Submission + - School Police Departments? (washingtonpost.com) 1
Is Any Nickname Left writes: "The Washington Post has an article on school systems with their own police force. Focusing on Texas, which has the highest number of "School Police Departments," of which there are so many the have their own trade association. Highlights: 1) Houston fourth-grader stood on a stool so he could see the judge. He pleaded guilty. To a scuffle on a school bus.; 2) 275,000 juvenile tickets in fiscal 2009, to students as young as 5; 3) Austin middle school student ticketed after she sprayed herself with perfume when classmates said she smelled; 4) a 17-year-old was in court after he and his girlfriend poured milk on each other. “She was mad at me because I broke up with her,” he said. I waiting for the Alamo Heights Special Airborne Brigade and SEAL TEAM CROCKETT."
Get some perspective, please (Score:2)
School bus scuffle required a judge's involvement? Where are the parents?
Why are middle schoolers using perfume? Where are the parents?
Pored milk on each other required the cops to get involved? Where are the parents?
275,000 juvenile tickets in fiscal 2009. Sounds like cash register justice.