[otherbruddaDarrell]

I think because too many people in the world want to take you to court for even the smallest thing.
Years ago when I was a Patrol Sgt. we would open locked car doors with a slim jim or wire set. We would jumper a car or help change a tire.............
Then it got to where we had to have them sign a release of liability in case we caused damage......and at times damage does occur.
Then the time came in the late 90's where we were told not to unlock cars or jumper them. We were advised to have a locksmith come out ($100 charge a lot of times) and a service station for the jumps.
I remember one of my officers trying to jumper a squad car in our parking lot and the battery blew up and got acid on him......things do happen.
Another time one of the patrolman locked his keys in his private car and asked me to open the car since I was experienced in that model.
I even had him sign the waiver...........I got the door open but the handle assy. fell apart and he had to take the door panel off to put it back together.
Times have changed.
It would be an easy thing to have a portable battery pack available at CW to jumper cars, but are they allowed to?
At the very minimum CW should have made sure help was available and keep checking back to make sure help had arrived.