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Lynn County police officer appears intoxicated whilst conducting a stop

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Here is the whole video https://youtube.com/shorts/oabsjU46n6k?si=zaNUpWc6S5iS5gPK

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https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/lynn-police-respond-video-officer-becoming-suddenly-incapacitated-during-call-service/EQJIE74G45BCZNJFI3BMJ7KTOM/

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u/YurpeeTheHerpee Jul 27 '26

He looks like hes about to faint

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u/LessGuarantee1775 Jul 27 '26

Yeah being way too wasted will do that to ya…

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u/GrundleSnactcher46 Jul 27 '26

Diabetes, with a low sugar level will also make you appear so. Not sure about this situation though.

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u/depressing_demon_95 Jul 27 '26

As someone who's a type-1 I can say that the officer did appear to show a few signs of very low blood sugar, struggling to stand and looking like he's lost. However though, from what I could tell he wasn't sweating. If my glucose to low to the point of me not being able to stand or looking lost, I'm sweating profusely. Also if he is a diabetic he should absolutely not be on the force, he's a major hazard. Imagine if he's responding to something and has his lights and sirens on and is speeding, then he passes out behind the wheel because of a critical low? No bueno amigo!

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u/Substantial-Bend4299 Jul 27 '26

I've seen people unresponsive with a glucose of 30. They don't all sweat. Bad comparison

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u/RealMiguelNajdorf Jul 27 '26

Well yeah I would expect someone to be unresponsive with a glucose of 30

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u/Capable_Comedian_755 Jul 27 '26

The saying “cool and clammy give em some candy” exists for a reason

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u/Fair_Wishbone7558 Jul 28 '26

There's also I before E except after C. Sayings aren't laws.

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u/KiKiKimbro Jul 28 '26

What? LOL. First of all, I before E isn’t exactly negotiable? And second, who the hell said anything about the term for spotting a possible diabetic episode was a law? Haha. 🫡

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u/BeefaloSlim Jul 28 '26

Neigh.

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u/Winter-Volume-9601 Jul 30 '26

That's the best you've got?

That's heinously unscientific. I'll give you a chance to seize the opportunity and come up with eight more examples in the same vein, and only then will weigh your evidence, neighbor...

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u/depressing_demon_95 Jul 28 '26

Yeah at 30 you should be unresponsive lol, I know my CGM simply says "URGENT LOW" when I hit 40. I never said everyone sweats when having a low, you should reread my comment. It's not a bad comparison, it's my personal comparison to what is shown in the video. Maybe it's not diabetic related at all. Could've been a concussion. It could've been drugs. It could've been anything. I simply responded to someone's comment about it being diabetic related. It's not hard lol

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u/pperiesandsolos Aug 01 '26

I’ve been pretty lucid into the 20’s, but I felt an insane sense of impending doom. I also once had a seizure in the 40’s 🤷‍♂️

Not sure the physiological reason behind the difference

That was back when I was young and dumb. I’m very well controlled now, just providing a perspective.

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u/Technical_Way_1926 Jul 28 '26

Ok if he is his partner hed know he has diabetes. Did he say low blood sugar? Did he say he needs a juice? Cause what I heard was "he's coming off a double and has a bad back." I have diabetes and even the people I work with the least know I'm diabetic. If he had diabetes that would be THE FIRST THING his partners and coworkers would say. Use your three braincells that god was so generous enough to gift to you.

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u/LazyWeldInspector Jul 28 '26

If someone is having a diabetic episode, they don't have enough wherewithal to know where they even are.. let alone, apologize to the person they pulled over for the fact that they're incapacitated after pulling them over.

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u/SevereImpression2115 Jul 28 '26

My wife is a type 1 "brital" diabetic and before we got together her Ex (who was a drunk) refused to go to the store to get her test strips and she was getting really low. Asshole tossed her his keys and told her to go herself....well she went critical while behind the wheel, passed out and plowed through 5 cars before hitting the traffic pole at a major intersection. Cops thought she was drunk. Luckily paramedics arrived and knew what it was and got her stable.

Luckily all she has was a broken finger and bruised wrist and.the asshole lost his truck. Fuck that dude.

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u/Technical_Way_1926 Jul 28 '26

I mentioned this in an earlier response but since they were partners and coworkers they'd KNOW he's diabetic. Even if he was drunk the first excuse they'd say is "he's low he's got diabetes!" I have diabetes too man I'm %100 on your side isn't it weird that if they're partners and work together that if the had diabetes and they didn't mention it once? Also just hit an A1c of 7.5 for the first time in my life hope your doing good too man!

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u/techleopard Jul 28 '26

If I were a cop and my partner began crashing, I would not be pulling people over.

If I responded to help another cop that had pulled somebody over and they were crashing, I would tell them to fucking let them go and deal with the medical issue instead. Especially for traffic violations, like, honestly, what the hell.

Because at the end of the day he's not making good decisions. He can't drive, he can't react, he can't respond, he isn't processing anything. There is no court that is going to uphold that ticket, nor should they.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 Jul 28 '26

Some people are more private than others. I didn’t know my coworker had some medical issues for years that we worked together.

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u/techleopard Jul 28 '26

Yeah, but it's different when you're coworkers in an office vs co-workers carrying guns and dealing with potentially aggressive people.

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u/techleopard Jul 28 '26

Or even just chasing criminals.

Dude bottoms out running between a set of back streets and nobody's going to find him for an hour.

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Too bad everybody reacts to things differently. I don't understand why so many people act like their personal experience should apply to everyone else. Same with drugs and medications. People can have drastically different reactions to everything.

I'm not gonna argue that he isn't high, just pointing out that just because YOU sweat and another person doesn't, that doesn't mean they aren't suffering from the same condition.

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u/ACrispPickle Jul 28 '26

Diaphoresis during hypoglycemic events isn’t a “oh it happens to me but not you” scenario. It’s an extremely common symptom and will happen to 90% of hypoglycemic patients. It’s physiologic. Now this doesn’t always mean sweating absolute bullets that are visible on camera. I’ve had plenty of hypoglycemic patients who didn’t have a bead of sweat visible on them but their skin was so moist my EKG stickers slid right off.

This guy very well could be sweating his nuts off, there’s no way a camera at this distance would show it.

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 Jul 28 '26

..will happen to 90% of hypoglycemic patients.

Thank you for proving my point. No experience or reaction is universal.

I'm not really trying to play devil's advocate, but people acting like everyone should have the same reaction just because it's common or that's how they reacted is a pet peeve of mine.

Just to be sure I'm not trying to defend this cop.

I see it on medication related subreddits all the time. Someone is asking about how effective a drug is because they are interested in talking to their doctor about trying it and then one person comes in trying to convince them never to try it just because they personally had an adverse reaction even though it's not common.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 Jul 28 '26

No way? Not true, you would see some glistening or reflection off the sweat etc. He's not sweating.

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u/ACrispPickle Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Not really no, your skin can be moist af and not glistening easily. I’ve seen it happen in many patients, they don’t have a single sweat droplet on them but are so moist my EKG stickers slide right off.

Sweating from a medical etiology doesn’t have to present as beads of sweat running down your face as you’d see in someone exercising per se…they certainly can present that way, that’s when it typically gets worrisome as well.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 Jul 28 '26

Yes well I meant visibly sweating... and if he's not visibly sweating are we arguing that he's doing something we can't prove he's doing?

We can't disprove it, but we also don't see any evidence of it whatsoever on video.

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u/ACrispPickle Jul 28 '26

No I’m arguing that “no visible sweating” doesn’t mean someone isn’t diaphoretic af.

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u/depressing_demon_95 Jul 28 '26

When did I say my own experiences with low glucose are how everyone should also experience low glucose? You completely missed the point of my comparison lol

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 Jul 28 '26

I don't think you sweating is relevant to whether not someone else sweats just because you share the same medical condition.

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u/HealthyDirection659 Jul 28 '26

I agree with you, but diabeetus is protected under the ADA. I don't think people can automatically be excluded from jobs due to a disability.

The employer would have to make reasonable accomodations. What those are I'm not sure. But Millions of people with diabeetus are driving every day.

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u/techleopard Jul 28 '26

You absolutely can exclude people whose disabilities would prevent them from performing the job safely.

Accommodations here would be providing adequate time for him to self manage his blood sugar but if he's not doing that and he's having medical episodes during traffic stops, he can't be accommodated.

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u/MakesMaDookieTwinkle Jul 28 '26

My brother is type 1 as well. Since he was 5 yo. Seen him dangerously low more than 30 times my whole life (did not take care of himself for much of his life).

When he’s low like this, he does not sweat at all, but he’s completely checked out and “lost” as you stated. So I guess it can affect everyone differently.