This really digresses from the original BoingBoing thread. It was at the park. I assume she called, as that was her threat but she could have easily flagged down the officers that patrol the area, as there are intermittent homeless encampments in that area, a few parks, and a fantastic set of speed reductions along that road that I am sure must generate tickets. Also, depending on the season and time of day, there can be a lot of people, including people drinking.
I really think that she believed that I was endangering my kid or that my kid wasn’t really mine, or some combination of the two. She also didn’t like that I pushed back at her assertions. The officers were stand offish, did not separate my kid and I, but did take down my name and some other info. They said they had tried to find us earlier (had to be a another day, but we had left) and had to make contact, let me know about the park closing time, asked if I had seen the coyote, asked about our nature scope, assured my kid that everything was fine, and apologized that they didn’t have any stickers- as what kid doesn’t like stickers. I think they knew they were walking into a non story, and I also am glad they talked fear mongering person, because she left me alone from that point onward.
The officers also asked why my kid had bells on their ankle- and I said, “flight risk”. And they chucked at that.
The whole thing was weird and was irritating, and to bring it back to the original post topic, it was a real world teaching moment for my kid and I- nature is nature, and some people can be terrible.
