[Joe 6-pack]

I note, as another FReeper did on the original thread, nobody knocked on the door of any of the cop's houses to tell their wives that their husbands had been killed in the line of duty.

Perhaps they should build that onto the scenario for next year, just to make sure the families appreciate the gravity of how risky a profession police work can be.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I’m sure the spouses and older children of police officers are well aware of how dangerous it can be. They’re also well aware that the purpose of the work justifies the risk. That’s quite different from the purpose of partying teenagers drinking and driving. Many police officers suffer permanent psychological scars from things they see at the scene of drunk driving accidents — much deeper scars than any of these kids will suffer from their brief involuntary participation in this well-intentioned hoax.