I think it is symptomatic of a town council that believes their police need to be checked, and the dropped out, burned out drug freaks rule.

That was actually a county case although other agencies assisted. I wasn't there, but it sounds like it was total chaos at first with a lot of mis-information being fed to LE. As to why no one responded immediately to the hospital to provide security on the victim, I cannot say. I speculate that they might have had their hands full at first. I do know that they provided a uniformed officer eventually. Vince, sorry it gave you a negative impression of the local cops. Most of them are good, hard working, dedicated people. Just like ER nurses.