Why the police need to be extremely serious about getting the right address and being civil and professional just in case they didn't:
"He told me the dispatcher gave police the wrong address," says Lupe.
The real domestic violence call was two houses down. Officers arrested another man for assault. Lupe says his daughter is now frightened by police.
Even in most adults, an experience like what that guy went through would leave them at least a bit wary of dealing with police. When a child sees his or her parent getting hauled out of the house like a criminal, it has a powerful impact on the child. That's especially true if the parent is completely innocent and it turns out to be the police who were at fault or just plain wrong like it was here.
Got the wrong address. That's human. Hauled him out of the house like an animal. Questionable (at a minimum). Haul ass when you find out that you were tipped off to the wrong house. Can you say "not accountable to you" any louder to that child?
Accidents happen.
We are ALL human.
Being accountable for these actions is the key.
And therapy works too :)
Accidents happen, but given the amount of violence that is present in these situations, it's important that everyone appreciate the gravity of them. The police management often doesn't appreciate how easily a "mere civilian" can be blown away and lose everything. There are many cases, like Cheryl Noel, where good, upstanding citizens were all but murdered and the management didn't take them down.