Salt Lake Valley police officials and a Utah nursing organization on Thursday announced a new protocol for interactions between police and hospital staff, in the wake of the arrest of University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels.
The policy directs police to check in with hospital security or police when they arrive to talk with a patient or draw blood, and also let the nurse in charge of the emergency room know they are present. If officers need to elsewhere in the hospital, they should first check in with the house supervisor to obtain permission, according to Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown.