Stolen Ambulance
Ambulances are regularly stolen from hospital emergency departments and incidents. Locking the ambulance is an absolute duty and should be a policy for every agency, as well as a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt.
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Stories about patients stealing ambulances are common, so here鈥檚 how you can protect your vehicle
An ambulance security New Year鈥檚 resolution
The teen was arrested and Tased after police located the rig, and he walked toward officers while refusing to drop an armful of items
A man being treated by medics drove off in the ambulance and led police on a chase that ended when he crashed into a truck at an intersection
A responder sitting in the back was able to jump out safely before he drove away; the patient felt he was being hospitalized against his will
Dash cam captures the police pursuit of an ambulance stolen by a hospital patient as it makes several unpredictable stops
The ambulance was stolen while an EMS crew dropped off a patient at an area hospital
He鈥檚 accused of stealing the vehicle while it was left running during a medical call, and leading police on a 10-mile chase
Gonzalo Tellez-Santilla, 34, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated fleeing, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and assault on a healthcare worker
The rigs must remain running to keep the air conditioning on; they were were stolen while crews were inside a local hospital
The man took off in the stolen ambulance and was arrested after police recovered the crashed vehicle
Chas K. Weaver, 18, of Daphne, was arrested after police posted photos from the video footage on Facebook, and they got hundreds of shares
She broke into a fire station and told authorities she needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible
He got into the driver鈥檚 seat as medics were responding to a residence for a call about a psychiatric patient
Police followed it with GPS tracking, and arrested a 34-year-old man when he stopped in a vacant lot
Police said the 67-year-old man told officers he was doing a transfer to Dallas and was still wearing his hospital gown
The medic narrates what happened when two people stole an ambulance while he was sleeping in the back
A patient was arrested after leading police on a 33-mile chase
He stole the ambulance from an ER parking lot; a paramedic and a nurse tried to stop him, but he drove toward them, forcing them to run to avoid being hit
Prevent your ambulance from being stolen and potentially causing harm to the thief or others
