I agree...obviously the school wasn't averse to calling HQ and having a non-house police officer come to the school. A rape on campus doesn't warrant that, but an upset parent does?
And why would they even want to handle it "in house?" Surely their in-house officer wasn't going to be able to perform a rape kit, which has shown to be pret…
I agree...obviously the school wasn't averse to calling HQ and having a non-house police officer come to the school. A rape on campus doesn't warrant that, but an upset parent does?
And why would they even want to handle it "in house?" Surely their in-house officer wasn't going to be able to perform a rape kit, which has shown to be pretty valuable in this entire story since the girl was accused of lying about being sexually assaulted. The School Resource Officer being a mandated reporter is really immaterial; days would have passed likely before any next steps were taken.
This feels more like the school wanted to cover up the sexual assault for some reason...wonder if we will find out that the perpetrator has some ties to the district.
I agree...obviously the school wasn't averse to calling HQ and having a non-house police officer come to the school. A rape on campus doesn't warrant that, but an upset parent does?
And why would they even want to handle it "in house?" Surely their in-house officer wasn't going to be able to perform a rape kit, which has shown to be pretty valuable in this entire story since the girl was accused of lying about being sexually assaulted. The School Resource Officer being a mandated reporter is really immaterial; days would have passed likely before any next steps were taken.
This feels more like the school wanted to cover up the sexual assault for some reason...wonder if we will find out that the perpetrator has some ties to the district.
Right, Chrissie. The SRO is a Real Police Officer (tm) when they want him to investigate a rape, but not enough of a cop to handle an irate parent?
Great point.
That’s incredibly Internet Over-Righteous ™️.