Court Opinion

ID: 9542330
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:33:12.802684+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:07:43.742909
License: Public Domain

LOCKWOOD, Chief Justice
(specially concurring) :
I concur in the result of the majority opinion and with the reasoning therein, except for the significance attributed to the word “pickup”. In that regard, it appears to me that it cannot be considered a word of art in the present case. Certainly in police language, the word “pickup” may be used to denote an arrest for various purposes. However, it may also be used in connection with transporting persons in need of ambulance service from any point found (including from the county jail, after an arrest has already been made) to the county hospital. This would not involve an arrest on the part of Silvio, although he would “pick up” the patient who was already under arrest to drive him to the hospital in connection with his ambulance service duties.
*207As pointed out in the majority opinion, there is ample evidence without regard to the use of the word “pickup” which would indicate that Silvio’s status was that of a deputy sheriff, even though it involved special ambulance services.