I see. So, let me get this straight; when police confront shoplifting suspects, they’re not to arrest them but instead, are to send them home or maybe just drive the suspects themselves?
Should they stop at Starbucks and pick up a Frappucinno for the ride?
“ Should they stop at Starbucks and pick up a Frappucinno for the ride?”
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Why not, if it’s an old lady with dementia picking flowers on the side of the road?
They aren’t locking anyone up due to Covid anyway and they don’t prosecute the mentally incompetent.
So yes, the officer should have put his smart thinking cap on and made better decisions.
If the costs to the department came out of his pocket or the union pockets, you can be damn sure he would have behaved differently.