Link to the story hereShooting Near Thurston Co Jail

Yea, another shooting no big deal. Except they brought the victim to guess who's place of biz... Still no big deal, except that for 45 minutes the ER supervisor was asking why there was no LE around. There was a possible gang related shooting victim in the ER, the hosp security is unarmed, the shooter left the scene in a car, and everyone in town knows that the 'other' ER has only 8 beds.

Well almost everyone knows that, except the chunky plainclothes detective who finally showed up. He said "Well he [the victim] could have been taken to Capital Medical". I don't know how to respectfully respond to that. He might as well have suggested the victim was taken to the urgent care center at the downtown mall.

I've worked in ER's in San Bernadino, Riverside, Boise ID, Meridian ID, and now Oly. Whether it was big city San Berdoo, or suburban Boise, if we had a shooting victim in the ED we always had LE around in case someone showed up to cause more trouble. Usually the situation was we didn't need them around for more than a couple of hours. But never did we have to ask.

If any of those officers in those other towns had taken a hit, I'd rip out my own kidney on the spot if thats what he needed. They had my back, and in return it was the unspoken Grand Rule, you dropped everything to take care of an injured officer.

It doesn't change how I'd take care of a local OPD. they would receive the best possible care, regardless of the effort they had previously shown for the welfare of my coworkers, but I'll be tasting my bile while I do it.

And one of the reasons we were told no one could come was that they had the suspect contained, but not in custody, near the jail in Olympia where the shooting occured . Last I heard, the shooter was on the loose.

Thanks Oly, I can't wait to see ya.