I'm really surprised that this happened. My roommate works in an ER, and she often describes the working relationship between the staff at the hospital, the fire dept., and the police dept. They all really rely on cooperation and working well with each other. I'm not saying that a cop should give a nurse or a doctor a break if they actually are blatantly acting in a criminal manner, but in this situation, this cop really damaged the overall relationship between his department and the hospital staff. You'd think he would at least have waited for the administrator to arrive and talk to them about it. It was obvious that the nurse was trying her best to just comply with the law, and with her boss on the phone, it was obvious that the nurse was not really calling the shots here. There is also the added fact that if he did acquire the information illegally, the case could have been completely thrown out of court, and the nurse could have then been brought up on charges for illegally releasing that information. This cop grossly over-reacted, damaged a working relationship with that hospital's staff, and I would bet that everyone in his department is giving him shit for it. And not giving him shit in some joking, teasing way, but actually shunning him and letting him know he seriously f***ked up. I guarantee that the nurse is already released, and that cop is seeing repercussions, both official, and unofficial. His official punishment might appear to be a slap on the wrist, but his co-workers in the police force, and especially his superiors are seriously pissed at him right now.