Fired Dallas Paramedic Brad Cox, Who Kicked Mentally Ill Man Kyle Vess in 2019, Has License Revoked

It’s getting worse and worse for Brad Cox, the former Dallas Fire Rescue medic and trained mixed martial arts fighter who arrested and kicked a mentally ill man multiple times during an incident in August 2019.

In late October, DFR fired Cox after videos of the incident were released. Now Texas has revoked its license.

In the videos captured from body camera footage and surveillance tapes, Cox kicks Kyle Vess in the head several times and throws a couple of punches at the man. Vess’s family and his attorney have requested the arrest and prosecution of Cox, but the Dallas Police Department released the medic and the prosecutor has not filed charges.

Vess has a mental illness similar to schizophrenia. Because of Vess’ mental illness, his family and attorneys believe that Cox should be charged with harming a disabled person.

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In a statement, DPD said: “The Dallas police are currently investigating the case. There are currently no updates. “(Cox’s attorney declined to comment, citing pending litigation.)

The incident occurred on August 2, 2019. DFR was responding to grass fires on the edge of a residential street in West Dallas when they encountered Vess. They said he started the fires. Surveillance footage from a nearby store shows Cox stomping out a grass fire while Vess was on the ground.

“Their attacks continued despite the intervention of the Dallas police that required transportation and treatment.” – Texas Department of State Health Services

tweet that Then the video shows Vess swinging and missing and then trying unsuccessfully to throw something at Cox. Vess lands on the floor where Cox repeatedly kicks him, despite what appears to be a DFR firefighter trying to stop him. Not all of the surveillance footage has been released, and it’s unclear if it still exists, but Vess claims he was kicked in the head before he ever tried to hit Cox.

Cox hovers over Vess when police arrive at the scene. He and others with DFR claim Vess tried to attack him. As the police prepare to take Vess into custody, Vess begins to sit up and then Cox kicks him in the face, surrounded by police officers and others with DFRs. This was recorded in footage taken by the police’s body camera and later published by the Observer.

For more than two years, Vess was charged with assaulting Cox, an officer. Then, after he filed a lawsuit against Cox and the video surfaced, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office finally dismissed those charges on October 27th.

Three days later, Cox was released from the department.

Then, earlier this month, Cox received notice from the Texas Department of State Health Services that his paramedic license had been revoked. The announcement was received from The Dallas Morning News.

“When you, Brad Alan Cox, were employed as a paramedic with the Dallas City Fire Department, you engaged in behavior that endangers the health and safety of a person and / or injures a person,” the statement said. Specifically, you responded to a fire call in which you assaulted a person. ”

The notice adds, “You aggressively hit the person on the head and body with your fists and kicked the person with your leg in the head and body. Their attacks continued despite the intervention of the Dallas police who required transportation and treatment. ”

It concludes by stating that his continued work as a medic “poses an imminent threat to public health or safety”.

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