When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart

Nearly two-thirds of gunshot victims in Philadelphia are brought to trauma centers by police, according to a 2021 study. Thomas Hengge/Anadolu via Getty Images 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…