> That forces you to deescalate. I work as a paramedic-firefighter. I've had multiple instances where police "are not our friends". There's far more egregious

> That forces you to deescalate. I work as a paramedic-firefighter. I've had multiple instances where police "are not our friends". There's far more egregious examples, but even smaller things. Get called to an obviously mentally disturbed person who is agitated and such. Successfully talk to him over a period of time, calm him down, start a plan for getting him some assistance. There's a couple of police on scene, but they're hanging back. No crime has been committed and this is a medical issue, not a law enforcement issue. Really just there "for our safety". So far so good. Until along comes another cop, who sees a broken glass in the gutter nearby our patient (who has a couple of minor lacerations on his hand), and comes barreling over to us and shouting and gesticulating at him for breaking the glass, littering, danger to people and potential damage to cars driving/parking there, etc., and asks "why shouldn't I take you to jail after they're done with you?" Thanks, cop, now my patient is all agitated again and you've undone 20 minutes of my effort trying to help him. And while the cops hanging back aren't contributing (directly) to the situation, they're obviously visible to said patient, and they definitely have no intention of trying to shut down their fellow officer. And this is very far from an uncommon occurrence.