Valentine’s: Spreading love from all corners

Play therapist Jedidah Booke receives a Valentine's gift from Flying Squad Operations Officer George Njoroge at Getrude Children's Hospital yesterday. [photos: JONAH ONYANGO, ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD]

On a typical day, they would be chasing after hard core criminals, guns at the ready. For theirs are routine tasks without scant regard for compassion, after all you are unlikely to have mercy on an armed criminal determined to kill you first.

But yesterday, they laid down their arms and picked up roses and sought to express their love.