint against him. You said AZ was where you live so file with the people below or Region IX - San Francisco (American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada) Michael Kruley, Regional Manager Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 90 7th Street, Suite 4-100 San Francisco, CA 94103 Voice Phone (415)437-8310 FAX (415)437-8329 TDD (415)437-8311 HIPPA falls under the HHS below but WRITE to the people above. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Telephone: 202-619-0257 Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775 The cop can be fined up to $25,000 violating your son's medical information. Make sure you send a copy to the police department (Or the city mayor's office so he can put a fire under the head cop) where the cop works also. Get them worried and angry as you. The law is a paper tiger and even the most terrible violators are never fined (kind of like the EPA and the rest of the weak government) BUT BUT BUT it will put a paper fire under the cop's butt AND put a fire/freak out his police depeartment IF YOU ARE SMART and send them copies.
