lightman
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The police got dispatched to a hot call. There is urgency in those types of calls to get there as quickly as possible. They knocked on the door to ascertain if they were at the right location as many houses are poorly marked and have no clearly displayed number. Sometimes the callers themselves aren't even sure of the correct number.
This is more common than most people think. Even the part about not knowing your address!
For the last 25 years of the job that I retired from I had to go to multiple locations every day. To the tune of between 10 and 50. In several different towns and communities. Day and night, rain or shine. Some addresses are posted but hard to read. Some are posted that are hard to read and wrong. Some are not even posted.
I worked in one community where I thought they got their addresses out of a raffle drawing. I would go down the street and see 101, 103, 105, 204, 107, ect. Seriously, I'm not kidding.
The death of this homeowner is still sad.