What kind of punishment should one recieve for being guilty of SWATing?

Kids prank call the police say there is a gunfire/hostage situation at some place as a prank.

Emergency response crews, SWAT, Police, choppers etc., rush to scene where nothing is happening.

Might seem funny but damn, a lot can go bad with something like that, it cost buko money, and it removes those resources from a potential scene where ambulances or responders might truly be needed, people could be hurt or killed needlessly.

Fine em. Whatever the cost of those resources responding. Now that goes to the parent most likely and hopefully they'll beat the shit out their kids.

1st offence: Fines and community service, lots of it.

2nd offence: Fines and Juvenile detention.

it cost thousands to get first responders ie fire and ambulance out, add
in swat and cruiser units and you could be looking upwards to $20000 of taxpayers money for a prank. Include a chopper and I have no clue

Cu Bu wrote:

it cost thousands to get first responders ie fire and ambulance out, add
in swat and cruiser units and you could be looking upwards to $20000 of taxpayers money for a prank. Include a chopper and I have no clue

Yeah, $20,000 would be a low cost estimate I think.

Just wondered cause I read a thing the other day about people fucking with celebs doing this. Trollin rich people but costing everybody. What is fucked though is those people have staff at their places, something could gone bad in confusion.