Back in my days as a CPS, I would have done anything to be able to carry. There are very scary people out there who don’t appreciate you sticking your nose in their business. I was threated more than once and would ask a friendly cop to tag along for safety on the rare occasion. The safety concern was one of the reasons I quit. It is truly amazing these workers aren’t being killed every day of the week.
You are correct. Some of the encounters out daughter told us about...........YIKES! Sadly, there are people walking the streets that are truly dangerous.
I worked for social services in TN right out of high school and accompanied social workers on home visits. I can’t even describe some of the homes and neighborhoods we went to. Not only were we not safe making home visits, one nut-case even came to the office one morning and started hurling objects from my desk at the other employees in the office. We all tackled her and she went to jail. After two years in the place I moved on to a better safer job.
I worked for social services in TN right out of high school and accompanied social workers on home visits. I can’t even describe some of the homes and neighborhoods we went to. Not only were we not safe making home visits, one nut-case even came to the office one morning and started hurling objects from my desk at the other employees in the office. We all tackled her and she went to jail. After two years in the place I moved on to a better safer job.