Police Patrol Emergency Rooms

This report is out of Britain but, according to GruntDoc, the problem exists throughout the U.S. also.

From Manchester Evening News:

Police will patrol the accident and emergency unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital for three months in a bid to prevent aggressive and threatening behaviour.

They will issue penalty notices for disorder inside the hospital and arrest any patients or relatives who physically attack staff.

Emergency room staff members are attacked an average of five times a day throughout the Manchester area.