Children at that age have not developed a firm understanding of right and wrong. They can be deadly. I like this article that was written by an American Police Sgt:
http://www.policeone.com/juvenile-cr...trol-children/
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• Separate the parties and ask questions. An overly aggressive 10-year-old child may have an undiagnosed mental illness, or be the secret victim of physical or sexual abuse (possibly even by another family member). The little girl may not want to go to school because the janitor is fondling her in the coat closet every day and she doesn’t know where to turn. These kids may initially be a challenge to deal with, but you may be their only hope of getting help or escaping an awful situation.
• Beware the mother bear — don’t go it alone. When you must arrest a youngster — many of us work in “mandatory arrest” jurisdictions when it comes to domestic violence — make sure that you have backup. Also, make sure you have family members controlled and separated when you put Johnny in handcuffs. The mom who originally called “911” on her obnoxious 14-year-old kid just may turn into your worst officer survival nightmare when you’re stuffing her baby into the back seat of your cruiser.
Don’t underestimate the furor or cunning of siblings, grandparents, and other family or friends on the scene. Just because your arrestee hasn’t graduated elementary school doesn’t mean that he or she won’t hurt or kill you if they get the chance.
• Don’t worry about people’s misconceptions. I once arrested a 10-year-old boy for arson — he set fire to the family’s townhouse and believe me, it was no accident. Needless to say, I endured quite a bit of ribbing from my co-workers and some negative local press. I believe the editorial headline said something along the lines of: “Doesn’t the police department have anything better to do than put 4th graders in jail?”
This wasn’t the first time I’d had contact with him and it certainly wasn’t the last, but I knew what I was doing was right. He was a kid who needed a lot of help, something my agency desperately tried to provide, but it didn’t necessarily make the department — or me — particularly popular.
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I also see the typical anti police type in here. I am not worried about your opinions, because you have not seen what people are truly capable of. I sometimes wish I could live in the same bubble of ignorant bliss that you do, but I can't. I live in the real world where a 13 year old will try to take my life on the first day in my job.
He was only 13 though... What could he possibly have done with the hand made wood shank. He was probably trying to give me an upclose look at his carving right? Maybe he was just alerting me to the broken wood bench? Nope... Your bubble world just got me killed.
Pinner and Mikey. I hope you never need the police. After all you like to be overly critical about something you know nothing about. You'll probably bash the cop who shows up to help because all police are evil doers incapable of human emotion. Chances are the cop wont care that you don't say thanks... Kinda used to that. We'll just move on to the next sh*tbird and the paperwork that comes with it. No thanks required.