I got the impression that there was some immaturity at play here. I missed, 
it appears, a whole lot of the discussion. What I posted was meant to point 
out that some states do have a provision that permits commissioning of 
security guards. KY, prohibited the use of the word POLICE by these sworn 
security guards but they were, at times, a pain in the butt. I remember at 
one time buying a .22 pistol from a security guard of Metro Special Police 
headquarted in West Paducah while I worked a college simmer job there. This 
guy was a certifiable nut and I bought the junker because I knew he would not 
be able to replace it.
The company was run and owned by a Marube DI who was a DS and a year later 
the Sheriff.  His company got there name grandfathered in with all badges 
having POLICE on them whether the officer was sworn or not.  As I recall he 
had only about 6 sworn under SLOPOAsp?
Heath High was in McCracken County and SO was small w/ me the midnight shift 
in 78 and low crime .  Heath would be the last of the three HS that I woul 
have expected this incident.  The area was in general the "High end" of 
ounty
end of the county where lawyers and professionls lived. I lived in Concord a 
couple miles closer to city.
It was never a problem area.
Some background of Carneal fmily
The news coverage you have seen is accurate as far as the "forgiveness and 
acceptance"
I served a lot of paper for JT Carneal, a prominent local lawyer. The boys 
sister is in line for valedictorian of Heath HS and in general the incident 
is considered an aberration to this most secluded part of KY, a place of 
close knit fmilies.  If I could have made a decent living there I would still 
be there and now that I can live anywhere return of family is probable when 
kids reach college age... and YES it is that nice...
--- Maximus 2.02
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