October 01, 2003
Police To Get Tough With Parents
Parents of school age children, found roaming the streets of downtown Freeport could face possible prosecution under the Children's and Young Person's Act, ACP Ellison Greenslade warned Tuesday.
Mr. Greenslade said police were "very discouraged" when a parent reported the disappearance of the fifth missing child so late.
He appeared a little frustrated when he said, "The laws are clear, and we have not prosecuted parents. We were very discouraged last evening for having received the report so late of this fifth child and we could get nothing done, because the adults we were dealing with could offer us no assistance."
"We simply need to start doing what we should have done. We are about to be enforcing the laws of the country," he said sternly at a press briefing at the new police headquarters on the mall.
He added, "If we meet children loafing downtown who are unable to give an account of themselves, their parents are goig to have to come see us and maybe, you know, we are going to have to apply the letter of the law with respect to the Children's and Young Person's Act.
Posted by admin at October 1, 2003 08:55 AM