Should the cops allow kids to keep stolen goods if their parents were the thieves?
543498
It's the same with any crime, should a counterfitter be allowed to keep making money simply because he did it for so long and got away with it that it should be considered legal for him?  Just because they have been here for 2, 5, or 10 years, bought a house, had kids (along with the ones they brought in) have a job, does this make them legal now?\nIf that's the case, I'm going to start printing up some bills right now, if I get away with it long enough, i'll be a millionaire by the time I'm 40!
692574
Yes. They have too even though it is a breach of privacy. It is a safety issue what if the kid has drugs, weapons, or the like. You have take into consideration the safety of all the kids in the school versus the privacy of one. i know it sucks to have your privacy breached but safety is more important and legally the locker is the school's propery yopu don't own or rent it so they can look in any time you want. Hope this helps. :)
168477
Possesion of stolen property.
45924
Yes, in order to keep other children safe, it is imperative that the school has the right to search the locker. When I was in school, we were told that the lockers were not our property, and they belonged to the school, therefore, they could be searched at anytime. If you have nothing to hide, then why not let them search?
565393
I think so. For instance, your child has been bitten by a snake and the antedote is behind the window of a store that is closed because it's after business hours.  What are you going to do?  Stealing is wrong, but of course you aren't going to let your child die.  You are going to tear into that place and save your baby!\n\nThere are times when rules are meant to be broken.
603324
I think of your choices I would have to say moral issue.  But I believe you missed the right answer that it is a socioeconomic problem.  "Steal to eat" etc.  Don't get me wrong I am sure some people steal for other reasons, but I think most steal because they want to cloth, feed, or provide in other ways for themselves and their children.  Stealing is morally unconscionable for whatever reasons though.
572368
No! It is the parents job to monitor these sorts of things to make sure there children are or arent using them. Its the parents reponsibility.
513440
It depends on what the abuser did.  If I saw a child get a spanking when they were acting out, I would probably frown upon it but that's almost overstepping boundaries if it was a simple spat on the butt.  Yet if I saw a parent just physically abuse their kid, I would definitely call the cops, testify and do everything I could to help that child.  I have seen what child abuse can do to a kids mind and how it affects them even when they are adults, so hell yeah I would do something.  If not walk up to them and tell them to take their hands off the child and inform them that the cops are on the way and prevent them from leaving.
943523
I think it does help.  Just not all the time.  When my house was broken into, I gave the cops the descriptions of everything taken and less than a week later they called me because they thought they found my camcorder.  It turned out to belong to another family that got robbed, but yes I do think they recover things that get stolen.
244627
Good for that officer. I hope he added child endangerment charges against the "parent". What a total idiot. \n\nThe real sad thing is this has been discovered a lot more than once. Everything from marijuana, crack, and meth has been found in diapers. A lot of dealers use kids of all ages to transport/hide their dope. If caught, those dealers get slammed (rightfully) with heavy prison sentences.
1031157
Yes absolutely. Kids are too precious to be put at any kind of risk, the information needs to come straight from the police in a monthly bulletin available only from police stations so innocent men or women didnt get accused. After that the real paedophiles are fair game, they deserve all and more of whats coming to them.
202406
Yes they should be reported. Depending on the overall value of the item's this could be a felony. How many others might they do this to before someone with your astute powers of observation and suspicions stops them.
244628
I don't think so.  If the parent is not neglecting the child or endangering the child in any way, it is not likely.  A child is taken away usually only when the child's physical or emotional well being is at risk.
1055325
You have to do something.  You either have to put an end to it, which hopefully is possible, or you have to notify the authorities.  You can't let your one family get repeatedly stolen from.  And if this one family member will steal from another, who knows what they'll end up doing to you.
490281
No.. it's not..\nThe last time I stole a police car and smashed it to the police station they actually welcomed me to one of their room. I get to stay there for 5 year! 5 year man!\n\nMy mom was happy!
792129
Quickly write down a description of the people .. yell out to call attention to the situation .. and call the cops.. you never know they might catch tme later , and the slimess chance they might get it back.. other than that they may catch them so someone else doesnt get something stolen.
355561
These problems will be here because the police are not allowed to punish children for doing wrong.\nThe children know they can do whatever they want and no-one can stop them.\nThe government is so into giving children freedom that they have forgotten we all need rules to become decent people.\nIn the past a policeman could give you a clip round the ear for being naughty but now the victim is to blame not the child