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.

By: Prachi Sanghavi, University of Chicago and Cal Chengqi Fang, University of Chicago, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: July 14, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 week ago

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By Prachi Sanghavi, University of Chicago and Cal Chengqi Fang, University of Chicago

When five police officers were shot in Houston in January 2019 while serving a drug-related arrest warrant, all of them were transported to the hospital after emergency medical services arrived. Two went by air and three by ground ambulance.

About seven months later, a gunman in Philadelphia shot six police officers during another drug warrant execution. Videos show police

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