Kudos to the good samaritan. Also, Superintendent Chitwood sounds old school. We need more like him.

 

I can attest to the fact that Mike Chitwood is cool. He was the Chief of the Portland, Maine Police Dept. in the 1980's and I would occaisionally say hi to him while getting my morning caffeine fix at the old Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

When he was a Philly detective, he refused to carry a gun.

 

4000 kids in school, please tell me that was a typo....

good for the leo, and i feel for the good guy, now he'll be a target too for doing the right thing...

 

... i feel for the good guy, now he'll be a target too for doing the right thing...

That was my first thought after reading the article. That guy is going to get his house/car/life trashed by a bunch of wild punks seeking revenge now.

 

Good thing the kids weren't smart enough to know how many rounds his pistola had in it. Now if he had an HK with a sesame seed bun, now they would all be on the ground with their hands over their heads crying for mommy.

Good job citizen.

 

No one wants to be the first person shot. I might know a .357 only has six rounds, but I am not inclined to be shot. :thumb:

 

I wonder if the good Samaritan will be tried with a felony for violating the 'Gun Free Zone' ?

No good deed goes unpunished, right?

 

Well, there is that political correctness thing again which I was talking about in another thread...

Makes you wonder if the police dept that this officer works at will arrest him for saving one of their officers...

 

Hmmm...Has Media Mike has changed his tune regarding guns or is it just because one of his officers was saved?

 

The guy did the right thing but sadly , in many parts of the country , doing the right thing can get you in big trouble .

In my state I would never brandish a firearm even if it was the right thing to do in that situation . Especially if it was any where near a school .
I'm absolutely positive I would be prosecuted .

 

So, why do you live there? Vote with your feet and move.

 

Happy ending

 

I always appreciate seeing stories like this about private gun owners intervening on the side of the law. I wish we would see more of them.

However if this is how this police dept has been conducting itself in relation to this school, those members have been living on borrowed time. It is unbelievable that one lone officer should take it upon himself to break up a fight while surrounded by 40 teenagers and no backup. Either he was way off base and should be disciplined, or this police department has been a tragedy waiting to happen every day for years.

The fact that the follow-up announcement was that they will be "doubling their patrols" strongly suggests the latter.

Yeah during schooies where all the kiddies wnt to get out and fight. We see the cops in teams of four at least.

Breaking up a fight on your own has a high failure rate. And you wouldn't even try to arrest any one.

 

Coincidence?

http://www.publicschoolreview.com/upper-darby-senior-high-school-profile

 

A review of this school posted on that web site:
"Absolutely amazing place to prepare you for the real world. From academics to extracurriculars Upper Darby does not get enough credit.
- Posted by Student/Alumni, 10/31/15"

I take it that by "extracurriculars" they mean rioting, fighting and taking on a cop. Great preparation for life in Ferguson, Baltimore, Detroit, Compton...

 

Guy had a permit. That is gun control.

 

The permit was for concealed carry. You don't need that license for a gun in your home (where he exited from) if I'm correct. That states laws are a little odd.

The guy took a huge risk considering where he lives. Glad no one died.

 

Kids these days. They would film the cop getting the crap kicked out of him and do nothing. Violence is all they understand. That's why the gun worked so well.

 

Kids these days?

How recent do you think kids in violent gangs are?

 

Kudos to the lawful gun owner; he took a big risk brandishing in front of a Philly cop, even if it was in the defense. Perhaps that single act will change a lot of minds in the blue line about citizens and firearms.

The district's graduation rate of 69% has decreased from 96% over five years.

... has nothing to do with it whatsoever, I'm sure.

 

I would be worried about being prosecuted for that. At least in the city I live in I might hesitate to intervene.

 

I know. Helping people getting attacked should not be a crime.

 

Good guys with guns save lives! A simple truth.

 

If it were white teens they would've published that in the story. So since they didn't say the race of the kids one can only surmise.

On another note, whenever I'm in Vegas and play Roulette I always bet on black.

 

If it were white teens they would've published that in the story. So since they didn't say the race of the kids one can only surmise.

On another note, whenever I'm in Vegas and play Roulette I always bet on black.

exactly,I thought I was the only one who wonderd why the race of the gang was omitted. I suppose that's code for blacks.?

wtf.?

 

These days I'd worry the cop would see the good guy's gun and start shooting at the good guy while the kids continued to beat the **** out of him.

 

Upper Darby. LOL. Lived in Philly for a bit downtown. Area just east of Darby (and surrounding, really) is absolute dogsh**.

Seriously driving through the area to the east of UD is reminiscent of Aleppo.

Not a place any of us would even want to get lost.

Wasn't too long ago that a guy was out walking his dog in the area and two teens decided they were going to culturally enrich him after playing basketball. Just shot the guy for no reason.

Good on this guy. He saved the cop no doubt. PPD and the surrounding jurisdictions are actually quite tolerant of LTCFs. Nutter, the last mayor, recognized their utility despite his blatant pandering to a certain voting bloc to get into office. He was tough on crime. The new mayor, well, another story.

 

Right. It sounds like he never had the gun concealed so no permit needed.

It is a good thing he did not fire a shot in the air or have to shoot any "students". I am sure things would have been different for him.

That is sad that only 69% graduate at a public high school. At the same time they are dumbing the education down and making it easier to get the kids through the program. They graduate kids with learning disabilities who play games all day at school, so there really is no excuse for not being able to graduate.

 

Some interesting statistics on the Upper Darby Senior High School:

51% of students are black.
46% of students get free lunches.
7% of students get reduced price lunches.

$13,439 given to the school in taxpayer money per student.
69% average graduation rate for Upper Darby district.

 

Sounds like they need more money....

 

I wonder if the CCW holder saved a person who was not a police officer would he be treated by the authorities and media the same way?

 

I'm a little surprised he wasn't anyhow.

 

I've had citizens jump in a fight on my behalf.

Sometimes I've needed the help pretty badly. Other times, it seems like the bystander calculated that aiding me was a golden ticket at a free shot with total impunity, and jumped in. Either way, I appreciated it every time.

Nobody has ever pulled out a gun to help me though.