The county's ambulance squads are hurting for volunteers.
The man may have been a nuisance to the ambulance squad because of his many calls for help, the prosecutor said.
He said it was not the first time that rescuers from the ambulance squad, a 35-member private organization, had beaten up Mr. Rodriguez.
Some residents described her as elderly and in poor health and said that she called Edison's ambulance squad several times in the past for medical help.
Dalton has its own police, fire (including ambulance squad) and public works departments.
Even some of the volunteer fire departments and ambulance squads have given up their good-old-boy ways and are recruiting Latinos.
He also has connections with ambulance squads.
Sixty people belong to the ambulance squad.
It also guaranteed the ambulance squad $3,200 no matter how many tickets were sold.
In general, ambulance squads are unable to contravene the wishes of a mentally competent patient.