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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my child acted like this (which he never would), I would hate for my child to be taken to jail. [b]They could have just handcuffed the child and laid her on the grass, as they do others, until the mother or whoever is on her emergency contacts list came.[/b] I understand that they had to restrain her and the handcuffs seems about right to me, but to put her in the back of a police car and take her to jail? Unbelievable. The school did the right thing but honestly, the police did not. [/quote]

While it may not apply in this case, there are circumstances where the police cannot "wait" for emergency contacts to arrive.  Their ability to wait may be dependent on the calls for service they receive.  In the extreme, waiting for an emergency contact delays an officer from responding to other 911 calls.  I admit this may not apply here.  But I do believe there are reasons why an officer may not be able to wait a situation out.  If the emergency contact is not reached, taking the child to the station enables the officer to go back on the street and respond to other calls.[/quote]

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