“The serious nature of this misconduct cannot be understated — the patient was pronounced, though she was in fact alive, and the medical care she deserved was delayed,” Mary Dulacki, chief deputy executive director of the Denver Department of Public Safety, wrote in letters outlining the firefighters’ misconduct.Lt. Patrick Lopez and firefighter Marshall Henry on June 24 responded to a welfare check after a caller said he hadn’t heard from his daughter in several days, according to the disciplinary letter, obtained by The Denver Post through an open records request.“The integrity of the city heavily relies upon the faith and confidence of the public in its public safety services,” Dulacki wrote.“The embarrassing failure to the patient in this incident demonstrated an obvious compromise to that integrity.”Join the ConversationWe invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community.We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request."