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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am equally disturbed as other posters that some posters seem to think that there are any circumstances in which arresting a 6 YEAR OLD would be justified.  Because the child is 6.  I don't care if the child is the brattiest brat that ever bratted, it's not ok.  [/quote]

What are the alternatives if she's having an uncontrollable meltdown where she's kicking people?  Call an ambulance to take her to the hospital for a medical crisis?

I'm not the one calling this kid a brat, btw.  I think she probably does need some sort of help.[/quote]

There are different restraint methods for children who are at risk of harming themselves or others that can be applied by people who are trained to do so. Child beating, excessive force using police officers are not qualified to do that. At a minimum, he could’ve called his supervisor to get approval for using handcuffs.

Schools have procedures to handle these things. Just because you don’t know them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. If a group of knowledgeable people in this field has deemed that an ambulance ride should be best practice for this situation, I’ll accept it even if I think it’s excessive. Handcuffing and arresting a 6yo the way he did for what that child did isn’t acceptable. It’s not proper procedure, not to mention it’s ridiculously excessive and bad for the child. [/quote]

The school brought in the resource officer so maybe the school was unsuccessful in restraining the girl or felt that they could not restrain her for much longer and maybe the parent/guardian was not available to pick the child up?  I just get the sense that the parent/guardian wasn't working with the school to deal with this so the school brought in law enforcement.  The officer then did not get proper approval to proceed with bringing the child in to juvenile hall.  What would police supervisors instructed him to do instead?[/quote]

There are studies that show having “resource officers” in schools increased the criminalization of bad behavior at school. 
Problem behavior that would have resulted in a trip to the office and a call to parents now gets kids arrested. 
It is a real problem. [/quote]

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