Holy-Hanna - - - What's next, kindergartners with AK's . . .

[roundels]

When I become King, Gun Control will be replaced with Parent Control...which will be a far more effective crime fighting tool.

And I will petition My Liege to make slotted screws contraband on anything but firearms.

 

[bobsguns]

You would think (and maybe there was) some other avenues pursued after say the 25-30th radio call to that location.

ACLU & the handwringers would be all over the po-po for that.

 

[biku324]

A call history of 56 prior responses at that location is what cops might refer to as a 'clue' about the folks who are found there.

 

[dockmurgw]

I'm giving the cops a complete pass on this one. We have feral mutants in Burlington VT with multiple hundreds of interactions with police, and they are completely powerless to do anything about it. The county prosecutor does not believe in punishment or containment, so nothing is done until the guns come out and somebody dies.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Frequent flyers... children born into those environments have very little chance of escape.

Anyone who worked law enforcement has dealt with similar folks. Do it long enough, and you'll be arresting adults that you handed off to child protection services as babies when you arrested mom or dad a couple decades earlier. We had some families who were into the fourth generation of trouble by the time I retired at 27 years.

^^^This.
Dealing with juveniles you often find that the apple not onoy didn't fall far from the tree it never left the tree in the first place.

The lack of accountability in today's system doesn't help. It's usually a case of "Yeah, I know it's wrong but I'm making it everyone else's problem." and you can insert whatever excuse/reasoning you want to behind it. Not to mention when you arrest one who already has a rap sheet measured in miles and they aren't even 17 yet.

My suggestion is this: if a kid is 13 years of age and does something like this, they are treated as an adult and go through the adult system. In addition, the parents themselves get held responsible if the kid is under 17 years. If the kid does something like this and gets jail time...so should the parents.

It might sound draconian, but you don't cure a bad disease by just putting a bandaid over it and hoping it heals. I deal with ADULTS these days that are offended/oppressed/ et.al. by the sun coming up in the morning. With a mentality like that, what else can you expect?