obtaining blood. there are three things that allow us to do that or if you have an electronic warrant, patient consent or patient under arrest and neither of those things the patient can t consent. reporter: she even gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. the tension only escalates. she s the one that has told me no. but sir, you re making a huge mistake right now. like you re making a huge mistake because you re threatening a nurse. okay. no, we re done. we re done. you re under arrest. we re done. [ screaming ] salt lake city s police chief apologized and said what happened was unacceptable. i was alarmed by what i saw in the video. i wanted to be very clear. we take this very seriously. reporter: for now wubbels isn t filing a lawsuit. i feel strongly in giving people the benefit of the doubt and i truly believe honest in
unconscious patient. is this patient under arrest? no. the detective demanded a blood sample from a car crash victim who was severely burned. his truck smashed. she explains the policy for obtaining blood. the three things that allow us to d that is 23 you have an electronic warrant, patient consent or patient under arrest. and the patient can t consent. she gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. the tension only escalates. she s the one that has told me no. sir, you re making a huge mistake right now. you re making a huge mistake because you re threatening a nurse. dweern. you re under arrest. we re don. reporter: salt lake city s police chief apologized and said what happened was unacceptable. i was alarmed by what i saw in the video. i want to be very clear we take
following hospital protocol by refusing to let police take a blood sample from an unconscious patient. is this patient under arrest? no. wobbles says detective jeff payne demanded a blood sample from a car crash victim who was in a coma and severely burned. his truck smashed by a car racing from police, according to local media. wobbles calmly explains the policy for obtaining blood. there s three things that allow us to do that are if if you have an electric warrant, patient consent or patient under arrest and neither of those things, the patient can t consent. she gets her supervisor on the phone, who backs her up. the tension only escalates. she s the one that has told me no. yes, sir, you re making a huge mistake right now. you re making a huge mistake right now. you re directing a nurse we re done, we re done, you re under arrest. we re done. stop! no! oh! salt lake city s police chief
the nurse commander said she should be arrested. now, it is important to point out that the person they were trying to obtain blood from was a victim. he was not a suspect. apparently they wanted to get that blood to exonerate him in the future should any issues arise. but legal experts say even in a situation like this, you need to have a warrant or you need to have patient consent. neither of which applied in this case. we tried to reach out to the police officer and his legal representative but so far we haven t heard back. wild video. what a story. dan simon in salt lake city, thank you. and there or the right-hand of your screen live images in louisiana where air force one just touched down. the president getting ready to meet with folks there who are affected by again hurricane harvey that eventually moved its way back and hit made a second landfall in louisiana near lake charles and there are a number of people hundreds who had to evacuate and affected by the storm that hi