Turns out VA security are actual LEOs not mere security guards. 
At the VA, we'll treat you just like a King!
Elsewhere in the article, they are referred to as “hospital police”.
Increasingly, the Just-us system has been turning a blind eye when police officers take it upon themselves to retaliate when an individual does something they view as “disrespecting” them.
When you have a Just-us system which will ignore, downplay-—or even encourage-—thuggish behavior, you get more thuggish behavior.
Turns out VA security are actual LEOs not mere security guards.
At the VA, we'll treat you just like a King!
But what did he do to dis the guards? The story just doesn’t make any sense.