Rebecca Herold picked up a humorous story about HIPAA in her Realtime IT Compliance blog:

The robbery note was written on the back of a doctor’s stationery, and it had the name and address of the suspect. The police went to the address a little later in the day and indeed found the robber.

The police are quoted as concerned about HIPAA rules. Rebecca attempts to set them straight by pointing out that police are not considered a covered entity. After all, when was the last time you went to the police for health care? But seriously, would it not be nice to know police care about maintaining the privacy of your personal health information even if you are a suspected robber?