Oregon police department invites people to play ‘Hide & Seek With a Cop.’ The response was swift
Oregon police department invites people to play ‘Hide & Seek With a Cop.’ The response was swift
Officers will try to tag people running through a dark, forested park during the Oct. 30 Halloween event.
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Yes, I definitely want to be chased by an armed cop for fun.
Why are they armed??
From the article:
If the officers are not uniformed or armed, it defeats the goal of helping community members overcome fear of interacting with officers as they are, Mattson said.
I get the logic, but it seems like there would be a better way to go about this. My primary concern would be if we’re doing this event and some kind of loud noise happens (like a gunshot/acorn). That seems like a recipe for disaster.
Seriously. Let’s give a bunch of armed men with trained PTSD (pre-traumatic stress disorder) the job of chasing people in the dark.