"Our response was appropriate and swift," said Mayor Lee Kinnally of Hastings.
"We hope this demonstrates our willingness to review decisions and take appropriate and swift action when necessary.
"If any employee has violated it, they will be held accountable and we will take appropriate and swift action".
But the swift, appropriate response yesterday morning by the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies made certain that Robert Pickett, who appeared along the South Lawn fence holding a five-shot revolver, never came close to breaching the White House grounds.
However, translating rhetoric about paving the way for radical improvements and achieving "parity of esteem", so that people in need of mental health support can expect swift, appropriate treatment on a par with physical health, is proving tricky.
And North Korea should be warned that any future provocations on its part like the shelling of Yeonpyeong will result in swift, appropriate retaliation by the joint forces of the United States and South Korea.
After all, last summer, when there was a similar sexual assault situation between two different coworkers, I was heartened to see that 500 Startups did the right thing taking swift appropriate action and communicating the situation to everyone internally quickly.
Ideally, such difficult decisions will be rendered unnecessary through previous discussions with the patient about their end-of-life care and by swift, appropriate management of febrile neutropenia.
But to read a report years afterwards that says – and I quote– "a swifter, more appropriate, better focused and properly equipped response had the potential to save more lives" can only add to the pain.
The Panel reported that up to 41 of the 96 who died, including Kevin, may have been saved had there been a "swifter, more appropriate, better focused and properly equipped response".
