Being a police officer is not all about big crime, capturing a criminal or stopping an impaired driver. Sometimes, it’s something as simple as helping a little boy in pain.
On Friday, July 1st, Saugeen Shores Police Constable Ian Clark and Auxiliary Officer Paul Vargas were ‘walking the beat’ on Port Elgin Main Beach when a father and his little eight-year-old boy approached asking for a bandaid. The officers said that they had a first-aid kit in the police vehicle and lead the father and son over to it. When they asked what happened it was a little more serious than thought. The little boy had a rock land on his finger and it had entirely removed a fingernail with much evidence of blood.
The officers set about compressing the finger and then wrapping it in sterilized gauze bandages. The amazing thing? Not a tear from this little guy (name withheld on request).
Sometimes being a police officer means something as small as being there when needed in time of a crisis … and every crisis is different in size depending on who and what is involved.
For this father and son, their crisis meant immediately going to those who could help …
the police.
Who knows what impact this small gesture will have on the future of an eight-year-old?
