reminds me.
one time, at orchard rd.
got this lady selling those party favours on the street.
she was hysterical cos of some NEA officer insisting we arrest
her.
then her brother came along, who happens to be a ex
reservist.
so while i calmed her down and hold her hands down from
gesticulating. her brother came from behind me, grab my arms from
behind and practically pulled me away.
my inspector stopped him and warned him against touching me
again.
anyway, that lady was very pitiful, so we finally took her away
from the scene where it was escalating into a major arguement with
that NEA officer & the police officers. The out of sight, out
of mind tactic. at least with her away from the crowds, she was so
much calmer and co-operative.
her brother, and her so called 'not know her' relatives even tried
to run after me to clobber me. turns out, that female relative was
her sister in law, and she was playing the 'I am a concerned
public' role.
The next thing i know. her brother went and made a police report
against me for arresting her sister.
I have half the mind to go down to another office below mine and
lodge a more formal complaint about ex officers manhndling other
officers while on duty. The IO keeps persuading me against it.
These are times, where I was really cheesed off with such
officers.
Frankly, all of us sympatised with that lady, and didnt arrest her.
We were still talking about how hard a life most Singaporean have,
and how we should be giving more leeway to those that needs to make
a living.
But to have our kindness thrown into our face as someone to blame
for their own misfortune and their own misbehaviours. I am
certainly not comfortable with that.
