Shock tactics!
Is it just me or does everyone welcome the debate over drunken teens on the Sunshine Coast?
Yesterday, on Mix FM, Mark and I spoke to a local policeman who said he has had enough – and wants to get out of the service.
The long term cop said his colleagues were calling for tasers, because they need them to control crowds of drunk kids. This guy was adamant – NOBODY in the force wants to taser a kid – but teenagers are big these days, and when they’re on the drink they can get out of control.
We saw it this weekend on the Sunshine Coast (see below)
Something I didn’t know when I posted yesterday - one of my work colleagues was bashed and robbed in Maroochydore on Saturday night….by drunk young thugs. Peter is a young guy – he was walking near the Big Top talking on this phone and he was hit from behind and set upon…. He looks like he’s been in a motor bike accident.
Late yesterday the Queensland Government conceded, youth violence has gone far enough. Within six months every police officer on the sunshine coast will be armed with a taser…..
As with all these things – there are two sides to every debate.
This morning on the air we took a call from a mother whose 16 year old daughter was arrested at Mooloolaba on Saturday Night.
The girl claims that when she tried to hide her drink from police, it smashed in the garden and the police put her on the ground and hit her with the baton.
Her mother is concerned about what might have happened, if the policeman was holding a taser.
Let me know what you think….
On balance, I’m on the side of the police. I know they’re not perfect. I’ve seen it myself, when police treat young people disrespectfully. But like I said, on balance, I’m on the side of the police. Stay out of their way, don’t act like a tool and I’m pretty sure you won’t be tasered!
Yesterday, on Mix FM, Mark and I spoke to a local policeman who said he has had enough – and wants to get out of the service.
The long term cop said his colleagues were calling for tasers, because they need them to control crowds of drunk kids. This guy was adamant – NOBODY in the force wants to taser a kid – but teenagers are big these days, and when they’re on the drink they can get out of control.
We saw it this weekend on the Sunshine Coast (see below)
Something I didn’t know when I posted yesterday - one of my work colleagues was bashed and robbed in Maroochydore on Saturday night….by drunk young thugs. Peter is a young guy – he was walking near the Big Top talking on this phone and he was hit from behind and set upon…. He looks like he’s been in a motor bike accident.
Late yesterday the Queensland Government conceded, youth violence has gone far enough. Within six months every police officer on the sunshine coast will be armed with a taser…..
As with all these things – there are two sides to every debate.
This morning on the air we took a call from a mother whose 16 year old daughter was arrested at Mooloolaba on Saturday Night.
The girl claims that when she tried to hide her drink from police, it smashed in the garden and the police put her on the ground and hit her with the baton.
Her mother is concerned about what might have happened, if the policeman was holding a taser.
Let me know what you think….
On balance, I’m on the side of the police. I know they’re not perfect. I’ve seen it myself, when police treat young people disrespectfully. But like I said, on balance, I’m on the side of the police. Stay out of their way, don’t act like a tool and I’m pretty sure you won’t be tasered!
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 9:07 AM
2 Comments:
Just to follow up on our conversation this morning. I do agree with you that if they dont act like a tool the police will leave them alone. What she did was stupid and irrisponsible. If nothing else I hope she has learnt a very valuable lesson from this situation.I still think the police used excessive force and I know that I have had the truth about the situation from my daughter.Life goes on and yes she is fine physically but she is not mentally time will heal and hears hoping and PRAYING it will never happen again.
Jay
Well I also have a 16 year old teen who I KNOW has lied about where she was and how innocent her outings have been. To be honest (and don't forget I love her very much) if she was doing this and was caught, then I would love the police to scare her witless. We hear constantly from older people how in the old days the cops use to threaten those kids up to no good with a boot up the bum if they did wrong and their parents accepted this and felt they got the scare they deserved..unfortunately we are all so precious with our kids that we think they should be treated with absolute kid gloves..the police have a job to do..if that is to scare a teenage into thinking that their actions may not be the best decision next time, then to me they did a bloody good job! Sorry Jay, my husband is a paramedic and I am a nurse in a public hospital, we see it all and believe me our kids are out of control..we need the whole community to rectify this. Your daughter was putting herself in a potentionaly dangerous situation....please be grateful for her 'mental' scare! Please be grateful she didn't get into some car and end up like those kids on Karrawatha Drive a few years ago!!
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