VA is a sore spot even for me, following the VA State Police roadside stops of Emergency Services responders to New Orleans from New York and New Jersey. I experienced it, it pissed me off, it pissed my K9 off. Even so, I will be as objective as possible. This is in light of also having worked with some other good eggs from your state.

I will say this, and I speak from first hand experience in a metropolitan hospital ER and trauma center. Some officer shootings are critical injuries that require immediate surgical intervention. This will require a trauma team and while it may appear to conflict with sick patients, it may not, as most modern hospital settings are designed to handle trauma medicine separately from cardiology, respiratory, etc. Yes, an officer down situation can be unnerving for a hospital staff, yes professional courtesy can be abused. But it is often a somewhat friendly while tense situation where officers, nurses, medics, and docs, who know each other are pitching in as fellow members of the Emergency Services. This can be a little too subtle to grasp, and diagnose, from the radiology department. If OTOH, the professional courtesy is being abused, or if there is outright bullying, I wouldn't be so quick to only blame the Police. The Chief Attending, Attending, and Head Nurse, have a lot of responsibility too in these situations. Short of them being placed in immediate physical danger, I'd put the blame squarely on your Emergency Department if patients are endangered by a badly handled offer down situation. I have some Emergency Medical contacts in your state. If you let me know what hospital/s you are referring to, I might be able to comment more specifically on the state of the hospital's Emergency Services integration and how often the Police aid EMS. I will say that in VA there are Police Officers trained as EMT's (and Paramedics). Just because they aren't wearing the patch, doesn't mean they aren't EMT's.