We routinely run red lights after honking our horns slowing to look, and then proceeding.
My point is there are some that abuse the ability, but most are carefully hurrying to do thier jobs, protect people.
These are non-emergency situations. Medical attention and an assault in progress would appear to be EMERGENCY.
If it is important enough to run the damn light put on your lights and siren.
Cops are killing people left and right here in NJ. My brother was T-boned by a cop going...no where. Two girls were killed here in S. NJ a few months ago by a cop who is facing indictment. A few years ago a cop killed a whole frickin family (ex-Marine, his wife, their two young children) doing 70 in a 45 with no lights or siren. Unless it's murder or rape cops speeding and running lights should be treated the same as civilians. I know about a dozen cops and all but two were braggarts and menaces to society who abused their power all the time.
...the police ought to respond properly to the legitimate emergency, by using the lights and sirens that have been mounted on their vehicles for that purpose.