And nothing will happen to the cop

I'm really surprised that this happened. My roommate works in an ER, and she often describes the working relationship between the staff at the hospital, the fire dept., and the police dept. They all really rely on cooperation and working well with each other. I'm not saying that a cop should give a nurse or a doctor a break if they actually are blatantly acting in a criminal manner, but in this situation, this cop really damaged the overall relationship between his department and the hospital staff. You'd think he would at least have waited for the administrator to arrive and talk to them about it. It was obvious that the nurse was trying her best to just comply with the law, and with her boss on the phone, it was obvious that the nurse was not really calling the shots here. There is also the added fact that if he did acquire the information illegally, the case could have been completely thrown out of court, and the nurse could have then been brought up on charges for illegally releasing that information. This cop grossly over-reacted, damaged a working relationship with that hospital's staff, and I would bet that everyone in his department is giving him shit for it. And not giving him shit in some joking, teasing way, but actually shunning him and letting him know he seriously f***ked up. I guarantee that the nurse is already released, and that cop is seeing repercussions, both official, and unofficial. His official punishment might appear to be a slap on the wrist, but his co-workers in the police force, and especially his superiors are seriously pissed at him right now.

I'll bet you go to Cal Berkeley, that hotbed of complete idiocy.....

Refusing to comply with an officer is a crime...SHE REFUSED

Disgusting bitch was disobeying orders. If people just complied with the demands of the police there would never be any problems.

Ladies and gentlemen this is the same guy who doesn't understand why spraying fire at people can get you shot at.

I only have a cursory knowledge of this topic, but here's my thoughts. Since the officer had a warrant (I believe) to get blood from the patient, it was completely legal for him to make the request of the nurse to take the person's blood. With her refusal, she [i]technically[/i] was obstructing justice. However, the officer could have gone about this differently. Rather than charging her with obstruction of justice - this was a horrible call on the cops part - he could have simply found another nurse to take the patients blood. IN MY OPINION I think that, while the cop acted within the boundaries of the law, he did something that was very unethical. The nurse could have gone about it differently as well. Telling her superiors, getting another nurse, explaining her stance and offering to remedy the situation, like getting another nurse, are all better than what she did. Like I said, I don't know much about this story, but with what I do know, that's my stance.

I hope no one tries to justify the action of that pig. She clearly told him why she can't in a way that hopefully all of us understood. Yet she's some reason being arrested unlawfully. Shit like this also makes all cops look bad. They're not but idiots like this isn't acceptable by any means.

What that cop did is unacceptable, but I wouldn't call him a terrorist.

Impressive display of professionalism. This really got my wife's blood boiling. She's an RN. As if nurses don't already have a difficult and emotionally taxing job....

If they were attempting to get blood because of a DUI than the cop was right. Not right in the way he acted but right in general. They have to get blood quickly because obviously over time it lowers. From my understanding the driver hit someone head on or something like that

Cop was right Nurse isn't and wasn't innocent

What the actual -blam!-.

We need to do a better job weeding out the unfit officers. This guy is a problem. I hope she sues everyone she can.