Then why draw blood?
It was quite clear the hospital required to comply with their policy and this Barney said to hell with you, your career in the nurses case and the law. There was no:
Warrant
Arrest
Patient consent
None of these were met. The cop demanded she perform an illegal act and she refused to comply. The cop was a total ass and the unis were for not stepping in. The detective demanded a citizen work against their wishes to break hospital policy and the law. By some peoples reasoning an officer can demand any citizen do their bidding at the threat of arrest simply based on the officers discretion and thought of possible “probably cause “.
The only way this detective enters my hospital again if I am the administrator is to publicly apologize to the nurse, doctors, staff and any one else who was there.
This nurse and the hospital has a huge lawsuit against this police department and they will easily win. Crap like this kills the goodwill that good officers take years to build. The detective is a walking lawsuit factory.
The cop did check with his supervisor. He thought he was in the right.
I guess you didn’t see where police management is already sitting down with hospital management to make things right. I imagine there will be a face to face meeting with the cop and nurse to get everything aired out, settled, and apologies made. I doubt there will be a lawsuit.