Florida cop couple places toddler son in jail for potty coaching struggles

A pair who work as cops in Daytona Beach, Florida, put their toddler in a jail cell as a means of punishing the kid for not being potty skilled, in line with a report.

The incident befell on consecutive days final October when Lt. Michael Schoenbrod and his partner, Sgt. Jessica Long, each of the Daytona Beach Shores Police Department, introduced their three-year-old son into the jail, in line with the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

The baby was in handcuffs on the second day and stated that he would by no means poop his pants once more, in line with an interview Lt. Schoenbrod did with a Department of Children and Families caseworker in Volusia County.

Lt. Schoenbrod and Sgt. Long are the main target of knowledgeable requirements investigation that’s going down within the Volusia County courtroom system, however the News-Journal wasn’t capable of get entry to information detailing the investigation’s progress or its outcomes.

Both officers had 20 hours of go away with out pay taken off their May pay stubs, per the newspaper.

Lt. Schoenbrod advised investigators that he had used the jailing method earlier than with one other son almost 10 years earlier after his baby hit a lady.

“I took him to the jail and he sat there. And I watched him … and he was crying and everything, and to this day, if you mention, like, that incident, he’s just like, ‘I would never do that again.’ It was effective,” Lt. Schoenbrod stated. “So that’s why I did it with this. He didn’t hit anybody, but I figured the same thing, discipline. And he didn’t want to go back, so …”