Goinfishin,

Thanks for responding. Oh it didn't give us any new negative impression of the local city PD. PSPH has the worst working relationship between a cities main ER and its city PD. I've met with Lt Kostas, the Gold Team leader OPD leader for over an hour discussing lack of response from them. I've written to the city council, to the city manager, I've talked with individual officers. I'm not sure why, but among OPD supervisors especially, the sentiment I receive is that since we have hospital security they don't need to waste their time answering our calls. That attitude has filtered down to the guys on shift. They'll dump violent prisoners that the jail doesn't want, and somehow convinces a judge to release, in our ED, and then not respond for help when that person becomes combative.

If you want to see an ER charge nurse go from 0-60 in about 2 seconds ask them nicely if they feel Oly PD is supportive of their work. I'd say we have NO troubles with any other LE agency except them. They did send a marked unit to sit outside the ambulance bay after probably 10 calls to dispatch.

I won't disparage a public agency, especially a LE agency, until I've exhausted all other options. Its the reason I sit on the WDFW Enforcement committee and don't trash talk about them here. And not every OPD officer sucks. Some of them admit there is a problem, and they will also try and help where and when they can. And I've had an OPD Sgt spend quite a bit of time assisting me on how to try and get things changed. It should be telling though that he didn't ever want his name mentioned.

We know who has our backs. And if your one of them, I'll still gladly rip out one of my own kidneys for you if you need it.

VHawk