This may ultimately be an over-stepping of boundaries by the caller and the police....but....as a cop I’ve been to many a calls where a child was hit by a car or truck etc when they were playing around and the parents were “supervising”.
I understand the concern officer, but to throw the woman in jail is wrong! Maybe a warning would have been suitable. Yes, it's definitely "over-stepping" if we know all the facts. I'm thinking there could be something missing from the article.
>> I’ve been to many a calls where a child was hit by a car or truck etc when they were playing around and the parents were “supervising”. <<
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I’d place the blame on the inattentive drivers for those cases.
Residential neighborhoods are for the people that live there.
These kids were in a cul-de-sac with mom sitting in a lawn chair watching.
Well, then. From a cop's point-of-view, is it really expected you step in place of the parent? Since you're posting on this board, I'm really hoping you say, no.
Accidents happen all the time. Life is dangerous for children just in the normal course of growing up.
This mom and dad moved to a neighborhood on a cul-de-sac where the kids could use their scooters and play outside. She was in the yard - in ear shot and saw the cop car pull up to arrest her.
Just because you have a call from the cranky neighbor does not mean you disengage your brain and arrest the mom for letting her children play with their scooters on the cul de sac out front. Anyone who is not totaly retarded knows this is a crank call and that playing outside is normal and good for children.
That cop knew what he was doing. He got off on harming her and her family for nothing because he could. I hope she sues his nasty a$$ into a cardboard box on the street. What he did was very cruel.