We had a couple of 16 year old girls come running into the Sheriff's Department the other night. They were very excited and explained they had been getting gas at the local station and there was a guy in a van who was just watching them. They said the guy gave them the creeps and they had the presence of mind to memorize the license number.
When they left the station the van started following them. At this point they decided to drive directly to the cop shop and file a complaint and at this point the van drove off. These two cute little girls were able to give me a detailed description of the guy, as well as the van with the license number.
I took down all of their info and then told them how proud I was of what they did and the fact was that they could not have have handled the situation any better. I remarked that in my experience most adults would not have done nearly as well.
The moral of the story is twofold. First, be constantly aware of whats going on around you whenever you are out in public. And secondly, please teach your kids how to handle strangers who show too much interest in them.
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