NYPD detectives mistaken for ICE, treated rudely by hospital staff after scuffle with suspect

New York City detectives were treated rudely and disrespectfully past week aft they were mistaken for national migration agents portion seeking attraction astatine a infirmary pursuing an arrest.

The officers went to NYU Langone/Cobble Hill Hospital successful Brooklyn aft a combat with a cause suspect, the New York Post reported.

"[Hospital staff] were nasty to the officers successful the waiting room, accused them of being ICE, and suggested they spell elsewhere," 1 root acquainted with the incidental told the newspaper.

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Some NYPD detectives were allegedly disrespected aft they were mistaken for ICE agents portion seeking attraction astatine a New York City hospital.  (Getty Images)

"They decently identified themselves," different root added. "It’s despicable to effort to contradict attraction oregon suggest they spell elsewhere."

An NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the infirmary apologized to Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch implicit the incident.

"Representatives from the infirmary apologized to Commissioner Tisch and the NYPD and said infirmary unit had a misunderstanding of their policy," the spokesperson said. "Commissioner Tisch asked that each infirmary unit beryllium retrained to guarantee that this benignant of incidental ne'er happens again."

The infirmary told Fox News Digital that it expressed "our regret for however the concern was handled and reaffirmed our committedness to proceed providing the highest prime attraction to the New York Police Department and each instrumentality enforcement agencies" successful a treatment with Tisch. 

It noted that successful 2025, NYU Langone provided attraction to astir 1,000 NYPD officers. 

"We provided attraction to the injured officer, who was asked to temporarily unafraid his weapon, arsenic per our policy," a infirmary typical said. "The different 2 officers were allowed to support their weapons. NYU Langone ever values the accidental to supply attraction to members of instrumentality enforcement."

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A refrigerated motortruck serving arsenic makeshift morgue is seen extracurricular of NYU Langone Health Cobble Hill. (Getty Images)

The infirmary did not remark connected the alleged references to ICE. The incidental occurred arsenic thousands of nurses crossed the metropolis were connected strike.

In a statement, the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association denounced the attraction of the officers.

"It is an outrage that immoderate NYPD detective injured successful the enactment of work should person to interest astir being treated astatine immoderate infirmary successful the metropolis they protect," the radical said. "As nurses crossed the metropolis onslaught implicit issues similar workplace safety, treating detectives poorly is not however to marque hospitals safer."

"No one—especially detectives injured successful the enactment of duty—should look specified treatment," the relation added.

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, himself a erstwhile NYPD officer, besides criticized the infirmary and called connected New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to clasp it accountable.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams connected "The View" connected November 15, 2024. (ABC/Screenshot)

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"A infirmary that politicizes exigency attraction is nary longer a hospital. It’s an activistic instauration pretending to signifier medicine," Adams wrote connected X. "These NYPD officers enactment their lives connected the line. Medical unit are sworn to dainty the injured, not walk governmental judgment. We nonstop them into information and past permission them bleeding erstwhile it’s inconvenient."