Comment by wat10000
1 year ago
Sounds like a "better safe than sorry" approach. If you ignore the alert on the basis that it's a false positive, then it turns out it really was a gun and the person shoots somebody, you're going to get sued into the ground, fired, name plastered all over the media, etc. On the other hand, if you call in the cops and there wasn't a gun, you're fine.
> "On the other hand, if you call in the cops and there wasn't a gun, you're fine."
Yeah, cause cops have never shot somebody unarmed. And you can bet your ass that the possible follow-up lawsuit to such a debacle's got "your" name on it.
Good luck suing somebody for calling the police.
In Texas filing a false report is a crime and can result in fines and/or imprisonment. Details:
https://legalclarity.org/false-report-under-the-texas-penal-...
Furthermore, anyone who files a false report can be sued in civil court.
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Reports on child welfare, it is often illegal to release the name of the tipster. Commonly taken advantage of by disgruntled exes or in custody dusputes.
Ask a black teenager about being fine.
Well, you could ask this kid, he is black and wasn't harmed. It's not the cops' fault someone told them he had a gun.
You and I define "harm" differently.