I beleive that your problem, Vince, is symbolic of all the LE around here. My own experiences include having them almost break into my house at 2 am because they didn't look at the address, refusing to proscute fraud cases ( the perpetrator simply walked out the door and cashed $10,000+ in checks made out to me),waiting a 1/2 hour with a drunk I got stopped until they showed up (over 20 calls to 911 they told me while he was driving and I had to finally wave down an officer on patrol who sat and waited for the State Patrol and finally, refusing to show up to a drive by shooting in my front yard. In the driveby they finally showed up a 2 hours and multiple yelling calls later. I pointed out the house they shot at and asked them to do a welfare check, as most likely they were in there loading there guns. They refused and drove off without even looking around for a victim. Of course I can't say they were related, but a couple of hours later, there was a fatal gang shooting at a party a short distance away.

But, the most telling thing.... In the Tacoma City Court House, they have security checks like the airport. Walk in the door, and there is the Tacoma Police desk, the only armed personnel, behind bullet proof plexy glass. Or, after an officer was shot in Seattle, the police chief coming out and saying, "When it is one of ours, it is different, we will catch this guy." Really, so it wouldn't matter as much if they had just mowed down an innocent, unarmed civilian?"

Like most government officials, LE seems to have become just self serving. Write enough tickets to pay our salary, show up enough to let people see us, and do the absolute mimimum possible.

Vince, I think you are probably barking up the wrong tree. I would try to get my co-workers to sign a petition insisting the hospital get armed security. Then, next time an officer shows up with an injury, I would sit his but in the ER forever. When he or she finally complains, I would simply point out they most certianly don't jump for you, why should you go out of the way for them.

LE, in my opinion, feels above you and me. Don't believe it? Watch what happens when an officer calls in a need for help. Literally watched 25 or more officers from 3 or 4 districts in less than 4 minutes. Total overkill. I even heard the officer involved admitting to a college he was a little embarrassed. Now, I won't say they shouldn't have come but if I had called in the same sitution they would have laughed at me.

We need LE that will follow traffic laws. That will go into a building putting their life at risk if they know an unarmed citizen is a risk. That doesn't get awards for doing their job, but only when they exceed it. That doesn't complain about only making 60K + with benefits, a retirement plan that rocks.

I know I am going to get flamed, but we need LE that is serving, not self-serving. Since that isn't going to happen soon, Vince, start showing up to work with a gun on your hip and let the hospital adminstration deal with the problem.