Take Your Child to Work Day: There Have to be Limits

[sgtmac_46]

How many of the guys reflexively making excuses for the cops would say "Civilian ride-alongs on raids? No problem! They're not that dangerous."

Unless you're on the entry team, they AREN'T that dangerous tellner.....i've been on dozens upon dozens....how many have you been on? Honestly there is more inherent risk in running traffic than there is on the perimeter of most drug raids. I didn't see any reference to this being a 'high-risk' warrant.....and if it had, there would have been a reference to it by the media.

And to answer your SPECIFIC question I DO NOT have a problem with a civilian ride-along sitting with an officer on the perimeter of a raid of a drug house.

You're wanting us to CONDEMN these officers based on a VERY sketchy media report with nebulous claims.....SORRY i'm not a bandwagon kind of guy!

You find some MORE info on this story, like ages, type of warrant, where the kids were at during the raid, etc.....and we'll talk. At this point it's a non-story.

 

[Carol]

Meh. The story doesn't live up to the hype.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/orl-bk-raid040708,0,1914344.story

Article says the kids were "young teens", and stayed outside the perimeter.