EMERGENCY.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: BRICKBATS - Israeli cash transactions law, public religious events banned in Switzerland and Nahal Connie Dadkhah's death

A Rochester, New York, police officer was parked in an ambulance bay, and an EMT reportedly hit his car with an ambulance door while unloading a patient. The officer tried to stop her to get her information, but she continued to take the patient into the emergency room. The officer then followed her in, grabbed her arm, handcuffed her, and took her to his car.

One June evening, Parrish Chambers began banging on the door of Nahal Connie Dadkhah's San Diego home and screaming loudly. According to local news, two neighbors called 911 at least five times to report him. After Chambers broke through the glass door on the balcony of Dadkhah's home, neighbors again called, with at least one telling a dispatcher that Chambers appeared to have a weapon. The cops arrived about 45 minutes later, knocked on the door, called Dadkhah's phone, and left when she didn't answer. The next morning, Chambers came outside and told a neighbor to call 911 because Dadkhah was dead. This time, police arrived in just a few minutes and arrested Chambers.

An Israeli law took effect in August banning cash transactions of more than 6,000 shekels (about $1,800). Officials said the goals of the law are to increase tax compliance and to reduce money laundering. Israel's Finance Ministry said it plans to seek a law banning residents from holding more than 50,000 shekels (about $15,250) in cash.

For 20 years, Susan McKee has cultivated a pollinator garden for monarch butterflies at her London, Ontario, home. She recently returned from vacation to find that the...