Visit to the Police Station

"Mom, the cop's handcuffs were silver and very clean. And his car was dirty and we got to sit in it." -Julius.
"Don't say 'cop', Jules." -Elijah

The boys got to visit a police station last night with cub scouts - our police station, conveniently enough. I gather that they had a wonderful time. My wise husband pulled the police officer aside afterwards and asked him to have a few words with Elijah. He told him how it is in the park - with kids trying to get each other in trouble, and always threatening to call the police on each other.

"Next time," the officer said, "Just tell them to do it." He introduced himself by name to the boys and told them they can always wave to him. He gave them badges with the township's name on it, so now if the other kids threaten to "call the cops" - the boys can say, "Hey, that's cool - call them. We know Officer Albert and he's awesome."