Alzheimer's

[petmoosie]

Last night I saw two fire trucks on our narrow dead-end road. I went outside to see the fire get something from my car. An elderly woman (who usually walks a little white dog) was standing on my sidewalk. She started calling for help. She walked up toward me, calling for help, saying that these weren't real police officers. A large group of uniformed men were following her up my sidewalk. One of them held her arm and she resisted a lot. I stepped a step at this point. One police officer told me to go inside and another one started questioning her about firearms. She told them that they were not really police officers, just actors. I went inside.

I guess that she has Alzheimer's and was out-of-control in some way. She lives with an elderly frail man (and the little white fluffy dog). He probably called the police on her if she had threatened him.

Of course, I don't know for sure, maybe someone hired two fire trucks, a fire SUV and three police cars, dressed at least eight men in our county's police uniforms and brought them all here to persecute this old lady. I don't think so, but if I am wrong, I totally did the wrong thing.

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The fire trucks are hard to forge

[metageek.livejournal.com]

It's not so easy to get your hands on fire trucks. She'd have to have a whole lot of money for it to be worth someone's while.

I suppose you could have called the police to make sure, though.

Re: The fire trucks are hard to forge

[petmoosie.livejournal.com]

No, I don't believe her; those were cops. I just wonder how violent she had been before she got here, because they were definitely treating her like she might draw a gun or a knife.

He never told the neighbors that she has Alzheimer's or other reasons for paranoia. (Some drugs or heart conditions can cause the same symptoms). I hope that he is OK (and that she isn't hurt).