DC investigation: Chief Dennis Rubin says he will call for termination of anyone found to have cheated on NREMT exam. Listen to interview.
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NREMT press release on its investigation
Chief Dennis Rubin said this morning he has confidence in the investigations underway to determine if anyone in his department was involved in cheating on the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) test. The chief told reporters he would call for the termination of anyone found to have cheated on the exam.
Specifically the department is concerned about testing done by Pearson VUE at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata. The department has determined that 267 of its people have tested at that site (in the interview above, done earlier in the day, Rubin said they had estimates of 70 to 250).
The allegations are that those testing were allowed to bring in outside material.
Chief Rubin says an internal affairs investigation was started immediately. He also expressed confidence in NREMT which has started its own probe.
In a press release, NREMT confirms it has stopped using the Southern Maryland site until this is sorted out.
