Editorial: Arrests can be prevented with initiative
When students discover that police officers can take students out of class and arrest them for outstanding warrants, they are often outraged. They think there should be other, more discreet ways for the police to apprehend offenders, and the classroom should somehow be out of bounds.
However, though it can be embarrassing and disruptive, laws must be enforced, and warrant officers only use methods like in-class arrests when students fail to resolve their situation after being given multiple chances to do so. Simply put, it should never have to come to that, and students have no one to blame but themselves.
Nobody likes getting a ticket, and nobody likes having to shell out what can be hundreds of dollars to clear their names, especially on a student's budget. The law is the law, and we all have to suffer for our transgressions.
The money generated by tickets pays for a lot of services for their respective cities, and city courts offer many alternative methods and payment plans to accommodate you if you find yourself in that unfortunate situation.
Pay your tickets, cops won't pull you out of class and you stay out of jail. It's not rocket science.
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