SolidAxleDurango wrote:
TyroneandGladys wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
TyroneandGladys wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
TyroneandGladys wrote:
IMHO the minute that a 12 year old boy was spotted in the women's shower 911 should have been called and told that there was a young man in the showers and let them sort it out.
While it was probably a mistake by the mother to take her son into the women's restroom, I hardly think it rises to the level requiring police. Maybe the son did have severe problems, in that case a little compassion is needed, the last thing a parent with a severely handicapped child needs is the police being called every time the child makes someone feel uncomfortable. I think the parent was wrong. I think that with a little forethought the entire situation could have been avoided and both sides made happy. But the police aren't the answer here.
As far as compassion that is why I said let the police sort it out.
If there is a disability no foul if not major wakeup call to kid and the woman who took him in there,
Let me put it another way. If you call the police on something as minor as this (and it really is a minor incident, unless there is a whole lot more we are not being told), without first trying to get the park's management to attend to the situation, at our parks you would be asked to leave.
Let me get this straight before anyone in your camp calls the police and they want to make sure that they can stay at your park they need to clear that with you???????????????????
If so please either IM me the name of your park so I can make sure I do not stay there or if you really believe there is nothing wrong with that policy let me know the name of your park here in public viewing
I do not believe 911 is the right number to call for a non-life-threatening "emergency" such as this.
that varies from region to region. in most parts of suburban Chicago (not the city) 9-1-1 is the number to use when you need police, fire or medics to respond to a situation. the dispatchers will prioritize the calls into life threatening, property crimes/everything else rather than dispatch according to time the call was received. our average time to handle a 9-1-1 call was less than 60-seconds and average time to dispatch was between 30-45 seconds.
I was heavily involved in 9-1-1 startup in my home county back in 1995. at that time much of the county was served by a consolidated 9-1-1 center that answered calls and dispatched police/fire/medics. we determined that confusion would reign and delays for service would result if we had separate emergency and non-emergency lines. the single number/point of contact has worked very, very well here.
case in point. a fellow was home one evening cleaning his handgun when he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen. he didn't think the wound was serious so he called the station rather than 9-1-1. roughly 30-seconds after the desk clerk answered the phone the victim went into shock. luckily this was a small town and the desk clerk recognized his voice and we were able to respond the medics. case in point. one morning a woman decided to end it all and stepped in front of a commuter train. we received only one call...that in itself was amazing...and on our business line. confusion.
Chicago has adapted 3-1-1 for non-emergencies but a sizeable number of calls to 3-1-1 are shipped over to the 9-1-1 call center and vice-versa. when in doubt use 9-1-1. nobody will get on your case for doing so.