[TheeBadOne]

Originally posted by fabsroman
TBO,

Last I checked, it is the 911 operators job to try and figure out what is going on when somebody calls something in. -yup, sure is. Any idea what it's like on that end of the phone?

Do I think too many LEO's were sent to Colombine, nope. But that 911 call or calls probably had something said in them about shots fired, guns being used, or people being killed. -yup, they did, eventually, but none of the 1st calls did.

Furthermore, how did it ever get to the point where the police needed to be called? How could an adult at the school not calm the situation down and then telephone 911 to say that an assault happened at the school and he/she needed to file a report and to please send over an officer. (and/or ambulance) -go talk to the good old sue happy folks and attornies who helped make schools completely hands off. I'd love to see a return to 1940-50 type of teaching environment.

As far as the chopper is concerned, you are probably right that it was already in the air, otherwise it would have taken forever for it to get there.

Now, lets keep on developing this. Last I checked, LEO's had charging discretion. -some do (I suspect most do, some don't) Are you saying that from the vantage point of your armchair that you can see there was no basis for charges. Do you really think that this little girl needed to be charged with assault. - I don't know. I wasn't there, I didn't see what was going on, didn't see the victim and injury, nor did I speak to her. I didn't get to hear her behavior record at school and I didn't get to speak to her parents and hear their response. I know my brothers have been allowed to go home after bar fights and nobody was charged whatsoever on either side. -"One time at band camp..." So everyone should be treated like your brother? It was the exact same circumstances in your brother's case?

When I went to high school, fists fights weren't anything unusual. -Times change. Bet you didn't have people high on meth when you went to school either. If the police were to have reacted in this manner, tbey pretty much would have had 3 cruisers, 3 officers, a helicopter, and a mini court at my high school.

Again, we don't have all the evidence, but if I could get my hands on one thing I would love to hear the 911 tape. You say that the call probably goes something like this..., but you cannot assure me that it did.

Again, grey area that we will have to agree to disagree on because we cannot get the evidence. -yup, just that I won't pass judgement with such little informaton. I guess it goes to whether or not you have faith the Officers do the right thing most of the time, or if you always tend to look at any Officer and action with suspicion. In closing:
If it was okay for one of them to go there it sure as heck was okay for three of them to go there.

All the best