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If you are in a store and you ask a child if they need help finding their parents thats fine. If you see a child in harms way and you help them its probably evident you provided help. If you see a child outside and ask them to get in your car, or flash them... I hope I'm there to better explain the situation to you.

maybe its flawed by my thinking goes like this:
propositioning a child to get in your car, house, trailer, etc = kidnapping = my discretionary use of force, 911
flashing a child = assault = a quick beat down, a slower beat down, 911

If I'm walking to the mailbox on my street and I see children playing I'll smile and say hi... I dont ask them if they want to see anything, want candy, want to come inside my house, or if they need a ride anywhere. I'm sure there may be grey areas, but if I think it feels weird then I bet the child would as well.. kinda a no brainer.

In this case, the child also was alarmed as she knew they were strangers and not trying to help.

dmac wrote:Don't know where you live, but I do know that it is SOP for a school ( I work in Pub. Edu) to send out a note after an incident like this. I'll bet that you'll be on the lookout for red cars now!

Sugarland.. Lexington Creek Elementary School, if anybody else lives nearby pay attention.

I’m absolutely floored. My daughter’s elementary school sent home a note that states another girl on our street (yes the street I live on) was approached by men in a red car asking her if she needed a ride. The note stated the girl ran away, and that the police have been notified and are stepping up patrols in our neighborhood.

I’m fed up with the crime… first the McD down the street, the 2 car jackings nearby, and now a potential soliciting sex offender on my street.

Am I imagining things, is the media focusing on this, is there any statistical evidence pointing towards an increase in local crime?