[Vision2020] Say It Ain't So, Area Man

[Wayne Price]

Unfortunately:

TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 9
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
  18-903. BATTERY DEFINED. A battery is any:
(a)  Willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of  
another; or
(b)  Actual, intentional and unlawful touching or striking of another  
person against the will of the other; or
(c)  Unlawfully and intentionally causing bodily harm to an individual.










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> Carscallen under investigation for alleged battery
>
> By Brandon Macz, Daily News staff writer
> Moscow Fire Capt. Dan Carscallen is under investigation for battery  
> stemming from an argument Sunday with a former volunteer at Gritman  
> Medical Center regarding department policy.
> Latah County Sheriff's Lt. Brannon Jordan said his department  
> received the battery report from Benjamin Dill, 24, following the  
> altercation at the emergency loading dock of the hospital, where he  
> claimed Carscallen, 43, had grabbed him by the arm.
> Carscallen said he approached Dill at the hospital after learning  
> the former ambulance volunteer had been riding in an ambulance with  
> a current member responding to a medical call at Walmart without  
> department clearance, which included paperwork regarding patient  
> confidentiality guaranteed through the Health Insurance Portability  
> and Accountability Act.
> "He didn't want to hear any more from me and he started walking  
> away," said Carscallen. "I took hold of him on his coat, on his arm.  
> He asked me to let him go and apparently I didn't let him go fast  
> enough. ... I was acting in my capacity as the ambulance first  
> lieutenant. I guess if that's what somebody considers an assault,  
> that's their deal."
> Jordan said there were no witnesses at the time of the alleged  
> battery, but part of the continuing investigation will involve  
> recovery of security video recordings from Gritman. The report will  
> then be forwarded to the county prosecutor's office for  
> consideration of potential charges.
> Prosecutor Bill Thompson said he expects the report to be completed  
> quickly, as will his office's handling of it.
> "I think that's to everyone's interest," he said. "We don't have the  
> details at this point as to what occurred."
> Fire Chief Ed Button said Carscallen will not face administrative or  
> disciplinary action.
> "The issue of assault to me doesn't really hold true or ring true,"  
> said Button. "All he was trying to do is have Ben comply with the  
> permission slip needed to be in the vehicle. ... We could have done  
> that retroactively."
> Carscallen, who is also Moscow City Council president, said it is  
> unfortunate the altercation has resulted in an investigation.
> "I just didn't want to make anymore of it than it was," he said.  
> "I'm afraid it's going to embarrass him even more than me."
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> This is the Dan "Area Man" Carscallen with which I am familiar.
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> Christmas 2010
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1U8kwqsCo
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> Seeya later, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Post Falls, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
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