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Liability Hot Potato
Caller doesn't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
Call-taker doesn't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
Comm. Center supervisor doesn't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
Dispatcher doesn't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
Patrol supervisor doesn't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
Patrol LEOs don't want to accept liability just in case Something Happens to the kids.
The end product of this bureaucratic nightmare is harassment-by-proxy, where the cops show up to tell a lady kids aren't supposed to play outside and everyone gets to go home not feeling like they were responsible for the insanity.
- Ex-cop, occasionally insisted on not responding to ridiculous calls that got cancelled when I pressed the issue, was eventually fired
How is it liability for people minding their fucking business and not calling the cops when seeing other's people children playing? Like is USA so dystopian that you need a permit to let your kids play so you can prove it to random strangers so they don't call the police? The rest of the chain I could understand, but the neighbour calling the fucking police for no reason at all without any consequences is bonkers to me.
I'm European and lived in 2 countries here, and in both the caller would be in trouble for making weird and unnecessary calls to the police, apart from being seen as a weirdo by everyone. Like, how much are you spying on kids playing (or anyone else for that matter) to determine that they are in danger? how paranoid are you that you perceive normal behaviour as dangerous? maybe you are the danger to those kids and society if you are really looking that hard and being so paranoid. Also, mind your fucking business, go back to watching fox news and stop looking through the window. These people being tolerated (or encouraged) without any consequences is bonkers to me, at the very least they should be shamed or even billed if repeatedly done.
I can't tell if you're angrily asking me or angrily asking them.
Seems fairly obvious to me, but I'll break down what I suspect their thoughts are for #1:
"Oh I couldn't let something happen to little Timmy! What if he hurt himself or got kidnapped?"
Sorry sounded that way, where I'm from we use swear words often to emphasize ideas, but not because we are angry just for emphasis, many times I forget in some places swear words are only "angry words" and they carry way more weight.
My surprise was regarding a society that is so comfortable calling police on neighbours for reasons it doesn't make sense, like, children playing outside could feel "dangerous" to you (as in the reporter) but it shouldn't condition how the parent raise their children if they think is safe. It feels to me so weird that: people impose their morals/values to others and they don't go and talk with the parents first instead of calling the police.
That's more or less the same in my area, but you have to remember that text does not convey tone, so your comment could have been read either way; I've had plenty of people across the internet mistake my "So-and-So does X because Y" as defending So-and-So.
Maybe it's just in my city/state/country, but usually if you go politely confront someone in a way that could come across as judgement, they will double-down and get verbally or physically hostile.
So people don't bother, and call in the Professional Confronters. There's no penalty for being incorrect when calling the police, so it's a no-brainer for many.
ACAB, cuz the good ones get harassed and fired.
or the good ones get killed by their coworkers (and then someone minority or lgbtq+ person gets framed for the murder).
5 seconds before a good one gets fired, they're a bastard? What about 5 days? 5 months?
What about someone with all the good intent in their heart 5 minutes before they put on a badge? The second it touches their uniform they instantly become a bastard?
Your ridiculous position melts the second you think about it critically.
Conform or get shit canned. You should know better than me.
So you ignored my entire comment because you can't think critically about this issue?
He explained it but you didn't read.
I did read it, but the meme breaks down the moment you give it more than a glance.