OK. When you see molestation occuring (at work) between an adult and a minor, you...

[LeftinOH]

Poll question: OK. When you see molestation occuring (at work) between an adult and a minor, you...

[Goblinmonger]

1. I said both, but I'm a mandatory reporter

so I think I would have to tell my supervisor though the police should be enough and supervisor would probably find out through that.

[dtexdem]

10. Everyone should be a mandatory reporter.

And believe it or not, in Texas we are.

[Scuba]

2. Breaking up the activity could require physical intervention...

....bones could be broken. Many bones.

[appleannie1]

3. McQueary says he DID talk to police. Plus the DA decided not to file charges.

[pipi_k]

4. I would like to think that I would

have the presence of mind to capture the incident on my cellphone camera as undisputed proof, then call the police.

But who knows.

I think nobody can ever know how s/he will react when faced with such shocking things.

:(

[exboyfil]

7. Cell phone camera why the kid is being sodomized

I really don't think so. Immediate intervention. Physical exam of child should be sufficient to prove crime. Irrespective - protection proceeds proof.

You don't go call daddy instead of the police, and I mean real police not rent a cops.

Now that the grad assistant is claiming he told police, I think strongly that something in the written record would be essential for any witness.

It is going to get hard to tell the lies from the truth from the grad assistant. I think his value as a prosecution witness is nill.

[dkf]

5. What about the parents? Why aren't we supposed to go to them?

[chrisa]

6. Other: Nearby object to face, repeat as needed

[slackmaster]

8. Both of the above in that order, then I call the police

Unless my supervisor isn't available, in which calling the police comes second.

I'd probably also report the incident directly to the HR director.

[Xithras]

9. The police would be called, but I'm afraid that I'm the one who would be arrested.

The molester would need a coroner.

I was molested as a kid, and while it didn't have the permanent psychological impact on me that it has on some, all bets would be off if I actually caught someone in the act of doing it to another child.