Arizona school requests police officer dad to leave gun, uniform home (VIDEO)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 10/05/2013 06:43 AM [ Comments ]
This story just makes you scratch your head. An Arizona police officer was asked by his daughter's school to not wear his uniform and gun while dropping her off; as it makes some of the other parents nervous.
According to MyFOX Phoenix, all Scott Urkov did was drop his daughter off at Entz Elementary School. Little did he know that what he was wearing that day would lead to a call from the principal.
"There were some parents who were concerned about that fact that there was a fully armed officer on campus and they spoke to the principal about it," said Helen Hollands, spokesperson for Mesa Unified School District.
She says the principal spoke with Officer Urkov and asked him not to wear his uniform and gun to school anymore.
Shortly after, the officer posted this comment on his Facebook page:
"Nothing like your kids school calling and asking if I could not come to pick up my daughter in uniform cause parents were concerned when their kids came home telling them there was a man at school with a gun. Are you freaking kidding me?"
"Well I was a little surprised," said parent Blaine Spencer. "I think that it's his right to wear that in public."
Meanwhile, while school officials' initial reaction was to ask the officer not to wear his gun and uniform to school, they are now saying they want to turn this incident into "a teachable moment."
They invited the officer to a special assembly to talk about what police officers do for the community.
"There were some parents who were concerned about that fact that there was a fully armed officer on campus and they spoke to the principal about it," said Helen Hollands, spokesperson for Mesa Unified School District.
She says the principal spoke with Officer Urkov and asked him not to wear his uniform and gun to school anymore.
Shortly after, the officer posted this comment on his Facebook page:
"Nothing like your kids school calling and asking if I could not come to pick up my daughter in uniform cause parents were concerned when their kids came home telling them there was a man at school with a gun. Are you freaking kidding me?"
"Well I was a little surprised," said parent Blaine Spencer. "I think that it's his right to wear that in public."
Meanwhile, while school officials' initial reaction was to ask the officer not to wear his gun and uniform to school, they are now saying they want to turn this incident into "a teachable moment."
They invited the officer to a special assembly to talk about what police officers do for the community.
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