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We could do like 21 Jump Street and put really young looking cops randomly in schools. (Original Post) LexVegas Feb 2018 OP
Better yet -- vampires! -nt Freelancer Feb 2018 #1
And zombies! fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 #2
Whoa.... you just blew my mind! -nt Freelancer Feb 2018 #4
And weaponized flesh-eating bacteria . . . fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 #7
Fight bacteria with bacteria, grandpappy always said... (spit) -nt Freelancer Feb 2018 #12
A moat with alligators! They're all over the place in Fl. poboy2 Feb 2018 #5
Instead of "Snakes on a Plane"... Snakes in a school -nt Freelancer Feb 2018 #9
Excellent suggestion! poboy2 Feb 2018 #14
Old people... we are expendable! tavernier Feb 2018 #16
Yes! Oldies with weaponized guilt Freelancer Feb 2018 #18
Nope matt819 Feb 2018 #3
Because there is a supply of tens of thousands of them? jberryhill Feb 2018 #6
When I was in HS we had a undercover cop in school dewsgirl Feb 2018 #8
That actually is a really good idea obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #10
It obviously has merit. nt LexVegas Feb 2018 #11
I literally just emailed my FL state rep! obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #13
US cops are all too often violent bully boys, and the young ones can be really aggressive. tblue37 Feb 2018 #15
That's why young women coips are better obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #19
A thousand times NO! hunter Feb 2018 #17

fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)
7. And weaponized flesh-eating bacteria . . .
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:30 AM
Feb 2018

You and I aren't the only ones thinking outside the box this morning!


 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
5. A moat with alligators! They're all over the place in Fl.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:19 AM
Feb 2018

Southern states call all use those, and other regions/states will have to decide what regional animal of choice to use.

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
14. Excellent suggestion!
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:40 AM
Feb 2018

Snakes sound like they could work best in the southwest. (Cold slows them down)
Its important to let states decide and not have a 'one size fits all' solution.

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
16. Old people... we are expendable!
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:47 AM
Feb 2018

Assign one to each kid as a body guard. We can also make sure they are staying out of trouble and give them a wicked glare when they use foul language. And we carry extra hankies.

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
18. Yes! Oldies with weaponized guilt
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 12:01 PM
Feb 2018

You never call. You never write. I'll be gone soon enough... which is your wish, evidently.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
3. Nope
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:12 AM
Feb 2018

There are 100,000 public schools in the United States. Some of the schools have a few hundred students, some of them have several thousand. Putting undercover cops In randomly would do nothing. Even when uniformed police are at schools with our school shootings, they have been ineffective.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
6. Because there is a supply of tens of thousands of them?
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:19 AM
Feb 2018

There are 40,000 active duty personnel in the United States Coast Guard.

You're talking about more than double the size of one of the military service branches.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
8. When I was in HS we had a undercover cop in school
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:35 AM
Feb 2018

With us for a few months. He was 25 and married, we were between 16-18. Long story short, in the end they got their drug bust, and ended up dealing with a pregnant 16yr old(she thought he was 18, certainly didn't know he was married) and an undercover agent that did drugs and had sex with underage girls for months.

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
10. That actually is a really good idea
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:36 AM
Feb 2018

One of my exes did that years ago, and she cracked a big weed ring, but then got busted for bonking the golf coach.

tblue37

(65,403 posts)
15. US cops are all too often violent bully boys, and the young ones can be really aggressive.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:44 AM
Feb 2018

Last edited Thu Feb 22, 2018, 02:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Often the cops in schools end up brutalizing the kids when they feel their "authoritah" is not being sufficiently respected.

I don't think it's a good idea to put even more cops in schools.

hunter

(38,317 posts)
17. A thousand times NO!
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:51 AM
Feb 2018

God, what next? STASI?

I have an idea: Let's get rid of the fucking guns.

Gun love is disgusting.

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