IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SLOW DAY ON COP’S BEAT

2-year-old pees on light pole, gets ticketed by no-nonsense Philadelphia cop

If President Obama can get the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing to deserve it, then this numb-nuts cop ought to get the Philadelphia Officer of the Year award. Since the toddler clearly demonstrated that he belonged on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, I’m surprised that this no-nonsense cop didn’t cuff him and drag him off to be shipped to Guantanamo.

BOY, 2, TICKETED FOR PUBLIC URINATION
According to the mother of the toddler, police said the ticket was for his protection

UPI
September 14, 2012

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia toddler's mother was ticketed when her potty-training son urinated on the street.

Caroline Robboy said she was shopping with her 2-year-old son, Nathaniel, and other family members Sunday when the boy said he needed to go to the bathroom. Robboy asked an employee at the store to use a bathroom and was told the facilities weren't open to the public.

As the family was leaving the store, Nathaniel took matters into his own hands, walking up to a light post and doing his business.

A police officer watching the family came over and wrote Robboy a ticket, which also came with a parenting lecture.

"He said, 'I'm doing this for your own protection because God forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at my son,'" Robboy told WCAU-TV, Philadelphia.

The mother said she plans to fight the ticket, which carries a $50 fine.

"It's not about the $50," Robboy said. "I want a place that feels friendly to me where my children feel safe and have positive experiences with police officers."

A police department spokesman said the officer was within his authority to write the ticket.