Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Chief Serpas Is Coming For Your Children

Posted by PJ Tobia on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:45 PM

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On Monday, 17 McGavock High students were rounded up by Metro police after they were spotted "leaving the campus while classes were still in session," according to a police presser. The release went on to say that this was actually part of a "truancy sting" operation conducted by plainclothes officers in unmarked cars, who were staking out the schools front and rear parking lots. No one is pro-truancy, but is this really the best use of police resources? Aren't there actual criminals we should be expending our police resources on?

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Salute you Ronal! You've now only got a short jump to where you can enforce fallatio and cunnilingus rules, whatever they might be. Shit. That ought to give you some off-hours shivers. Go for it Jack.

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Posted by Sam Cynic on 01/28/2009 at 3:27 PM

Yes.
The answer is yes, this is the best use of police resources.
There is nothing more important than the education of our students. Now, I'd rather have a security guard at the school, hired by Metro Schools. But the police round-up sends a message.

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Posted by benintn on 01/28/2009 at 3:37 PM

Salute you Ronal! You've now only got a short jump to where you can enforce fallatio and cunnilingus rules, whatever they might be. Shit. That ought to give you some off-hours shivers. Go for it Jack.

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Posted by Sam Cynic on 01/28/2009 at 3:38 PM

Not too long ago central precinct cops told us that some local burglary suspects were teenagers skipping school and that we should report any truancy toward the end of preventing smash and grabs. From that end police enforcing truancy laws is not a bad idea.
What if, just what if, police preventing truancy keeps some potential juvenile offenders off the streets by forcing most kids to stay occupied away from the streets? In that case it would be the compulsory flip side of what parks do by providing community center programming for neighborhood kids after school is out.

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Posted by S-townMike on 01/28/2009 at 3:55 PM

By the way is that inset photo of actual Metro officers putting little Johnny in cuffs for truancy?
Or is it a stock photo from somewhere else designed to elicit a knee-jerk reaction from local parents? I don't recognize the arm patch as Metro's. Is little Johnny's offense in the photo actual truancy?
I have children, and I'm not disturbed by the thought of kids getting stung for skipping classes. The way I see it: they're not too fragile to do the crime; they're not too fragile to do the time.

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Posted by S-townMike on 01/28/2009 at 4:10 PM

The image is not of Metro cops cuffing little Johnny. I got it from a Google image search. Sorry 'bout the mixup.

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Posted by P.J. on 01/28/2009 at 4:22 PM

No problem with using stock photos here. Just thought we should take a deep breath and pause before the parental instinct took over.

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Posted by S-townMike on 01/28/2009 at 4:39 PM

I'm inclined to agree with you on this one, S-Town. For the sensitive kids, one time in cuffs and a stern talking-to from their parents might be enough to keep them in class.

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Posted by Caleb on 01/28/2009 at 5:03 PM

I have to assume the little criminals didn't drive off the campus. They would be looking at truancy and moving violations too numerous and expensive to mention if that were the case.
Serpas has officially become the worst police chief in Metro Nashville history. That can only mean he will continue to serve as such until we get a mayor with the balls to fire his sorry ass, which in turn means Serpas will get full retirement or die of natural causes at a safety belt check or a Dunkin' Donuts.

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Posted by jacksonhunted on 01/28/2009 at 5:29 PM

iam sure the police department has other things to do rather than keep track of children at schools, where are the parents its their kids get involved in the schools, teachers, etc. find out whats going on then the police will have time to do other things wake up folks again its your children remember.

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Posted by bobbyallen on 01/28/2009 at 8:10 PM

After reading that other thread, I'd rather have my kid go to McGavock than MBA, USN or Ensworth.

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Posted by Parent on 01/28/2009 at 10:56 PM

Forget homicide! Let's focus on speeders! Forget robbery! Let's catch teens skipping class!
To make it all even more reasonable... give all cops quotas so they HAVE to give tickets!
Nothing is better than PAYING someone to FINE you for doing 58 in a 55!

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Posted by Anonymous on 01/29/2009 at 12:20 PM
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