Woman Calls 911 to Remove Man in FDNY Uniform from Stoop

I guess St. Patty's day beat him up this time around .

I wonder if Ms. Hill calls 911 for the Mexicans who pass out all over the sidewalk, street, random peoples' stoops etc every single night in the same neighborhood.

and what"bad act" was the fireman doing you dip.the court officer fired his gun while drunk,in uniform.what if he decided to kill innocent people?would that be a "bad thing"you twit.where are all the other pictures of drunks around the city that night?stupid.

okay,the woman who called the cops works for the city,pd perhaps?she did the right thing.the fireman shouldn't have been drinking to the point of inebreation.but this is newsworthy?how about the court officer who was arrested that night for firing his weapon while intoxicated?ahh,didn't here about that one?that's because your police commissioner and your mayor tell the media what to report or publish.how about crime stat numbers being fudged?how about after that became news the precinct where the commander got caught messing with the stats had a fire in it's records room?all kept hush,hush by you know who.a drunk in uniform?get real will you.there are more important things to deal with in this city.pleeease.

Just because other uniformed civil servants did bad things doesn't make the bad acts of this guy any less bad - or any less newsworthy.

Rip Torn, FDNY.

I'm getting more of a Tom Sizemore vibe from this guy.

Who gives a fuck!!!!!!

While I imagine some feminist is going to take issue with the "average sized woman," I see your point. I'm not disagreeing with what she did, she's definitely not in the wrong, I'm just presenting an alternate way it could have been handled, not a better way.

Stupid feminists! Saying stuff that you invented in your head!

She couldn't just roll him over and step on him on her way to the door? I mean, forget the uniform, its 3am on a holiday that, whether its supposed to or not, results in a huge amount of public intoxication.

I love firefighters, but off duty, in uniform, shitfaced, they are just civilians, so she should have shoved him out of the way then called 911 from inside, just like you would do for anyone else.

And calling 911 has less to do with getting the guy punished than making sure he doesn't choke on his own vomit. Everyone has a bit too much to drink every once and while, it would be nice if we tried to help them instead of trying to lock them up (of course, assuming they're passed out in public and not trying to fight a lamp post or a parked car)

Why should she have to?

Look, she's an average sized woman who sees a big fat drunk man passed out on her stoop - a guy who could get belligerent if she wakes him from his stupor.

So she does the only safe and reasonable thing she could - she called the cops to get him out from in front of his door.

Pathetic, like something you'd see in Mexico.

..or Ireland

or Throggs Neck

or Marine Park

or Rockaway Park....

or Japan

or Russia

"I'm good! I'm good."

No, you're not.

HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY!

drunk irish fools, in uniform, thats great!

ask him to move and not be a fame whore, sorry,

cops and firefighters are fame whores, they should be held to higher standards, drunk cop or fireman passed out on anybodys stoop in any uniform or civilian clothes should not be excused.

what would have been the outcome if the guy wasnt a fireman retired or not, some black dude passed out on the stoop with missing shoes would have been arrested and charged with something as a freebie arrest.

She should have called the FDNY and told them she was locked out of her apartment with food on the stove. Happens all the time.

EXACTLY. Why do people always call COPS? Cops are not generally there to help you.

Actually, the police department's job is to help you - unless you're a criminal, of course (in which case, calling the cops is, generally speaking, a really bad idea).

Lauren Hill is an asshole. Couldn't she have just pushed him aside with one of her Ugg boots? Did she have to video the guy and then share it with NY1? Bitch.

I agree as well. say 'move buddy' go into your house, the incident is over. instead they film it, call 911, send it to the papers....just another fame whore

If she's a fame seeker, why did she hide her face from the camera?

i completely agree with you. he didn't do anything so terrible that this witch needed to put this image of him up on the interent to humiliate him. what an asshole she is.

Can't believe the NYPD would stoop. to this level.

I'm always shocked by the number of seemingly drunk firefighters -- in dress uniform -- on St. Patrick's Day. Why does the department allow them to go drinking in uniform???? Doesn't exactly instill confidence in NY's Bravest...

Wait so retired people get some kind of uniform also? Why? Aren't they a civilian then?

Lauren Hill AND Lawrence Hill in the same article? What?

In the same building?

What's wrong with just a friendly shake on his shoulder and saying "hey buddy, wake up, time to go home"? You'd think the FDNY has earned a little indulgence instead of public humiliation for a minor indiscretion like this.

how easy to tell you have never put your self in a woman's shoes...

A "normal" woman would not wake up a drunk stranger on a street past midnight even if is the front porch of her house, guess why?! Can you see any danger here?

Women do, specially when dealing with men.

Ad to that "uniformed" and unconscious... not a "safe" situation AT ALL.

Oh yeah FDNY are real saints, especially when drunk:

http://gothamist.com/2010/03/15/the_guy_who_took_the.php

Uhm, maybe you heard of 9-11 where 343 of them sacrificed their lives trying to save other people? And the countless other times they selflessly died serving the public. That's a lot closer to sainthood than anything you've done I'm sure.

What's that got to do with this drunken moron passed out on some lady's stoop?

The only thing he's "sacrificed" is his liver!!!!!

I can see why a woman would be hesitant to confront a beefy drunk fireman without police assistance! They do tend to get belligerent when intoxicated.

If this guy didn't have the uniform would this be news?

If he was a Puerto Rican dude after their parade, he would've been ticketed, arrested and possibly more.

You called it!

Wait, firefighters are human beings? I thought they were magical angels who never passed out from drinking? Listen; I've been there! He wasn't driving, or anything. Calling the NYPD is the right thing; then escorting the drunk guy home is the right thing. The end! Even if the guy is a firefighter right this instant, as long as he wasn't on the clock-- he's cool with me. I've been there, buddy, I feel yah.

id be willing to think that way if that's how they treated your average citizen.

Right, & I agree with you, totally. Though I've been helped home in similar NYE circumstances by cops. I'm white, though, so...

Lauren Hill?

Where were Pras and Wyclef?

She called 911?? That's not how I'd react to finding that guy passed out on my stoop!

Maybe she should have peed on him (she did say that she had to go to the bathroom!) - that would have woken him up!

What a good use of 911. Leave the guy alone. Heros need sleep too.

I like my heroes under 300 lbs and sober.

If he had been your average not too irish dude in plain clothes he would've been ticketed and/or arrested. Enough with the hero bullshit - these guys are very well paid to do their job.

There is no public intoxication law in NY, nor is disturbing the peace. Disorderly Conduct would be a stretch, the DA's office would never prosecute it.

arrested for what? He would have been put in a cab or an ambulance.

I refer you to New York State Penal Law, Article 114 § 1221

"Intoxication in a public place. Any person intoxicated in a public place is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be arrested without warrant while so intoxicated, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than three nor more than ten dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by both such

fine and imprisonment."

There is no article 114 of the NYS penal law. You can refer to 240.40, but that's for OTHER than alcohol. The law you're quoting is from 100 years ago. Its not in the current penal law, which can be viewed here:

http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/frmload.cgi?MENU-28184387

or here:

http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/index.htm

So again I ask, what would he have been arrested for?

you coulda probably gathered that from the fines listed without having to google anything, mr. petey... $3-10 fines?

its common knowledge that you can be arrested / fined for disorderly, distrubing the peace and public intoxication.

these laws are applied at the nypd's discretion and, for some reason, were not here.

I'm pretty sure there's no charges for "disorderly" nor "disturbing the peace" and I thought that it had already been established that its only illegal to be intoxicated in public on OTHER than alcohol.

So, in your infinite wisdom, what SHOULD he have been arrested for, since you're either a cop, a lawyer, a judge or a DA, with a full understanding of the law.

Arrested? No. Summonsed? Yes. The proper PL code is 240.20 Subdivision 5, Disorderly Conduct: Obstruct Pedestrian Traffic. From what the article says he was clearly obstructing her from getting into her building.