Police respond to call of kids playing basketball loudly on the street..........

[zebonaut]

Happy ending!

[zebonaut]

1. So somewhere out there; there is at least one decent cop.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. Oh, I'm sure there are lots of decent cops...

They just need decent leaders, which means that their chief must be decent.

That's a good place to start after the accountability of having cel phones and cams on them.

[OxQQme]

2. Slam dunk with iron on his hip...awesome n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

3. Now, THIS is what I call community policing!

[passiveporcupine]

4. So, whomever called this in

must not remember that they were a kid once. I don't believe people sometimes.

[libodem]

6. This makes for good community relations

Good trust building.

[Shrek]

7. Update: cop goes back, takes Shaq as backup

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/01/24/basketball_playing_cop_bobby_white_takes_shaquille_o_neal_as_back_up.html

Millions of people watched the video of how a Florida cop responded to a noise complaint of kids playing basketball on the street by joining in on the fun. One of those people appears to have been NBA all-star Shaquille O’Neal, who decided to go pay the now-famous Officer Bobby White a visit. Shaq first surprises the cops at the Gainesville Police Department and then a group of officers go back to the neighborhood where the kids are playing basketball.

Officer White plays it cool at first telling the basketball-playing kids he has brought the promised back-up. "Look at these big guys I brought. You sure you can take them?" he asks, gesturing toward the officers. And truth be told the kids don’t really seem very impressed by all the people in uniform taking over their block. That’s until, of course, O’Neal gets out of the car.