L.A. County Board Votes To Eliminate Pepper Spray In Juvenile Halls, Camps
LAPPL News Watch
February 20, 2019
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the use of pepper spray in juvenile halls and camps, a change expected to be phased in over at least the next 10 months.
Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas recommended banning the use of oleoresin capsicum spray, commonly known as pepper spray, in favor of more humane behavior management.
“There are alternatives, they are not easy, any more than disciplining your child without hitting them is easy,” Kuehl said. “If we want to teach nonviolence to young people, we have to start with ourselves.”
The board also called for increasing staffing, training and additional oversight of the Probation Department.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hmmm, let me think about this. OK, I’ve got it figured out. If I am a L.A. juvenile hall officer and am attacked by a young thug, I should not use force against him. I must treat him humanely. After being hit by him several times, I should say, “Hold it, hold it there, young man. Tell me why you are acting out like this. Young man, let’s see if we can work this out together.” Yeah, that should work out well.
4 comments:
I'll bet none of the board members ever worked in a juvenile lock-up.
This is messed up. Good luck hiring folks.
OC was introduced and is commonly used to REDUCE the level of force employees use to protect themselves from these violent young thugs, (many of whom are of military age), and for the most part, it works pretty well. I guess LA county prefers to stick their progressives heads in the sand and blame staff members and the tools they use to protected themselves. Which allows them to continue to deny the increasing amount of violent behavior being displayed in this country by underage violent asswipes.
Wait until the first "child" is murdered bu another "child" in a witnessed fight while the detention officers stood around and said "pretty please."
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