Posted on 01/22/2026 2:11:26 PM PST by lowbridge
New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives were mistaken for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and reportedly treated rudely by hospital staff as they were seeking medical attention for wounds incurred in the line of duty.
The detectives reportedly checked into the NYU Langone/Cobble Hill Hospital in Brooklyn following a violent altercation with a drug suspect.
“[Hospital staff] were nasty to the officers in the waiting room, accused them of being ICE and suggested they go elsewhere,” one source told the New York Post.
“They properly identified themselves,” another source said. “It’s despicable to attempt to deny care or suggest they go elsewhere.”
According to Fox News, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed that the hospital apologized to Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch over the incident.
“Representatives from the hospital apologized to Commissioner Tisch and the NYPD and said hospital staff had a misunderstanding of their policy,” the spokesperson said. “Commissioner Tisch asked that all hospital staff be retrained to ensure that this type of incident never happens again.”
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The NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association called the officers’ treatment an “outrage.”
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Considering that refusal to provide care would be a violation of the Hippocratic Oath, New York City councilwoman Vickie Paladino said the hospital staff treated the officers “with contempt completely outside ethical bounds for medical personnel.”
“From what I understand, staff supposedly did this because they thought the NYPD officers might have been ‘ICE agents’ as if that is a valid excuse to refuse a patient,” said Paladino. “Let’s be very clear about something — when doctors and nurses and medical staff begin to refuse critical care over perceived political differences, we will have reached a breaking point in this country.”
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I hope the strike goes on forever.
This is why you don’t even visit NYC-calls out for a complete Boycott of the rotten Apple!
Fire them. Simple. No references. Off to Starbucks they go.
At the hospital I worked at for decades, as much as I might disagree with many decisions, I am confident those people would be fired. Not disciplined. Fired.
As it should be. No questions asked. Fire them all for cause.
I volunteer to be an assumed Ice officer and to take on the hospital staff.
Maybe HHS needs to check the immigration status and bona fides of certifications of that hospital staff…esp the 3d worlders
Leftists don’t play.
Imagine if we had that kind of fanaticism on our side.
Yes, fire them. There was no misunderstanding of the rules. They’re basically nasty people who should never be health care workers.
New York is lost.
And it’s their own fault.
What bullcrap. This Commissioner should be fired for even saying that. She should. be fired for even suggesting they be "retrained". Screw that.
I have absolutely no doubt that if you were to look at the history of statements by this Commissioner Jessica Tisch, you would find two things:
1.) She is a totally unqualified DEI hire.
2.) She is fully in support of those people who were rude to the officers in need of assistance.
Welcome to Mandami-land.
Fire them.
This, on top of the vile comments from nurses about Karoline Leavitt.
Apparently, our medical facilities are filled with “care providers” who would like to see great harm come to people who don’t agree with them about politics.
I lost all respect for medicine after COVID. Stuff like this doesn’t change my mind.
A hospital......geez - everyone should email the hospital and lodge a complaint. If we are loud enough, things could change
"...Jessica Sarah Tisch is an American public administrator. Since November 2024, she has served as the 48th New York City Police Commissioner. Previously, she served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation from 2022 to 2024, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications from 2019 to 2022, and as Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology at the New York City Police Department from 2014 to 2019..."
What a DEI scumbag. Department of Sanitation. Information Technology. Just the douchebag you want as a Police Commissioner.
“ … said hospital staff had a misunderstanding of their policy,” the spokesperson said. “Commissioner Tisch asked that all hospital staff be retrained to ensure that this type of incident never happens again.”
Re trained? How about prosecuted.
It is mandatory for nurses to treat all people equally. By their licensure
I hope the cops bring any nurses op on charges
I don’t know the details. But if any nurses were involved they can put this at least on their record
You don’t re trained something that is in licensure
“the NYS Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association (ANA) mandate that nurses provide care with compassion and respect for all individuals, upholding human dignity and social justice, which directly applies to treating patients equally regardless of their political views, as the Code of Ethics prohibits discrimination based on factors like political belief, reinforcing that patients are defined by their need for care, not their affiliations. Nurses are ethically bound to care for everyone without bias, recognizing diverse patient backgrounds, including political beliefs, as essential to equitable practice”
Absolutely they should be fired. They should have been fired yesterday. But in New York, a lawsuit might be required to help motivate the hospital to do the right thing.
I’m sure that employees have reserved parking spaces. Plaster Trump stickers on the cars.
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