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"Spam" <send-to-spam991@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3a194490.7115719@news.mindspring.com...
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> Michael Malak <malak@claygency.com> wrote:
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> >I feel that an official action stronger than a verbal warning was
> >justified and necessary, given the willful intent and the reported
> >history of problems at the location.
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> Where is the proof that there was willful intent to disregard the
> rule, as opposed to careless or ignorant behavior?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28074-2000Nov15.html

   "She said she never talked to the officer, although Metro police
    insist that she was asked whether she knew eating was against the
    law and that she said she did."


> I somehow doubt that minors are required to be arrested for any and
> all offenses.

   "But, McDevitt pointed out, juveniles charged with criminal
    offenses in the District must be taken into custody."


> >Handcuffs were probably going too far
>
> Now I'm confused.  You do or you don't support what the Metro police
> did?

I'm recanting slightly.  I support the general idea of a fine or
arrest, but after thinking about it, applying handcuffs was probably
going too far.  That aspect of the Metro Police policy may need to be
reexamined:

    "And, he said, it is department policy to handcuff anyone who is
     arrested, no matter the age. 'Anyone taken into custody has to
     be handcuffed for officer safety,' McDevitt said. Youngsters
     'can kill you, too.'"


> >but then again, I really can't say since I'm also not a
> >police officer who lives with danger daily.
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> We're talking about Metro police here, not the DCPD.  The level of
> "daily danger" is quite a bit lower.

Perhaps you've missed the news of the spate of homicides at or near
Metro stations?  Granted, there are no 12-year-old girls that are
suspects in these murders, but in this politically correct world, if
officers used such discretion (and common sense) for handcuffs, they
might be accused of age and gender profiling.

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Michael Malak
malak@claygency.com