Not a Humblebrag, but interesting thing just happened...
 

So I'm leaving my house to meet the family for a late lunch. I get to the end of the street, and running along the parallel street is a girl, 8-9 years old, wearing only a diaper. I roll down the window to try and ask where she's supposed to be, and she keeps running. I get out and follow her for a while, and she runs onto 78 highway and starts running down through traffic.
My daughter was in my car, so I didn't want to follow this girl too far, but some other people had stopped, I made sure they had called 911, and went back to my car.
I get in my car and turn the direction she was running, and she had made it quite a way, and traffic was stopped in all directions. Several older people were trying to grab her and hold her with little success. I'm a SPED teacher, and CPI certified (basically how to hold children who are a danger to themselves or others), so I pull off the road, and go step in to put her in a "child protective hold." She was, understandably, scared out of her mind, unable to communicate, and spent the whole time (till police arrived) trying to hit, kick, and bite me and others (the hold was difficult, as she had no clothes on, and was sweaty from running.
So anyway, cops showed up, got my info, and I left. But now I'm always gonna be wondering what that was all about, if she's safe, etc.

Good on ya.

Does Hootie live close to you? Maybe the roofie wore off and she escaped while he was busy destroying a coffee table.

Seriously though, nice work.

Good man.

Good deed.

Chest bump

No fair! I always get in trouble when I chase and wrestle with sweaty, naked little girls. :(
























For real, though, good work. I hope that she's alright, wherever it is that she was returned to.

Nice job.

Wow. That's crazy. 7-8 YO wearing a diaper and can't talk?

WTF?

Good on you buddy.

good work, sully.

good guy all around. you did what anyone of us would have. 'cept for hootie.

Nice job, Sully!

dam that would freak me out to. Way to go.

Pretty cool. Nice work.

I'm curious, though. How do you get certified in putting a child in a "child protective hold"? For your final exam, do they have midgets run around a courtyard while you try to catch them?

"Little People." I would expect a poster from Bronco land to get that.

I might have to get that certification. It sounds like a lot of fun.

good for you - what a ****ed-up world

This. Good thing you were in the right place at the right time.

I eagerly await the parody thread.

My lady works in child psychology. If they go "hands on" they have to know how to correctly put them in a hold. It's lame, I know. If you don't do it as you're trained I guess they can label it child abuse or something. Even if they sink their teeth into you as hard as they can you gotta follow your training.

But did you quit smoking

If you use a Figure 4 leglock I bet they can't get their teeth close enough to bite you. However, children are limber and I'm not certified, so I could be wrong.

Well played.

That would be a hell of a lot more fun.

I was turned in to the state by a student and his grandma for child abuse this past school year. Luckily, I had done everything by "the book" as far as hands on went, and had plenty of witnesses. That doesn't mean I wasn't scared shitless during the investigation and interview process, though.
It also helps that this kid wayyy overplayed his hand, complained of nonexistent injuries and damages, and that our school resource officer was present the entire time my restraint of him was taking place. I'll be honest, though, when I got that letter from the state, I seriously wished I had actually done the things he accused me of. That's some career ending shit, if it hasn't gone my way.

Great job bro.

8/9 years old in a diaper???

Gotta be some sort of special needs kid.

She definitely was.
I saw no signs of abuse. She was clean, her hair was nice, she didn't seem malnourished or anything.
I suspect that she either lives here in the neighborhood or was at a relative's house, had been out down for a nap, and "escaped."
She had no communication skills other than grunting and yelling, and was trying to bite.
I really wish I knew the conclusion of the story. It's gonna eat at me for a while.

Could you just call the police station and ask?

I guess I could. I just assume they can't give out that info, especially involving a minor.

If you know what station the cops were from, you can go down there and tell them who you are. They might be willing to give you some answers.

ya good goin. I bet if you call that police dept and tell them who you are and some details, they will get you in touch with the attending officer and you'll at least get some kind of indication.

I'm sure some of it will be, but I'd bet they can at least give you the gist of it.

heh fooked dup

I have a low-functioning autistic cousin who used to do shit like this in Philadelphia. The family had to move because she was so set on getting out of the house, and they lived right near the freeway. She's 25 now and still wears a diaper :-\

Tooge teaches classes on Friday nights out at the ballpark.

Way to not turn your back on someone in need, Sully...I'm afraid many do, nowadays...

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Police reports are open records. Our department gives copies, just whites out names in the report.

And your point...

I'm 48 and, ah never mind. LMAO

We have two state schools in the area I work, the holds you speak of, I've seen work and fail in action. Couldn't pay me enough to do that job. Hold a 14 year old with man strength, until he calms down. No thanks.

Good job on the kid, too many people will look the other way and not help. You seem like a good person, dude.

And this is the singular reason that many people choose not to get involved. It's not because they don't care, it's because you don't know what crazy idiot is going to make shit up and try to sue you because you were trying to do the right thing!:shake:

Glad you do the work you do, it's not for everyone it requires great patience and the ability to try to help those who may never have the ability to thank you for what you do.:clap:

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Good job.

That's two child protective choke holds on CP in one weekend. That my grinds is a goocher.

Well done. It takes a village.

If nothing else they could take your contact information and relay it to the parents or guardian of the child.

It is sad but there definitely is truth in the statement of "No good deed goes unpunished".

I tried to do the right thing a few years ago. Delivering pizzas, I saw some kid just bite it on his bike. Pulled over, offered to help...but I was a strange man in a car...so I got out of the car and approached...and realized with every step and every word I was just scaring the shit out of these kids. I didn't want to leave him there crying, and one of his friends went to grab the kid's parents. When dad finally showed up, he didn't even notice my existence, barely nodded at me when I tried to explain what I saw.

It was weird, and really made me realize why many people DON'T get involved when they see stuff like that.

Good on you. You had the tools and knowledge to take care of the situation. Kudos.

I was definitely concerned when I stepped in to restrain that it would look like I was somehow attacking this girl, so I made sure to, loudly, say who I was and what my training was, and basically play-by-play my every movement;
"I'm sitting in the ground with her. I'm grabbing her left wrist with my right hand, and folding it under her arm so she can't hit or bite. This is called a CPI child protective hold," etc...
All the while trying to calmly talk to the girl and let her know I wasn't trying to hurt her, although she wasn't in a reasonable place internally, so there was no reasoning with her.
When the first police officer for there and walked up, I let go of one arm, thinking he'd take over, but he just looked at me and said, "If you've got her, I just want you to stay there while I figure out..."
So at the very least I knew he didn't think I was doing anything wrong.

After that my only real worry was that there was a crowd, and my car was 50 yards away with my daughter in it. I never lost sight of it, and traffic be damned, if someone headed toward my car I'd have let go of this girl immediately.
Twice I asked people to go check on my daughter and tell her daddy would be right over.
Turns out she had unbuckled herself and was watching the whole time... So she had TONS of questions.
Leading me to realize how difficult it is to explain LD to a 4-year old without demeaning another person.