Babies left in hot car, did she do the right thing?

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My friend went to the store and when she pulled in the lady beside her was sitting in her car with two kids in the back. One was a baby and the other probably 3-4
She was finishing off a burger when my friend went inside.
My friend shopped for about 30 minutes and when she came back out she noticed that this lady left her children in the car, without it on. 
She opened the door to her car and it was hot so she knew they were hot. She wanted to bust the windows but just called the police and the dispatcher told her some people don't deserve kids. 😳 it's 74 degrees outside today.  Do you think she did the right thing? I would have gone all in and busted some windows while calling the police. 
Don't leave your freaking kids in the car.

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I think it was good to call the police first and if they said to breaks it then do it. The hard part about those situations is if she broke the window the lady could have turned it around on her for breaking and entering. I hope the police showed up. Now if the kids looked in serious heat stroke back three I would have broke it

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What is supposed to be done is you call the cops let them know of the situation and tell them you are going to break the window so you dont get held liable for the damages done to the car. If you do it without notifying the police first you will be held liable for damages and possibly other charges that can be assumed.

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Children shouldn't be left alone in a car EVER!!! Anything could happen 😫😫😫

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as a police dispatcher here, for your own protection legally (sadly) always call us first and if we or the officer tell you to break the window is the only time you are safe to break it. This is a VERY high priority call for us so officers are usually enroute quickly. I always get sad with child and animal calls and think that if they are locked in a hot car you should be able to break the window without question but unfortunately our law makers haven't caught up to that yet so you can still be liable for damage 😑

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For those saying 74 degrees isn't that risky

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Why not go into the store and ask them to put a call out for the owner of car reg.... When she gets to the desk tell her she needs to get her kids out the car or you'll call the police.

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74 degrees isn't sweltering and probably wouldn't kill the kids ... however yes,  either calling the police or alerting the store owner is the absolute thing to do. I can't understand why anyone leaves a baby in a hot car,  but you can't fix stupid.  Hopefully the police gave her a nice hearty warning and she cuts the shit before it gets 90 degrees out.

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I would have called the police also. I cant believe this. So many kids die each year becouse of some dumb people.

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I'd tell the police if they were't coming to break the window down to get to them I would. I could never live with myself if something happened to those babies from overheating

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My house is usually set to 72 degrees! I haven't died yet. It's only 23 degrees, not hot enough to hurt them, but you should leave kids that young in a car alone.

Babies left in hot car, did she do the right thing?

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