"After all, according to both school officials and police, they were told during a May 25 meeting with representatives from the county prosecutor’s office that every little thing that could maybe potentially be considered criminal – even things that Police Chief Kevin Carey called “as minor as a simple name-calling incident” — should be reported to the cops."
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437306/new-jersey-elementary-school-student-brownies
The Chief isn’t stupid. The more people call the cops, the bigger budgets they demand. New cars, pay raises, better benefits on an on.