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When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart

  • Five police officers shot in Houston in January 2019 during a drug-related arrest warrant were taken to the hospital by emergency medical services.
  • Seven months later in Philadelphia, six officers shot during a drug warrant were transported to the hospital by police vehicles without EMS.
  • In Philadelphia, 28 injured officers were transported by police vehicles and none by ambulance, demonstrating a unique city protocol.
  • Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania published studies in 2014 and 2021 analyzing thousands of gunshot and stab wound cases in Philadelphia.
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When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart

Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.

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Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen broke the news in Georgia, United States on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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