Thank God for First Responders

    Recently I’ve been in a position to observe members of the local city police force from two different cities, fire and rescue personnel from these same areas, plus several smaller outlying communities, and members of the local sheriff’s department deliver people to a medical institution for care and observation. These are usually people who have harmed themselves and/or threatened to harm themselves or others. 
    Some of these people are docile, but others are anywhere from mildly upset to violently opposed to being placed somewhere not of their choosing. These people are acting out their unhappiness with both verbal and physical abuse toward those people listed above plus the medical staff people who are receiving them. 
     The one thing that continually amazes me is the compassion and tenderness shown toward the people being admitted for medical care and observation. The ones being admitted are sometimes doing their utmost to be uncooperative and abusive, but they are handled in the same calm and compassionate way as those who are willing or even happy to be admitted. 
     My hat goes off to these public servants.