Comments on: Gilbert police create unnecessary drama with teacher arrest

By: m

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:45:29 +0000

As a former Police Officer of 20 years, I pretty much have seen it all. It’s not easy to try and make everyone happy no matter what you do BUT I will also say this, Gilbert PD “DID NOT HAVE TO ” have this Teacher escorted from the class room by a school official.
If Gilbert “attempted” several times to make contact with this Teacher out of class and they couldn’t, I’d bet they didn’t try too damn hard.
How about this one?? Why didn’t the PD wait until school was over for the day and arrive to the School shortly before that and as the students were gone then take this Teacher into custody.
What a bunch of Bull S**T to yank someone out of class over a Bad Check?
This tells me one thing, Gilbert PD has a lot of time on their hands and should be doing more patrolling and worrying about harsher crimes instead of a bad check warrant.
Gilbert PD obviously needs stronger management for Police Deployment and duties as far as priorities.
Was this person a flight risk?? Highly doubt it since she was showing up for work.
I know how attempts are made, You go to the alleged criminals address and knock on the door and when no one responds that’s the attempt.
Gilbert PD knew they could go there while she was at work and “show her” how things are done.

Some Police Officers today think they are going to change the world by doing what they feel is lawful which in this case was lawful but forgot about “common Sense”. I’ll take a common sense over a college education any day with a Police Officer candidate/recruit. I hope this police officer has a Bachelor Degree because he obviously doesn’t have much in the common sense area.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:36:13 +0000

THis is my teacher that was arrested. If she did something wrong she should be arrested. It wasnt a big deal to us that it happened during school. Our principal called her out of class so we didnt see the police officers. We’ve only had her for a week, but so far she was a good teacher. I think she could come back and still be a good teacher. Apparently she is just not good at financial management.

By: bigazonie

bigazonie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:02:38 +0000

Templar,
What sugar coated La La land do you live in?
“Bad Financial Straits…” “Shown compassion…”??
Give me a break. You are definitely part of the entitlement -generation with your whiny apologies for this woman.
She is charged with a CRIME..get out a dictionary and find the definition of the word.
Shame on you for making excuses for her! Bet it was NOT any of your money in her pockets.
As for the 8th grade kids…Gee whiz Opie, maybe they will learn that bad things happen to people who make bad choices. Even Teachers.

By: AuntFlo

AuntFlo — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:48:56 +0000

Do you really believe this was traumatic for the children? PLEASE. Any kids that witnessed her being arrested probably thought it was cool. Besides, what a great way to teach the kids if they commit a crime that there will be consequences.

By: RC

RC — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:48:21 +0000

I agree with the report that the Gilbert police could have made this far less dramatic. I’ve known other people who hit financial rock bottom and the shame and failure they felt was overwhelming to them. None of them didn’t want to resolve the problems. They wanted to resolve them and get things straight as possible as best they can. I doubt this is any different than the teacher. However now that teacher will have the stigma of this event following them forever. I fully agree if they police felt they had to arrest the teacher on the school grounds, they should have done so before or after school hours.

By: It's her own fault

It's her own fault — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:26:48 +0000

She committed a crime and it’s her own fault. Who cares????

By: Bob Gomez

Bob Gomez — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:12:32 +0000

Looks like she was trying real hard to avoid the cops. I’m Glad the misdemeanor offenders are off the mean streets of Gilbert.

Bravo, and well done GPD! It will be a great day when Osama shows up to work.

By: J Smith

J Smith — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:59:32 +0000

Here’s another word for writing bad checks: stealing. It’s the media that has blown this out of proportion, not the police. They didn’t make a spectacle by making the arrest in front of students. If she’s avoiding the police, they have to do what they have to do. Just because someone is a teacher doesn’t mean they can hide from the police in our public schools. The kids might have questions, but this is a good teaching opportunity. No one is immune from the consequences of their actions.

By: Hailey

Hailey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:50:10 +0000

I think the Gilbert police could have handled this in a much better manner. It’s not as if this district has gotten enough attention lately. Geesh!!