Andres Huertas is shown in 2017, when he became a full-time officer in the Great Barrington Police Department. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
GREAT BARRINGTON â A police officer who delayed dispatching an ambulance for more than 25 minutes said he had been distracted in the stationâs 911 communications center when that call came in, an internal investigation says.
Officer Andres Huertas was disciplined with temporary suspensions, according to documents related to a probe of the episode, obtained by The Eagle.
In a memorandum about the flawed April 26 dispatch, Huertas told Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti that at the time of the call for an ambulance to East Street to assist Luis Del Mar, he was fielding other calls in the dispatch hub, as well as letting people into the lobby at the Main Street station. Del Mar had been struggling for breath and died that night.
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