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Showing Original Post only (View all)What will a perpetually bored cop do in school? [View all]
Face it, the overwhelming odds are that NOTHING will happen. Day in and day out, the cop goes to the school...and stands there. And stands there. And wanders the halls as nothing happens.
How long do you think it will be before the bored cops just start finding things to go after? Seriously, there will more than likely be no real security threat...so "mission creep" will inevitably set in. Some schools might actually find this attractive.
Be afraid. This proposal is bad on so many levels.
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And what if the cop flips out, like the one in northern WI that wounded my cousin's son...
Archae
Dec 2012
#1
He'll be fucking with the "different" kids, the blacks, the goth types (or whatever's replaced that)
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#9
Many schools already have armed "Resource Officers" that take part in educating
davidn3600
Dec 2012
#23
The problem with DARE is that they don't tell the whole truth and they do sometimes lie
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#37
So you're saying that an exceptional individual can overcome the inertia of a failed program?
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#41
Many kids are only exposed to cops when they see them arresting people they love.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#60
I can't imagine doing unannounced drills to keep the LEO attentive, either.
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#34
The same thing bored guards/cops do at gov't buildings, courthouses, banks, etc.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#36