Wait, who called 911? I didn’t see anything about that. Sounds from the story like he called for a service visit, or whatever it’s called.
I still wouldn’t advocate for calling the cops, but to call 911 in this situation would be an abuse…and if they really didn’t show up until 6 hours later, well, something’s fishy.
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What I find concerning is that the father’s options become more limited, with vigilantism becoming even more attractive. If I’m that guy, and the police threatened my child with arrest, I’d be looking hard for the perp. Not sure what I would do if I found them, but I’m thinking anonymous psychological torture.
I think the dad should have tried the FBI instead.
… what, we’re supposed to get better service from the police department than from Comcast? 
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“Someone is breaking into your house? OK, I can schedule a team of officers to be there between 10AM and 3PM on Thursday.”
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Sometimes the law is an ass. It seems the legislature needs to change that law.
Cop is going for the quick score. Nobody gave him the adult’s address over the phone.
Thank you @Kii for the smart, compassionate, actionable, reality-based, informed advice here.
I have spoken with parents (in Austin) whose daughters were manipulated in similar ways, all of them in grade school or junior high. I was surprised and sickened just how common this… horrible human behavior is.
May this young woman and her family find their allies fast, and let there be actual justice.
ETA: punctuation
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It appears the police chief is trying to fix it and get the family some help with the situation.
Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of the incident, captured on doorbell camera video, it “immediately reached out to the father to apologize, and to assure him that this matter was being fully investigated – both the actions of this officer, and more importantly, any crime committed against his child.”
The police Special Victims Bureau is expected to meet with his daughter and go through the phone later this week, Blocka added.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/us/columbus-ohio-police-officers-under-investigation/index.html
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It doesn’t mention any time out or correctional action on the part of the officers, from what I can tell. 
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Reading that article had my Vulcan brain thinking, “how hard would it be to make a flow chart to direct calls to the appropriate departments???”
I mean, why was that call even routed to patrol cops?
You know me, I’m no fan of cops, at all, but reading this I think we need a more systems focus higher up the chain on why calls aren’t being routed to the proper resources, like those mentioned by @Kii and others above.
But if those are going to be the people sent out for every single thing that gets called in, they need way more accountability.
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I suspect it’s because they don’t want to send out detectives.or whatever. They want to reduce the number of crimes actually reported and investigated. On other words, efficiency isn’t the goal.
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