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BTW, the teachers and school administrators may well be in a state that REQUIRES them to report evidence of child abuse. That makes them "cops" to a degree. The administrator undoubtedly has authority to "detain" children, so he's definitely a "cop".

No, I see no reason to flame the cops so far, but I'd get those particular administrators and teachers out of the schools Fur Shur.

I am in a state that requires that I report suspected child abuse. In fact, I just finished my training this week. Nothing was said about detaining a child. In fact, just the opposite. Children who are suspected to have been abused should be handled with kid gloves so as not to escalate any problems.

"That's exactly what I said ~ the kid told the janitor, and he told the administrators, and they called the cops.

Now unless the janitor lied about what the kid said, all the administrators knew when they called the cops was that a kid said something.

This is the uncooborated word of a minor, or possibly even no word at all!"

Go back and reread the article. The janitor overheard the kid tell his friends the bag contained cocaine. He reported it, as he is required to do. I bet if you check the law in your state, you will find that you are legally required to report the commission of a felony that you are aware of, too. The statement was not uncorroborated, it was simply reported. The cops even corroborated it for him. Yes, it was sugar. They still arrested the kid, not the administrators. And you're still being foolish in insisting that the administrator should have determined if the stuff was sugar or cocaine before making that call to the local PD. If he had attempted to do so, he would have tainted the evidence. Maybe you should think over why you are so reflexively hostile to school administrators and teachers. You're not doing so well in buffing up your reputation for intelligence, tonight, either.