Police Warn Parents About Dangers of Halloween
Oct 27, 2010
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Police are asking parents to keep a close eye on their kids this Halloween. Sargent Cristy Hamblin said police will be paying close attention to traffic this October 31st, and for good reason. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration kids are four and a half times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year.
Cedar Rapids Police are also hoping technology can help to reassure and protect the public. They are encouraging parents to check out the Iowa sex offender registry before letting their kids go trick-or-treating.
“It will bring up their name, their picture, who the victim was as far as male or female, the age group,” said Sargent Cristy Hamblin.
Hamblin said although sexual related crimes do not necessarily spike on Halloween, the department is using the holiday to spread awareness.
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Police-Warn-Parents-About-Dangers-of-Halloween-10...It all sounds too bloody hazardous for MY liking
Though it was rather quaint, on our first Halloween here, to have a procession of costumed kids "trick or treating" door-to-door (something we'd, understandabley, never seen in the inner city)
Unfortunately, unprepared as we were, all we could offer were cans of beer or a few cigarettes
I had to send the "significant other" down to the the supermarket for some musk sticks and aniseed rings