Random drug testing results in police officer being injured

Officer Rick Mingo was injured yesterday night in what is being described as an unfortunate bathroom accident. The young officer had been chosen to provide a random pee sample for drug testing purposes. Providing that sample resulted in a hernia.

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According to the reports filed in this incident Officer Mingo along with four other officers from the night shift were to be tested. The first three officers came into the PD and provided their samples without incident.

Mingo then arrived at the station and asked if he could get water before providing the sample. The county nurse who does the testing told Mingo he could not be provided anything until the sample was collected. County testing policy is very strict about immediate sampling.

The nurse then escorted Mingo into the bathroom. Mingo explained that just moments before dispatch asked him to come into the PD he had been at a gas station using the bathroom. He did not have any pee in him.

Unimpressed with Mingo’s excuse the nurse instructed him to fill the specimen cup or face discipline for refusal.

The incident report filled out by Mingo details how he became injured. According to his statement Mingo began pushing and flexing his abdominal muscles as hard he could. He felt that if he squeezed himself hard enough he could push something out of kidneys and bladder.

After about two minutes of trying the nurse started to express displeasure and made statements about refusal discipline again.

“I just bore down with everything I had. I was grunting trying to push any little drop of piss out. Then suddenly a shearing pain ran along my right side in my groin area. It hurt to bad I dropped to my knees. When I tried to stand I know something was wrong I could feel this pressure and burning sensation. I knew I was hurt bad.”

City EMS was eventually called and Officer Mingo was taken to the ER. Doctors determined the pain was from a hernia. He was discharged and given a referral to the outpatient surgery clinic.

Mingo is currently off work awaiting surgery. Once the surgery is over it will likely still be three to four weeks before he is cleared to be back patrol.

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