She walked into the school room, picked up a long stick of firewood, said to the students, “I understand you ran off the last teacher. If any of you want to start trouble lets get it over with now!”
She never had a bit of trouble with them.
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There was a show from way back that had George Kennedy playing ‘Bumper Morgan’, a near retired beat cop.
He came upon something on the street and he was tapping his night stick and said to one of the perps- See that (call)box over there, Pick up the phone and tell them to send an ambulance here for you and your buddy....
(I think that was the show and character but it did ‘prove a point’)
Was it THE BLUE KNIGHT from the 1970s? The original TV movie of THE BLUE KNIGHT pilot show had William Holden in the lead. George Kennedy was then lead in the series.