Mom Arrested for Trying to Help Her Kids

[The Sandmen]

I see.

[xx - Team GAP]

I'm not saying it was a waste of time. I'm saying your kid stealing $10 from your wallet and you trying to get a cop to straighten your kid out are not emergencies. Frankly you should be able to teach your child right and wrong without needing the police.

If your afraid for your life or dying... Emergency. Teaching your kid.. Non-emergency.

Call the right number.

[The Rocketmen]

And what would the right number be? I guess I'm missing the part where there's this public service that does house calls for families who are having a difficult time with troubled children, or are in non-emergency situations that require attention from the public service.

Oh, wait, nevermind, they're called police officers. To protect AND serve.

Are you guys going to tell me that you never had a cop visit your classroom and discuss drugs and crimes to try and prevent you from going down that path?

Has your class NEVER visited the local police station?

safe.met.police.uk/contact/how_to_contact_us.html

Contacting your local police station

In situations that do not require an immediate police response, another way to report a crime is to contact your local police station, usually in the area where the crime has occurred.

You can call your local station by phoning 101 and asking them to put you through, or walk into any police station that has a front counter office open to the public. You or another member of your family can even arrange for us to come and visit you at home if that’s easier or more comfortable for you.

Here's a Canadian one:

www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/misc/schoolprotocol.pdf

POLICE / SCHOOL BOARD PROTOCOL

16. SCHOOL BOARD COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
The school board will develop a communication plan to promote knowledge, understanding, and consistent application
of the contents of the protocol. Students and their families need to be aware of the range of situations in which police may be called (including any criminal activity involving students that takes place away from school, if that activity has
a negative impact on school climate*).

17.PROTOCOL REVIEW PROCESS
The signatories will conduct a review of the local protocol every two years or sooner if required. The school boards will continue to solicit input from school councils, parents, staff and students in the review process.

18. SCHOOL/POLICE ROLE IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
School boards and principals should develop, promote, and maintain strongpartnerships with police and seek to benefit from their support in the implementation of the school’s violence - prevention policies. Police may also offer support in a consulting role, to assist school personnel in determining appropriate action when dealing with violent behaviour and to explain the procedures for police investigations. Through Community Police Liaison Officers (CSLO) the Elementary School Safety Program will be delivered to all publicly funded elementary and secondary schools. Where assigned, School Resource Officers (SRO) will work in partnership with students, teachers, school administrators, school board officials, parents, other police officers, and the community to establish and maintain a healthy and safe
school community

Here's another cop visiting the school to talk to kids about crime:

www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/police-officer-visits-primary-school-6509432[/urkl]

Young pupils learned about the dangers of strangers when a police officer visited their school.

Youth officer PC Ray Hayes warned the year one class at Al-Muntada Primary School in Parsons Green on Monday (13) about being safe in their neighbourhoods.

Nusayba Bayoumi, deputy headteacher at the Islamic school, said: “We’re trying to open up the school to the community. We’ve made links with the fire brigade, police and our neighbours.”

Mr Hayes will return later in the term to show other pupils his fingerprinting kit and to talk to year six pupils about drugs awareness before they move onto secondary school.

Here's an entire online community of mothers discussing making the tough choice to call the police on their children as a means to HELP them:

www.circleofmoms.com/question/when-appropriate-call-police-your-children-1701694

[The Mighty Ducks]

people who get angry over her trying to deter her kid from a future in crime are people who clearly don't have kids. sometimes when you fear something, drastic measures need to be taken, and if that means i save my kid from dying due to crime and violence later on, then so fucking be it.

[xx - Team GAP]

I'm not mad about the fact she called... I'm just saying call the right number. The right number being the non- emergency number for your local police ... Not 911

[The Rocketmen]

So because she called dispatch and dispatch handled the call and delivered it to the police to send someone out to go there, that technically it was the dispatcher's fault for doing their job improperly?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 27, 2015 11:01:05 GMT -5 The Rocketmen said:

So because she called dispatch and dispatch handled the call and delivered it to the police to send someone out to go there, that technically it was the dispatcher's fault for doing their job improperly?

I agree with this but the bottom line is that 9-1-1 is for emergencies... it's 2015... everyone knows this, so the onus is just as much on the mother for calling as it is the dispatcher cuz both should know better.

[The Sandmen]

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 27, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

Only when you were a kid? lol

[xx - Team GAP]

Mar 27, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

Yes that would be a non emergency... Do you not know what constutes an emergency?? Really??

[The Rocketmen]

lol

[The Sandmen]

lol

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 28, 2015 5:31:21 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

Mar 27, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

Yes that would be a non emergency... Do you not know what constutes an emergency?? Really??

Apparently they don't... cuz a kid taking $10 out of their parent's wallet is more of an emergency that an armed robbery, a gang shooting, car accident or a violent domestic dispute. Cuz fuck current public safety, right? The police have to go and "scare" a teenager, on an "emergency call", for taking $10 so he doesn't go down the wrong path later... lol

[The Sandmen]

Mar 27, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

lol

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Mar 28, 2015 16:24:44 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Mar 27, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

I remember when I was a kid someone threatened to call the police because I phoned him when he didn't want to be phoned. Rather than ask me not to phone, he said he would call the police on me. Would that count as a non-emergency?

lol

What's funny? This doesn't surprise me in the least.