“It’s very sad that they get the kids involved in these things,...”
The way arrests of parents used to be made in Florida was, every Friday all the Sheriffs sent out deputies with an arrest list. When a parent was arrested, they’d sit them down with a telephone and the arrestee would call friends or family until they had someone to take care of the kids. Now, they have the Department of Children and Families. Unfortunately, from what I’ve gleaned off coworkers who had family arrested, the kids are much more likely to be abused or beaten by the other kids at someone’s home. As for committing crimes with kids in the car or house, it is now and has always been common. The kids are viewed as annoying furniture.
Cops also used to carry a 38 and a shotgun in the car. Now it’s body armour, combat clothing and a fully auto 556 or 762 in the car. We are a long ways from caring police work of the past.
That was Janet Reno’s era?