What do you lot think of this- being questioned in a playground by police?

I think it's very sad, actually. If I had been in your shoes, I am sure I would have gotten very angry. It's profiling, plain and simple. When I was little, my Dad is the one who took me everywhere. He took me to the park, to the pool, to the lake, to ballgames. But that was back in the 50's and 60's. My Dad always loved children. He always had all the neighborhood kids hanging around. He bought everyone ice cream when the truck came by; he bought watermelons in the summertime. He was really just a nice man. Later, when my daughter was little, in the 70's and 80's, the world had changed. He said he was afraid to speak to strange kids anymore. It was very sad for him. I don't know what can be done about it, but you would think that the mother's in the park could just keep an eye out on their own kids and not call officals in! That's just ridiculous! I'm sorry that happened to you. Don't let it change how you interact with your daughter, though. Don't let it change anything.

I can understand that must have been a very sickening experience for you and I'm sorry for the discomfort you must have felt but, I'm going to be uncharacteristically predictable and say, isnt it better that someone calls the police to check on an innocent person than to ignore a pervert who may be about to abduct your child?

OoOoooOoO no!!. Thats horrible!!! what did they think the child was alone? i mean in away they were just doing their job. someone called so they must report to that location... I mean, if your daughter was there. some guy (not you) was sitting around the playground wathcing your dauhgter. somoene called the cops"community wardens whatever, and they are like oh no. i doubt hes doing anything weird hes fine and dont come and check, and then 1 hour later your daughter is missing from the park and so is the guy....you cant tell me your not ganna be mad because the warden didnt come out and check to see what the heck hes there for... Yes i agree, it does speak veary porly of the world, and because our works is like this these days... thats why they are there to do there job.

I would have been fuming, so what we cannot sit in a park anymore with our children and read a book without someone screaming out that we are up to no good. I think it is a disgrace, I mean fair enough if someone was acting dodgy but to be just picked on cos you are sitting reading. It does speak poorly of our world and as usual it is always the innocent ones that get stopped and questioned while somewhere else a nutter is getting away with a crime.

Yes, that is sad. But it's the state of our world today, isn't it? Every guy seen (what seems to be) alone in a park is someone who will come under suspicion. It isn't fair, but as someone else pointed out, I'm sure you would prefer that they be overly cautious than let some child be abducted and hurt. I know I would. It's the same reason I don't get upset at all the security measures at the airport. If it keeps my plane in the air, I'm all for all the security.

i understand how it can make you feel, its like i know someone had to have seen you come into the park with your little girl. but at the same time atleast you know that they are of the few that actually do their job. and i think we are lucky because we dont have park guards in our city and i rarely take my kids to the park becuase it is just so dangerous and im scared that we might get robbed or my kids might get snatched.

It is sad that we live in a world today where everyone is afraid of everyone else because of the few people who are really criminals in this world. It is probably best for the police to suspect everyone just to be on the safe side, because they can not always tell who a criminal is just by glancing at them, I would just tell them you were there watching your daughter because you did not want some strange person kidnapping her or something, It is sad that we live in such a world as we do, these days.

It is terrible that the world is in such a state that people automatically assume that some guy who is hanging out at the park is there to pick up little kids to abuse. It is really sad.

What a messed up world it is. You have to admit that they were doing their job. Don't let your pride/ego keep you upset. If your daughter were kidnapped (God forbid) you would want them to approach everyone and look everywhere for her. In this case, try to understand.

mainframeguy thats appalling when you took your daughter to the park and were accosted by police as some sort of molester? 'boy this is a sick old world when a dad cannot take his kid to the park. I feel for you. surely the police have seen other dads take their kids to the park, or have they?

I think the police officers sometimes acting weird. I'm not sure the officers in foreign country. But in Malaysia, the police officers normally will stop you to request corruption. I bet to you most of them are like that. The police here doing the corruption non-stop. Sometimes really pissed off with them. They may cause danger just becausethey want to get the money.

Community wardens are rarely called out and they just walk the streets to try and scare people into being good although they don't even have the right to arrest people and such. If they were actual police people then they are likely to have been called out. Maybe you took it the wrong way? Maybe they were just starting up a conversation and getting to know the local community?

good day...It's a sad world really, being paranoid and all. I mean not only for the children but also with innocent bystander who would jut want to stay at a park to enjoy. I know they were doing their job but what is scary is the way they are profiling people. Don't they have a protocol about it that they would also ask a woman in a park? Is this where the world is coming too that even mothers are viewed suspicious?

well tehy might be oing their job especially if someone called them and told them you look suspicous in the playground but as for you that's quite rude of them... i really don't know how i would react if i was in your case but think of it this way they answered a call from someone and you have to give it to them they went out of their way just to check doing their job but to that someone who called their attention should be ashamed of her/himself for reporting falsely

I can see both sides of it I guess. In a way I think it's good that they checked out an adult that apparently seemed to not have a child...just because there are some sick adults out there. BUT I think what they did was really rude too. I'm sure if they'd (who ever they might be, the mothers or the community wardens) paid an ounce of attention they would have known that you had a child with you. I know if I saw an adult in a playground without a child...first I would assume they were meeting someone, like maybe the playground was the drop off point in the custody agreement. Maybe that's naive on my part but I figure most adults in a playground do have a good reason to be there. If someone really made me uncomfortable, I could choose to take my children and leave rather than just assume the worst and call the police n an innocent person.

That is really sad that world has come to this! I'm sorry you havce to deal with this. I dont think that has happened yet here in the US but I wouldn't put it past somebody to do it though. I dont think it's fine and dandy as we're just living our lives with our children and yet being questioned on having our children play at the park.