If you were the blue, how would you guys go about removing the young lady? I mean, talking/reasoning with her didn't work and she was clearly latched onto that desk. Honest question, boys
Clearly the correct response is to praise the child for being independent and to coax her out of her chair using chocolates.
As a law enforcement professional I would rely on the procedures I was trained on, and I would be smart enough to realize everything I did was going to be recorded.
Ugh honestly I don't know what I would have done. I have a really short fuse when it comes to being disrespected by youth, but I'm not a cop. I would never want to be one for this very same reason. I think cops are held to a higher level because of the amount of responsibility you have. I asked a couple cop friends how they would have handled it and they think he was a bit excessive as well, but said they really don't know until they were in that position.
Therein lies the problem. Procedures that are developed for people that resist a police officers orders are centered around use of force. Another opinion question, if this person was 18+ would the Police officer be fired?
Slick! but no answer. The Sheriff skated with an answer like that too, then fired the deputy. Easy. I like the cattle prod actually.
Even his boss said he was not following correct procedure. A body slam seems to back that up. There is an appropriate way to use force. I dont have a specific answer because my training is not on law enforcement. Anything I say will be a guess. I think the bigger question is that should law enforcement officers be involved in school discipline? It was a particularly difficult student, but is this the new go to for faculty?
People clamor for Police to protect their schools from teenage whack jobs that want to come shoot up the place, then condemn the same officers for their use of force on students. (when it really wasn't THAT bad). So which is it? Treat the kids with kid gloves on and potentially become a victim from a possible crazy kid, OR?......
The problem is, I don't believe for a second they have a "Correct" procedure for removing a person from a chair in a school. Most likely there ISN'T a procedure and this was just a way to remove the heat from the media, because of the viral one-sided videos. But, I could be wrong..
Honestly, if I'm the teacher, I let the stupid kid look at their phone and flunk them. I like the college approach. Those who want to succeed, will. Those that are losers who have no future will drop out and work at McDonald's. What will be, will be.
Yeah, I agree. I wonder if there are thresholds for student flunk/pass , that grant additional funding (or remove funding), and other weird caveats to that. I also don't think police should be in schools. If they want some sort of authority there, then they should hire private security companies, specially designed to deal with "schools" and all that they entail.
Man... this guy is super interesting. He was a Marine and then he was a Baltimore Cop for years. Really interesting perspective on all this.
