Mandy, you said (Echo, 17 May)]: ‘There’s not many 95-year-olds I wouldn’t be able to overpower if necessary’ and ‘to disarm a 95-year-old with a steak knife’.
Well Mandy, I picture you up against one wielding a knife. You do not want to hurt her – but, equally as much, don’t want to be stabbed by a frantic, scared, confused knife-wielder. Easy, is it?
We know ‘our aged care system is broken’ and ‘our policing methods aren’t far behind’, BUT: have a bit of compassion for the police. Yes, I know, some of their actions are reprehensible. It’s a non-win situation! They have been called – and confronted.
Prayers for Clare’s family; it must be devastating.
Training and extra staff for the police?
Here’s hoping the coroner’s inquest brings some improvement.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
