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I'm starting to lose patience with really dumb questions.  Really, really dumb.  Of course there are adults around.  But do you know those adults around?  Are there 40 adults around, in which case we can figure at least some of them will notice something if it's unsafe for your kids?  Or are there 2 adults around, one who looks drunk/high and the other is jogging with his earphones on and not paying any attention?  Those are different scenarios.  Of course day/night/populated/unpopulated makes a difference.  As do a million other factors in the surroundings, the kids themselves, etc.  And you know who's in a better place to judge that than random people on the internet?  The actual people who were there.  The caller.  The cop.  Seriously.  This isn't that hard.[/quote]

It just doesn't make sense to me. On the one hand, we're supposed to assume that anybody might be a predator out to get us. On the other hand, we're also supposed to assume that some random guy with a dog is a reasonable person who made a rational assessment of the situation.[/quote]

Wow, you're dense.  No one is saying the parents should leave the kids with this caller.  We are saying the caller's observation is more meaningful than the speculation of internet posters who weren't there.  NO one's saying remove custody due to the caller's observation.  But DO follow up on his call and investigate.  Which is what happened.[/quote]

Has anybody said that the police shouldn't have followed up on his call?[/quote]

Yes.  People have said over and over again that they should have just asked the kids if they were on their way home and then left them alone.  [b]Or driven them home, right back to the very parents that put them in the situation that needs to be investigated[/b].  Duh.[/quote]

Yep, just like they did the first time.[/quote]

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