Friday, April 11, 2025

Prom Detail

If you have to go to the prom, you may as well get a souvenir from that memorable evening. These cops took advantage of the amenities, including having their portrait made. No photographer is going to tell them they can't pose for a picture!

For readers outside the U.S. or without kids, police are often assigned to attend the prom in order to keep students from driving away drunk, although they sometimes have to break up fights or deal with more serious crimes. (via reddit)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

> police are often assigned to attend the prom in order to keep students from driving away drunk

I'm American and have never heard of this. Perhaps it's an invention of the last 40 years?

Miss Cellania said...

Yeah, police at school functions is a modern thing. My prom was 50 years ago and no police were there. Of course, drunk driving wasn't taken as seriously then, and there were lots more reports of high school kids dying in crashes.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

They make a charming couple.

Lars said...

i was out of HS few years by the time this one came out - aired on TV. It certainly was maudlin and predictable once the setup was revealed. The Last Prom https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216870/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_2

Anonymous said...

The police attended my prom because I was the only out gay student at my high school in 1993 and signed up a same-sex date that resulted in death threats