Community will ticket parents of bullies

[DamianTV]

More and more ways for others to take money from those with the most problems and that can least afford the fines.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Seems like decent incentive for parents to get their little darlings to shape up.

Bullies know a lot about providing "decent incentives" to get people to do what they want, and frankly, I see little difference between a cop saying, "Get'cher little darlin' in shape or I'll write ya a ticket" and a schoolyard goon saying, "Gimme yer lunch money or I'll punch yer face in!" (*especially* if these "tickets" involve any revenue collection).

But if you really think it's a good idea to subject your parenting skills (or lack thereof) to the arbitrary scrutiny, "discretion," and approval of patrol cops (acting on behalf of the likes of public-school teachers, disgruntled neighbors, etc.), then by all means, be my guest. Sane people, however, will want no part of it.

“There’s a lot of discretion here. If we go to someone’s house and the parents are just at wit’s end, they don’t know what to do, they’ve tried everything, it’s just not working – we’re not going to write those people tickets. That’s not right, they’re actually trying to fix the problem,” Walter Ostrenga, the town’s chief of police, told TODAY Moms.

Oh, great! So now cops are gonna get to play at being family therapists & counselors who're gonna use their extensive traIning & expertise to suss out who's at "wit's end" and who isn't ... who has really "tried everything" and who hasn't ... who "deserves" a pass and who doesn't ...

Well, fuck that with a sharp stick.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Question: How long is it going to be before some child who makes a "pop-tart gun" is consequently determined to be a "bully" - and his/her parents ticketed? Discuss ...

 

[DamianTV]

Seems like decent incentive for parents to get their little darlings to shape up.

Seems to me to be financial incentive for parents to make their children obedient subservients of the State.

 

[J_White]

so when will they start shooting (suspected) bullies on site ?
they can always say sorry if they shoot the wrong person !

 

[BAllen]

Seems to me to be financial incentive for parents to make the state's children obedient and subservient.

Fixed it.

 

[bolil]

Well, they definitely don't want targets learning how to stand up for themselves so I guess this is the logical alternative. It needs be asked what precedent does this set? Should parents, or families, then be held accountable for the actions of a theif? A rapist? A murderer? Uh oh, a traffic offender? Three felonies a day.

One thing I've learned is that TPTB don't play the short game, theye think ahead.