Posted on 09/19/2024 9:16:56 AM PDT by servo1969
Sheriff Chitwood: Good afternoon. Captain Todd Smith is with us who overseas school security for the sheriff's office and partners with the school district.
You know, this is absolutely out of control and it ends now. 54 and counting tips came in to Fortify Florida last night. Okay? That means investigators in the school district have been running around the clock to investigate these tips which are all turning out to be false. So far, it's cost $21,000 to do these investigations. We have two in custody. We have an investigation looking at one other individual. So far this year there have been 207 threats who have come in. We've arrested seven people for written threats to kill. One student, if you remember, tried to bring a loaded firearm into a mainland football game. We've had 11 weapons on our campuses this year.
So, what we're going to start doing Monday is since, parents, you don't want to raise your kids? I'm going to start raising them! Every time we make an arrest your kid's photo is going to be put out there. And if I can do it I'm going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid’s up to. The second point of this is if I can any way find out that a parent knew what was going on and wasn't doing anything? Your ass is getting perp walked with them!
The purpose of Fortify Florida is to send in tips that we're going to investigate because you believe something is going to happen. They keep sending in these tips over and over and over again and think it's a big joke and nothing's going to happen to it. Starting Monday we're going to have a billboard. We're going to have a poster out. I'm going to show you every kid that's been arrested and where they go to school, and then from then on out we're going to publicly shame them and their parents. So parents, do your job don't let Sheriff Chitwood raise your kids! This is absolutely ridiculous! Go talk to the families who have lost a loved one in a school shooting. These little Knuckleheads think it's funny. Go talk to those parents and see how funny this is. It's not! We're going to come and get you and we're going to put you out for public embarrassment. And I know of a set of parents right now that they're looking at $111,000 each because somebody's paying this bill. Todd? Wanna jump in there?
Captain Todd Smith: Yeah. So, we're working around the clock 24/7 to make sure that we investigate every single one of these tips. Obviously, we've had a lot of them. We're working very hard to ensure that every stone is looked under, we're not missing anything and that everyone is safe and all of our kids are safe. You know, Volusia County schools are very safe schools. We've got a lot of things in place to make our schools safe. Between our fencing, our locked doors, our tip system, our content monitor, everything that we do day in and day out is to keep our kids safe. But at the same time we have to rely on the public to ensure that everybody is working towards the same mission. You know, the curriculum is built so that kids get their education based on the number of hours that they're in school. So, if we're shutting down our schools to try to protect the kids because some kids made a false tip, it's interrupting their ability to learn. And we need to make sure that all of our kids are getting the education that they need and that they're getting it in a nice safe and secure environment. And right now the kids themselves are making the chaos. So we need the parents to help us to bring that back together so that the kids can get the education that they deserve. We have the best security in the entire country in Volusia County, there's no doubt in my mind about that.
Sheriff Chitwood: Tell them about the…
Captain Todd Smith: Yes. So we've been through multiple audits and every time we've come out great. We're going through the Auditor General's audit right now. We're doing very well with that. You know, everybody should feel very comfortable with the job that we're doing and all of the things that we have in place. But the one key that we need help with is the kids and the parents working together to ensure that they can get the education that they deserve.
(I edited the transcript as best as I was able on short notice. Sorry for any mistakes.)
Charge the parents if child is a juvenile. Negligence
So, what we’re going to start doing Monday is since, parents, you don’t want to raise your kids? I’m going to start raising them! Every time we make an arrest your kid’s photo is going to be put out there. And if I can do it I’m going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid’s up to. The second point of this is if I can any way find out that a parent knew what was going on and wasn’t doing anything? Your ass is getting perp walked with them!
support this idea. In my youth there was a local county paper that reported all activity at local police and sheriffs office. It worked.
Double edged sword. The cops’ threats could discourage an actual tipster if they aren’t sure.
Suddenly those 33 bomb threat hoaxes in Springfield, Ohio, last week don’t seem so unusual in number. Skamala even remarked on it in a 5-minutes long rambling lecture the other day because it was so “outrageous” and unacceptable. 🤣
Double edged sword. The cops’ threats could discourage an actual tipster if they aren’t sure.
http://learntocarry.com/files/On-Sheep-Wolves-And-Sheepdogs.pdf
They both have large teeth, growl, push the sheep around, etc.
The difference is the heart. Check the heart out, not the actions. This guy is a sheep dog, find one in your local community and help him, don’t just complain.
Better yet, BE A SHEEPDOG.
A wolf attacks sheep to eat them. A sheep dog protects sheep so that the owner can eat them.
read the article, not a drive by comment.
I did read the article. A sheep dog is a bad name for a protector. As I commented, it doesn’t fully protect sheep; it only protects them from wolves eating them, not from owners eating them.
I did read the article. A sheep dog is a bad name for a protector. As I commented, it doesn’t fully protect sheep; it only protects them from wolves eating them, not from owners eating them.
You have to be right, rather than learn something.
‘So, what we’re going to start doing Monday is since, parents, you don’t want to raise your kids? I’m going to start raising them! Every time we make an arrest your kid’s photo is going to be put out there. And if I can do it I’m going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid’s up to. The second point of this is if I can any way find out that a parent knew what was going on and wasn’t doing anything? Your a— is getting perp walked with them!
What an adult says’
Well said.
Good advice!
IF in grade school or high school==juvenile
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