Friday, September 26, 2008

Officer Mike Briseno Accused of Assaulting Nurse

FARMINGTON

A San Juan Regional Medical Center nurse filed a complaint with Farmington Police on Wednesday, alleging an officer pushed him after arguing about patient privacy. The nurse was placed on leave.

The citizen's complaint accuses Officer Mike Briseno of assault, lack of courtesy during contact and disregard of federal hospital privacy laws during the Sunday altercation.

Nurse Jimmy Weaver reported the officer was supervising a patient in custody in an emergency medical treatment room around 11 p.m. Sunday when a second hospital patient was placed on the opposite side of a privacy curtain.

Briseno, a member of the police department's gang task force, apparently recognized the 14-year-old patient and refused requests to move closer to the man he was monitoring, out of sight of the boy changing into a hospital gown, Weaver claimed.

"He was staring (the patient and his mother) down. I just said, Hey man, would you mind stepping behind the curtain with your patient,'" Weaver said. "He just looked at me and flat said, "No, I'm not getting behind the curtain."

Following a verbal altercation, Weaver claims Briseno shoved him in the chest.

"He had no right to lay a hand on me. (Police) just can't come into the emergency room treating us that way," Weaver said.

Briseno was unavailable for comment. No contact information for the officer is publicly listed.

An internal Farmington Police investigation of the incident has begun, but the department will not comment on details, Lt. Vince Mitchell said.

"I can't release any of that because it involves an internal investigation and has to deal with personnel issues," he said.

Briseno has not faced disciplinary action regarding the Sunday altercation, Mitchell said.

Hospital spokesman Dennis Mathis said Weaver was placed on administrative leave following the incident.

Mathis did not know what hospital policy the nurse violated to be suspended, but said an independent hospital investigation is being conducted. He declined to comment on specifics of the alleged incident.

Weaver has worked as a nurse at the San Juan Regional Medical Center for one year.

Briseno's full record of citizen complaints can not be confirmed. The city of Farmington repeatedly has denied state Inspection of Public Records Act requests to make public all citizen complaints filed against city officers.

Briseno in 2004 was accused of misconduct by Juan Mata, a publicized incident that led to criminal and civil lawsuits against Mata and the Farmington Police.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi !.
might , probably very interested to know how one can collect a huge starting capital .
There is no initial capital needed You may commense to receive yields with as small sum of money as 20-100 dollars.

AimTrust is what you need
The firm represents an offshore structure with advanced asset management technologies in production and delivery of pipes for oil and gas.

It is based in Panama with structures around the world.
Do you want to become a happy investor?
That`s your choice That`s what you really need!

I`m happy and lucky, I began to get income with the help of this company,
and I invite you to do the same. If it gets down to select a proper companion who uses your money in a right way - that`s the AimTrust!.
I take now up to 2G every day, and my first deposit was 1 grand only!
It`s easy to join , just click this link http://ujyvuqal.1accesshost.com/erozugub.html
and go! Let`s take this option together to become rich

Anonymous said...

Hi!
You may probably be very curious to know how one can manage to receive high yields on investments.
There is no initial capital needed.
You may begin to get income with a money that usually goes
on daily food, that's 20-100 dollars.
I have been participating in one company's work for several years,
and I'm ready to let you know my secrets at my blog.

Please visit my pages and send me private message to get the info.

P.S. I make 1000-2000 per daily now.

http://theinvestblog.com [url=http://theinvestblog.com]Online Investment Blog[/url]