Woman charged for child endangerment in a vehicle surfing case.

I know that I am not the only who saw this story in the four state region. Aired on KOAM TV and located at KOAMTV.com this story is about a local woman from Nevada who was charged with child endangerment after letting an eight year old male "hold down" a mattress on top of her car. According to the report, the female was charged with a felony and was release on bond after the September 27th accident. The 8 year old was transported to the local hospital and then flown to Children's Mercy in Kansas City.

I know that we all think of ourselves as more responsible than this, however think if you were a person who lives out in the county. How did they move thinks back in the early 1900's from point to point? Now I don't agree with her actions of putting an 8 year old on top of a moving vehicle in the city limits and probably on a busy roadway. Now put yourself in the shoes of the Law Enforcement and emergency responders who arrived on scene. How would you feel if you got there and saw an 8 year old who had fallen off the top of a moving vehicle. Law Enforcement personnel have children too, and they have to work oh so many cases involving children. I think that this female should get more jail time than just the few days until her first court appearance. A child was seriously hurt.

Now as you all know I am a person who is striving to become a law enforcement officer. I am also an emergency dispatcher for our local sheriff's department. No matter how professional you are, these types of calls effect you, either in a positive or negative way. When you read something like this you think that, that woman was extremely stupid. She could have killed her friends child. If that would have happened she would be in a lot more trouble than just child endangerment. As it is, with her having a felony charge she is going to have a problem anyway. All I can say is think before you act people! I do have to say however that if a grown man would have been the one who fell we wouldn't be making as much of a fuss as we are now. That is in part to the fact that adults can think for themselves and should have more common sense.

Like always, this is just my opinion, I do want to hear yours. Let me know!