fisharmor
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My 7yo and her 6yo friend decided to take a walk to the shopping center through the woods in back of our house.
A concerned citizen called it in and kept them from leaving.
They got a ride home in a cruiser.
Now some fucking kid in a uniform is waiting for the Commonwealth Attorney to call him back (apparently he was instructed to PAGE the on-call attorney. Who the fuck pages anyone in 2014?)
Some older cop was here for a while consoling us with the fact that he may not wish to press charges.
Both cops agreed that they were never in any danger but gave us significant grief about not knowing the code of Virginia on this matter - apparently at 9 kids are magically able to be out by themselves. Before that they can't be unsupervised, even for a second.
(We've been spending the last hour discussing all the things she can't do for another two years now... going to a different aisle in the grocery to pick something up? UNSUPERVISED. Going over a hillside at the park with a gaggle of other kids? UNSUPERVISED.)
They handed us cards produced by Department of Social Services showing the legal ages for being unsupervised. I pointed out to both cops that this code they think we should know back and forth isn't printed on those cards. I don't think either of them processed what I said.
The good news is that CPS isn't getting involved today. Though we are getting a phone call follow-up. And we're in their system now... both cops pointed out that since this was the first time they're talking to us it should blow over. But what I heard, of course, is that the second time it's not going to go away....
....so young cop just showed up and said the commonwealth attorney wanted to press felony child neglect charges.
The cop called the magistrate and the magistrate said she wouldn't sign for that.
So the cop is going to press for misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
We're actually being criminally charged because our daughters chose to go on a walk to a place they've been several times before.
RPF, I am looking for a new state to live in.
A concerned citizen called it in and kept them from leaving.
They got a ride home in a cruiser.
Now some fucking kid in a uniform is waiting for the Commonwealth Attorney to call him back (apparently he was instructed to PAGE the on-call attorney. Who the fuck pages anyone in 2014?)
Some older cop was here for a while consoling us with the fact that he may not wish to press charges.
Both cops agreed that they were never in any danger but gave us significant grief about not knowing the code of Virginia on this matter - apparently at 9 kids are magically able to be out by themselves. Before that they can't be unsupervised, even for a second.
(We've been spending the last hour discussing all the things she can't do for another two years now... going to a different aisle in the grocery to pick something up? UNSUPERVISED. Going over a hillside at the park with a gaggle of other kids? UNSUPERVISED.)
They handed us cards produced by Department of Social Services showing the legal ages for being unsupervised. I pointed out to both cops that this code they think we should know back and forth isn't printed on those cards. I don't think either of them processed what I said.
The good news is that CPS isn't getting involved today. Though we are getting a phone call follow-up. And we're in their system now... both cops pointed out that since this was the first time they're talking to us it should blow over. But what I heard, of course, is that the second time it's not going to go away....
....so young cop just showed up and said the commonwealth attorney wanted to press felony child neglect charges.
The cop called the magistrate and the magistrate said she wouldn't sign for that.
So the cop is going to press for misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
We're actually being criminally charged because our daughters chose to go on a walk to a place they've been several times before.
RPF, I am looking for a new state to live in.
