POSITIVE Law Enforcement Officer/ Firefighter thread :)

[starrzone]

I felt compelled to start this thread after reading and posting to the one below about LEO/FF and whether or not they should be required to attain a certain fitness level. There were a couple comments about people not posting positive things about these professions, and after thinking about it, I realized that I really haven't seen a positive thread!

I'll start...6 years ago, I was on a solo road trip along a pretty major highway. It was March, and the roads were slippery because it was a sunny day and it had snowed the day before. My car did a 180 and flipped twice before landing in a ditch. After I was taken to the hospital (I was fine; not even a bruise), a young police officer came into my cubicle and started taking down my info. He was so kind and gentle with me, and his tone of voice was so soothing. He even took out a picture of his little boy and told me all about his fight with a certain disability. When he was finished getting his information, he even offered to drive me home in his cruiser; my family was vacationing on the other side of the country and the neighbors I would have called were with them! I will NEVER forget this officer and how kind he was to me; I really wish I had gotten his name.

 

[RF536]

When my younger son was 18 mos. he had a seizure at my parents house. They live in a small town so we ended up with the police, fire and ambulance responding to the call. Everyone who showed up that day was so kind and reassuring to me, they really made a very horrible time much better. The paramedic let me ride in the back of the ambulance, which was more for my benefit than his, since he was so out of it.