[HamiltonJay]

Well its predictable.. you have someone, a grieving woman and her kids, who likely are also the children and wife of a good friend of your own, at the most vulnerable, and you have the inate male instinct to protect... it is inevitable that some of these situations would result in what has happened.

I think the policy is pretty bad policy frankly, sending laymen out to do grief counselling and support... as an unofficial duty. It is sad, and it is wrong, but its not suprising.

[Tax-chick]

I think the policy is pretty bad policy frankly, sending laymen out to do grief counselling and support... as an unofficial duty.

I agree. Surely the department has professional mental health counsellors available; the union would insist, as part of their health benefits. And if an official representative of the department was required, this would seem like an ideal position to be filled by the women employees. And the same in the military.

Why promote unhappiness and scandal when you don't have to? Yes, some men are going to leave their wives (and vice versa) but it doesn't have to be promoted by the organization's direct actions.