As in the example of the kids in the park, as long as everyone’s safety is ensured, a friendly warning and a handshake may be the best course of action for everyone involved. It solves the problem of the beer in the park, and it builds a relationship between the young people and the police. If the lesson is learned, then nothing else needs to be done.

If the kids mess up again, they will have little argument about being treated fairly when they are cited.

This discretionary approach may not apply in all situations, but not all situations involve people in which no tolerance is the only solution.

Just a small thought about a large topic.

Thanks,

Brian

You should have told me about that interview. I could have listened to it. I get that radio station way up here in NH. I listen to the Bax and O’Brien show every morning on the way to work. I love listening to the joke of the day.

Thank you for the kind promotion of my Blog. Since hanging up my career as a “real cop”, which required turning in all my bullets and flattening my badge with a hammer, I have had lots of extra time for posting my thoughts about the world once every few days or so.

After our coffee discussion about the business of book writing, you have convinced me to stop wasting my time by leaving comments on other people’s Blogs, and to actually finish my book. So off I go.

Thanks,

Brian Stampfl