# I got someone arrested yesterday. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015 "2002-10-13T00:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/21 "2002-10-14T01:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brujo \* > \*\*If getting arrested keeps him from being a cop, then you did a GOOD thing. Would you want this dumbass as a cop? Would you want him walking around town with a gun and authority? \*\* The city police in Yellowknife (“By-law”)do not carry guns. The RCMP do, though. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/22 "2002-10-14T03:09:23Z")
Yeah… We refer to the bylaw as “rent-a-cops” ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/23 "2002-10-14T03:17:48Z")
[hijack] What’s the by-law?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/24 "2002-10-14T03:26:03Z")
By-law enforcement officers. City police. Toy cops. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/25 "2002-10-14T04:40:03Z")
You actually worked at work? [sub]Sucker.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/26 "2002-10-14T06:03:43Z")
Getting customers, loiterers and trespassers arrested is pretty much the best thing about those jobs. It’s interesting and breaks up the doldrums and monotony. Carding minors for alchohol is a good rush, denying them is priceless, but nothing beats calling the cops. That’s real power. After spending so long at the mercy of customers’ stupid whims, and the tyranny of management, I find it’s nice to exert a little control over a$$holes from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Skid\_Row](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Skid\_Row](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skid_Row)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/27 "2002-10-14T11:13:09Z")
{hijack} …and the guy starts as a Sr. Special Contributor for Sexual Harassment issues on the Fox News Channel next Suunday. See! You didn’t keep him from finding a job! {hijack} ---
**Author:** ![Skid\_Row](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Skid\_Row](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skid_Row)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/28 "2002-10-14T11:13:34Z")
{hijack} …and the guy starts as a Sr. Special Contributor for Sexual Harassment issues on the Fox News Channel next Sunday. See! You didn’t keep him from finding a job! {hijack} ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/29 "2002-10-14T11:37:36Z")
If you did press charges, what would the charges be? …and another late vote for “you did the right thing.” ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/30 "2002-10-14T11:37:55Z")
Boy, it’s a good thing your SN isn’t **Skid Marks** , or there’d be some really obvious jokes to make about your posts;) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/31 "2002-10-14T11:39:37Z")
Er, it should be rather obvious to even the less-than-casual reader that my comment was not directed at **Lola** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jimbrowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@Jimbrowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbrowski)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/32 "2002-10-14T14:47:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*The police dude came by today and asked us if we wanted to press charges… I don’t think I will. \*\* Why not??? C’mon… you’ve already shown considerable (fortitude), keep up the good work! Having him arrested then not pressing charges is like sending a bad child to bed without his supper and then… bringing him his supper. Since this incident happened to you on the job, your employer (go to the owner or corporate level, not just your immediate boss) will most likely hire a lawyer to represent you during any deposition or court appearance (mostly to keep _his_ attorney at bay: \ “Well Miss 8ball, what were you doing to _provoke_ my client’s otherwise innocent behavior?” \ “OBJECTION!”) Stick to your guns, please. This guy definitely falls into the category of “those who need to be taught a lesson”. ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/33 "2002-10-14T15:27:27Z")
You need to press charges. This guy assaulted your coworker (by pinching her), trespassed (by returning after being told to leave), and possibly committed some type of harassment charge (depending on local laws). He needs to face some consequences for what he did. His behavior really worries me. He shows all the signs of a latent sex offender. If he had found one of you alone instead of all three together, he might have done far more than touching. You need to get him into the system so he can be tracked, in case he commits more violent crimes in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/34 "2002-10-14T16:59:34Z")
I agree with everyone that said to press charges. You’ll be doing society a favor by putting this guy in the system. Hell, you’ll be doing him a favor by helping teach him that his actions do have consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/35 "2002-10-14T17:23:42Z")
I’ve gotten someone arrested before, too, and I didn’t even give her any sort of warning first. Of course, I only found out who she was after she was arrested, so I didn’t have an opportunity to say, “Please don’t steal my paycheck from my mailbox,” to her before the handcuffs went on. I say press charges. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/36 "2002-10-14T17:54:37Z")
You gave him warning before you called the cops? Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/37 "2002-10-14T18:18:17Z")
If the kid is only 17 years old, the hassle that **Magic8Ball** would go through pressing charges wouldn’t be worth the punishment he’d get at the end of it. At most (from what I understand of Canada’s Young Offenders stuff) he would be put in some kind of juvenile detention centre where he could learn to be a real criminal. I think the point has been made to the kid already, by having him removed from the store by the police. ---
**Author:** ![Jimbrowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@Jimbrowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbrowski)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/38 "2002-10-14T19:10:32Z")
**featherlou** , I couldn’t agree with you less. In fact, if this is his first offense he won’t get juvie at all - most likely nothing more than a slap on the wrist (while what he really needs is a good smack upside the head). Yes, it will be a hassle for **magic8ball** , and it is very unfortunate that some idiot made a hassle for her (first hassle was when it happened, second hassle is prosecuting him for it). I can’t speak for her and can’t tell her what to do, but this seems like such a clear cut case (she even has two other witnesses/complaintants) that there won’t even be any discussion of whether or not he is guilty. The prosecutor will probably plead to some petty offense and it won’t (probably) even go to trial. Yes, it’s easy for me to suggest that someone else go through the hassle. But she’s an adult (or at least acting like one), and can take my advice or not take my advice. **magic8ball** , I advise you press charges mercilessly. **featherlou** advises otherwise. Take your pick, but I wish you all the best either way. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/39 "2002-10-14T22:44:26Z")
I don’t think I’m going to press charges. Featherlou was right… when hes 18 it’l be wiped off his record; so whats the point? Plus, I think he was in the mental part of the hospital; You know, where the crazy poeple are… Thats what he told police, any way… And If I pressed charges it would be for verbal molestation or abuse or whatever… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015/40 "2002-10-14T22:51:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magic8ball \* > \*\*Well, yes, there is that… > > But still. What if I ruined his chance at getting a job? Or being a police officer? You can’t be a police officer if you ahve any charges on your record. > > I kinda feel bad. \*\* I do believe felony charges would prevent someone from being a police officer but most misdemeaners would not. So what if it did stop him from becoming an officer? He made his own bed now he can sleep in it. Marc [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-someone-arrested-yesterday/132015.md?page=3)