Two Nice Cops

Locking my bike before walking into Staples on 6^th Avenue and 8^th, I became aware of two smiling young police officers talking to an elderly man with a shock of disheveled white hair as he sat on the curb, obviously unable to get up.

By the time I exited Staples, they had him standing, an ambulance had arrived, and they courteously and respectfully helped him get in.

At a moment when police encounters have become super-charged, I was aware of how respectfully these two officers had behaved.

They were Officers O’Mahoney and Sprague of the 6^th

Precinct. —George Capsis