School Resource Officers can’t charge kids with felonies only a prosecutor can do that. A cop can arrest someone. Now you might think I’m being pedantic but I think it is an important distinction. Many times we blame cops and completely over look the fact that some of the blame lies with the prosecutor.
That’s just wrong… cops charge people and the District attorney will decide if they want to prosecute those charges and spoiler alert they do it 99.9% of the time.
Ours got a kick over charging kids with felonies that would follow them the rest of their lives.
School Resource Officers can’t charge kids with felonies only a prosecutor can do that. A cop can arrest someone. Now you might think I’m being pedantic but I think it is an important distinction. Many times we blame cops and completely over look the fact that some of the blame lies with the prosecutor.
But can’t most cops use their discretion and not arrest the kid in the first place bypassing the prosecutor completely?
That’s just wrong… cops charge people and the District attorney will decide if they want to prosecute those charges and spoiler alert they do it 99.9% of the time.