I’ve done that too.
But you can risk your license if someone catches you.
We had a “patient friendly” ER where I was working, which meant no locked doors, no restriction on visitors, no armed security. We warned them that we felt unsafe and that out family would sue the shit out of them if something happened....
We have much the same One afternoon a sheriff deputy was shot in our parking lot I understand a lot of the staff (not just docs) made a short trip
to their car for some strange reason no one could figure out....