The cops showed up, with me along, to keep gawkers out of the way. If you want to be cold and miserable and have really lousy working conditions, try working a fire hose in sub-freezing temperatures. Cops, being the enforcement arm of government, are not loved by all citizens. Maybe people should occasionally reflect on what we owe to the police. In quiet suburbs many of us don't realize that criminals are only a short drive, or long walk, away.
Bad men exist, very bad men.
I sometimes think nice people don't understand just how bad. We read about drug murders, random killings, rapes, beatings, but for the most part they seem far away, something that happens downtown. Downtown is a bridge away. And quiet suburbs are where there are things to steal. Often these things are in houses owned by people helpless to defend themselves.