Knives and Playgrounds

Tuesday night we were training on the fields at Webster Middle School.  Halfway through practice I look down, and what do I see?  That’s right, a 4 inch buck knife. (which looks like this for those that didn’t grow up in the woods).

Why was this on the field at a middle school?  Umm… no idea.  But one thing I am sure of, is that it didn’t belong there.  It didn’t have blood all over it so I assumed it hadn’t been carelessly used in a murder lately, so after some though of what to do with it, I brought it home and threw it in my garbage.  (Would have kept it but it was rusted).

Which poses the question, what do you do when you find a weapon?  My initial reaction was to find a security guard at the school (most schools in LA have security) and give it to them, which was probably the best bet, that way they could report it to the principal as well.  But I couldn’t find anybody.  So then I thought to just throw it in a dumpster, but last thing I need is a homeless guy murdering somebody with a knife that has my prints on it.  Then I thought to put it in a public mailbox, because the USPS probably has better protocol for that sort of thing than I do.  But then I thought that didn’t sound quite right either.

And I’m definitely not giving it to a cop in LA, in case you haven’t been paying attention, cops in LA aren’t the best decision makers in the world.  Sounds like a great way to end up getting tasered and put in jail, and I’m not joking at all.

What would you do?