In the absence of a clear authority figure, most PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. will follow whoever yells
the loudest, looks the toughest, acts the most confident, etc.

It doesn't sound like any of you had a uniform on, or other signs of your profession. So maybe
to the victims and bystanders, you were equal, and since you knew what you were doing and
were trying to be reasonable, you didn't seem as alpha as the other two.

Maybe in the future, could you carry a jacket with an official looking logo on it? A bag with
cool looking paramedic stuff? A big brick of a walkie-talkie couldn't hurt. Perception
is reality. Just a black jacket that said PARAMEDIC and a toolchest full of medical stuff would
have put you way ahead of two plain clothes morons, wouldn't it?

I know, there isn't always time for that, or room for that, but...