Police officers shouldn't have to do blood draws

September 23, 2009 12:36 am

This is regarding the article about training police in Idaho to draw blood from people suspected of drunken or drugged driving ["Officers look to draw blood for accurate DUI test," Sept. 14].

I would refuse to give blood except to an EMT, nurse, or doctor. I respect the police and what they do, but I do not think they should have more responsibility or stress put on them.

Supposedly, they will have to draw blood from 75 people before being turned loose to do it on their own. They would sometimes do this in the dark, not knowing if the person is violent or not, and still have to watch nearby traffic.

Absolutely not. My veins are hard enough for nurses to find. They are deep, and they will move. A nurse called this "rolling." Sometimes they have had to try several places before they hit a vein.

No, sir. This is putting too much on the police.

Robert Willingham

Stafford