Toddler’s Public Potty Break Gets $2,500 Ticket, Then an Apology

[1sikbITCH]

Originally Posted by Bateluer

You guys let your 3yr olds just run wild and pee outside? Guess my parents just raised me better than most. Hmm. :/

A little bit of irony here... if you believe it is acceptable behavior to make condescending and elitist remarks towards other people then you were not raised as well as you'd like to brag about. By the way, I was not raised that well either

On topic...

Playing in front of their own house with the parents right there on a dead end street with a police officer on the scene in plain view is in no way "running wild" and if it were, you can believe that cop would have arrested (and probably shot) both parents and hauled the kid off to Juvi with a big smile on his face.

[theknight571]

I wonder if Google caught it for Street View.

[Ns1]

fired

PIEDMONT — A police officer who wrote a $2,500 ticket to a mother on a public urination complaint against her 3-year-old son has been fired, City Manager Jim Crosby said Tuesday.
Crosby said he fired officer Ken Qualls on Friday, following a hearing Nov. 14.
Prosecutors at the Canadian County district attorney's office declined to pursue the case against the mother, Crosby said.
Police Chief Alex Oblein said the ticket was written to the mother for public urination, and the complaint was amended to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Crosby said Piedmont City Council members received emails about the ticket from as far away as Canada, England and Australia.
“Of course we did receive a lot of notoriety over that,” he said.
Qualls plans to appeal the decision, Crosby said. A hearing will be scheduled before a Piedmont personnel board.
Ken Qualls is 45 years old. Qualls has been in Piedmont over a year and has about 18 years experience in law enforcement, said Police Chief Alex Oblein.
Qualls' attorney Jarrod Leaman said Qualls is a member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and is looking at options to appeal his termination in Piedmont. A hearing has not been set.
Qualls issued the ticket Nov. 4 to Ashley Warden after he saw her son, Dillan, drop his pants in the front yard of the family home at 4505 Ryan Drive.
Crosby said Qualls didn't see the boy urinate in the yard, but reported seeing a teenager in the Warden family lead the boy to a spot in the yard.
Oblein said the ticket given to the mother did not fit the situation. It could have resulted in a fine of up to $2,500, he said.

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[NFS4]

Originally Posted by Ns1

fired



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I think firing him is a bit much, but it's still kinda funny

[Theb]

Originally Posted by NFS4

I think firing him is a bit much, but it's still kinda funny

It seems like a dramatic step and makes me wonder if this isn't his first poor decision.

In my area the cops are typically hired with an 18 month probationary period, if it's the same there then it's going to be easier to fire him now than it would be in six months.

[Codewiz]

That cop must be a huge douchebag because departments rarely fire their officers unless they do really bad shit that can't be defended.