When a 14-year-old boy is shot in the face and rushed to the hospital, every possible resource should be used to find who pulled the trigger. Instead, at Kaiser Permanente last night, my Detectives were blocked from gathering critical video evidence inside the hospital, evidence… pic.twitter.com/JKw75vEiPu
— Jim Cooper (@SheriffJCooper) August 14, 2025
When a 14-year-old boy is shot in the face and rushed to the hospital, every possible resource should be used to find who pulled the trigger. Instead, at Kaiser Permanente last night, my Detectives were blocked from gathering critical video evidence inside the hospital, evidence that could lead directly to a violent criminal. This isn’t “patient privacy,” it’s obstruction. HIPAA does not protect images or video of a possible suspect vehicle fleeing a crime scene.
This was no accident. Kaiser administrators have pushed misguided policies aimed at thwarting immigration enforcement, which we do not participate in as we are legally prohibited from doing so in California. They’ve created dangerous roadblocks for all law enforcement, especially when investigating violent crimes. Their reckless rules have already set our investigation into last night’s shooting of a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the face, back 12–24 hours.
Kaiser administrators even drafted a form to screen and block deputies from contacting some of the most heinous criminals imaginable. California law mandates that hospitals report incidents of child abuse, violent sexual assault, and domestic violence to law enforcement. Yet Kaiser now forces employees to make my Deputies (and all law enforcement) justify, in writing, why they need to speak to a patient or family member. In cases where abusers bring their victims in, like parents who violently beat their child or spouses who nearly kill their partner, Kaiser’s process tips off the abuser that police are looking for them. Kaiser's policies undermine public safety, but especially justice to victims of violent crime.
Kaiser’s frontline nurses, doctors, and staff are heroes. They save lives every day. But their own leadership is setting them up to fail, forcing them into situations where they risk becoming complicit in shielding violent offenders. That isn’t just immoral; it’s potentially criminal. Kaiser’s executives need to wake up. These policies don’t protect anyone except violent criminals.
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Kisar's medical staff is negligent... they need to quit or demand ethical treatment for the elderly. They are NOT INNOCENT HEROES... they are putting salary above ethics and the life of elderly patients... You can bet other unethical and possibly criminal conduct regarding care is happening where such practices exist.
It's all hospitals, they are horrible places anymore, cannot be trusted on any level.
We have a 92 yr old friend who is still trading in cattle, very active, in over all good health. He ended up with a severe headache because of a vessel pressing on a nerve in his brain. Made seven trips to the Cleveland clinic emergency between Wednesday and Friday. They told him they can't do an MRI until the 28th, they don't have a room for him, no doctor was available for almost a week, and they sent him home each time. This headache is debilitating, your brain and face hurts so much you want to die! The drive to the hospital is 90 minutes from where we are. They need to go in there and take care of it, for a good neurosur this is routine and recovery is not bad! They still haven't decided what they should do and it is now a week and a half!