Our policy is to have them on when dealing with the public, no matter if we're in a hospital or back of an ambulance. We can turn them off when done with a call or if told by a supervisor. I once had to go with a shooting suspect to the hospital, charge nurse asked me if I was recording and I said was. She told me I had to turn it off, I told her no, officers keep getting dinged for that but I can step outside of the room but I'm not letting this possible murder suspect out of my sight, she fussed but couldn't really do anything. She closed the door on me but there was only one way in and out so I just decided to pick my battles and waited outside the door. Staff kept walking in and out leaving the door open and she kept closing it thinking it was bothering me. When staff went to take him to CT I started following him, not going to let him out of my sight. Charge nurse tried stopping me, saying I can't go and she "needs" me to turn off my camera. I could have got on the radio and asked a supervisor for permission to turn off my camera which would have been granted but I was kinda getting annoyed and the charge nurse does not dictate what I do. I told her that person is in my custody, he's either going to be charged with Agg Assault or murder and I'm going with him no matter what you say. Damn did she not like that, said she was calling security and I need to leave the hospital. Security and Off duty officers from my department show up, all seem confused as why they were called, pretty much tell her that she can't stop me from being with my suspect.

I go with my suspect and wait with CT staff, they were cool, turned my camera off while I was waiting after asking my Sgt. Go back to the room and kept getting the stink eye from charge nurse. Few weeks later we get a memo saying to explain to hospital staff nicely what our policy is and pretty much keep doing what we're doing. Never got asked to turn my camera off after that.