That explains a lot in my experience. I was assaulted by three huge thugs on school grounds (students) after last bell several years ago. I reported the incident both to school administrators and (upon returning home) to the local police, expecting the three would be arrested and charged. Soon as the Deputy heard that I worked there as a teacher, he closed his book and told me there was nothing he could do, and that it was entirely a school discipline issue, to be dealt with by the school. One week suspension was all they got for what should have landed them all in jail and given them police records.
I was stunned. Here I was a tax payer, and the police refused to follow up on an assault against me. Now, after reading that, I suspect I understand what the explanation was.
