Could You Believe This One............?

[xXxplosive]

OK...Picture this.

My wife's co-worker who is also a Doctor is home alone last evening with her two large dogs. At about 10:00 PM she hears a loud noise outside the front of her house. Her house alarm goes off and so do the two dogs....after she gets the dogs in some kind of order she goes to the front door and opens it slightly to look out.
There in front of her is a man in a dark coat with a ski mask pulled down over his head and face with a gun in his hand pointed in her direction.....he opens the door and just walks in and says look out.......She scared to death almost literaly.

Turns out it was a cop answering the alarm call.......she was still shaking this morining at work. She asked my wife if she should call the P.D. and tell them how freightened she was due to his appearance and no warning.......the mask and gun.....is that beautiful or what ? You couldn't make this stuff up........


As he walked through the door threshold saying look out....the last thing he would have seen was the flash 'cause he never would have heard the BANG.........and that's what my wife told her.........

 

[walker944]

She's lucky as hell that it was a cop. And, he's stupid as hell for doing what he did.

 

[CTGunner]

Huh? How much time elapsed between the alarm going off and opening the door? The 'cop' was there how fast? The cop was wearing a mask? No uniform or car and did not identify himself?

 

[xXxplosive]

She live alone with her dogs on a large property with a long drive in a well to do town in NJ..........he did have a squad car and badge on his coat but they were not visable at night through the door....She didn't know it was LE utill he was already in the house as he opened the door himself and came in past her............she was still shook up this morning at work. Oh, he obviously came between the time the alarm went off and her rounding up the two dogs before peeking out the door.....He must have been in the neighborhood...

Really bad judgement call , IMO.................

 

[Darkninja]

Wow... that's, umm... interesting. I would report that, that's just strange and uncalled for.

 

[brandnew]

So... the cop was wearing a ski mask? Seriously? Am I missing something?

I don't understand why a cop responding on a call from an alarm company would be wearing a ski mask pulled down over his face. And why a cop entering a person's house wouldn't identify themselves as a police officer.

 

[FatGeek]

File a formal complaint with the PD. Raise hell. Legally and politely of course...

 

[Mad Chemist]

Can I believe this one?

Nope.

 

[Fred Fuller]

I don't know if it's accurate in all details or not.

It does confirm once again that going looking for trouble in the face of pretty clear signs that trouble is waiting (if not looking) for you is not necessarily a good idea. Curiosity kills more than cats. There are good reasons the clear protocol laid out in the NRA's Personal Protection In The Home class involves bunkering down in a safe place and calling the cops as a first order of business.

More details on this ASAP please, OP...

lpl

 

[hso]

Why was the door opened? Wasn't there some sort of viewer, window, camera to see who was there?

Why was the door opened in a manner that allowed someone to pass? Wasn't there a bar or chain that would allow the door to be opened "a crack" to keep someone from forcing their way in?

What's the point of having an alarm system if you can't at least control whether someone can just walk through the front door?

 

[61chalk]

Maybe the cop was the prowler...? With this story who knows...she shouldn't of open
the door like that, she should of been on the phone with 911. The cop should identify
himself first an ask first if everything is ok an not try an come in. Thats a bad way for
a cop to get shot....ya ...I think the cop was the prowler an just forgot to take his mask off an when she open the door he freaked an forgot police protocol an went straight in...after all thats what he had in mind in the first place. I know...I watch too much tv right!

 

[AOK]

Somethings not right. I would call the alarm company as well as the PD. Do a little of her own investigating. Hopefully she got a badge number from the LEO. The only reason I could see an officer wearing a ski mask is if it was frigid temps outside and he walked around to secure the perimeter of the house and that may be stretch.

 

[Averageman]

Call the Local PD, make a statement. NOW !

Police don't come to the door with a ski mask on, they Identify themselves and in most cases have a uniform on and a visible Badge. Alarm Techs will call before they come to your home, show up at the door and then you can call the Company and confirm the ID before you let them in.
Chances are this was either a burglar that thought quickly when he heard the alarm or a rapist that lost his nerve.

 

[xXxplosive]

Wow this souds even worse reading these posts.............I'm going to pass it on to my wife to tell her co-worker. I'm sure it was a cop though as she said and not someone else.....scary thought though.

She's oblivious to firearms although she does have a Rottwieler and another large dog. Between the time it took to round up the dogs the LEO must have arrived and the two met at the front stoop as she peeked ou the door............Scared the living Bejesus out of her as she put on the porch lights and there he was and comming in to boot. I still can't believe this Picture..............
Again, not to sound bold here but what else could you do in your home under the circumstances but "Open Fire"
!0:00PM, The guy barges into your house with a full ski mask on and a gun in his hand no warning............It's ON.

 

[Crusader103]

Of course this is all second (or third) hand so the details may be drastically different, but I'll throw my comment in. If it occurred the way it is reported, that is not police protocol, anywhere.

*Cops don't wear ski masks when responding to alarms, unless it's the Arctic Circle.
*Cops rarely search homes alone. If the sole occupant is identified, cops will wait indefinitely for back-up.
*Alarms go off all the time. Cops don't knock on doors, expecting the occupant to open, with a gun pointed in their direction.
*After the home is secured, a real cop would likely have at least a brief conversation with the homeowner, leave their card, etc. I always filled out a one page false alarm report and left it with the homeowner, though not every agency does this.
*Time line is not clear, but very unlikely to get a quick response to a house alarm. The alarm has to go off, the alarm company receives it, the alarm company calls the police, the dispatcher enters a call, and it finally goes to the patrolman.

I could go on but over a decade working patrol indicates to me that either it did not unfold as retold here or it was not a cop. Either way, it should be followed up on.

 

[xXxplosive]

I see your pt. here.........yes, I'm telling this as my wife told it to me...but here in NJ in some of our towns things like this are not as unusual especially at nigth if they don't have back-up to send. Especially in the larger estate, rural areas, the first LEO shows up to check it out and that's it or maybe he was the only one that went to the front door..........She was so shaken by this that it didn't much matter..........

 

[deadeyedog270]

sounds fishy to me, a fake badge can be bought on line and with a little $ you could make a car look like a officers car a guy in a skimask not and not saying he's a officer sounds like some one caseing the place to me.

 

[mustang_steve]

She needs to secure that home asap. Also she needs to verify with the police and alarm company that there was indeed an officer who visited her home that night.

Police responding that fast simply does not happen. Police wearing skimasks should never happen in this country. Failure to ID immiediately was another tip-off.

Seriously, her situation reeks of bovine cupcakes....she needs to be sure things are what she thinks they are.

 

[orvpark]

(Stupid) private security in her subdivision maybe?

If it played out how you say I may have shot (given I was ignorant enough to open the door).

 

[9MMare]

Why was the door opened? Wasn't there some sort of viewer, window, camera to see who was there?

What's the point of having an alarm system if you can't at least control whether someone can just walk through the front door?

x2

Who pays for an alarm system but has no way to see other side of door without opening it?

 

[LibShooter]

I don't understand why a cop responding on a call from an alarm company would be wearing a ski mask pulled down over his face.

It was really, really cold that night in New Jersey. That's why, but it's still a bad idea.

 

[Six]

I'd start with a call to the PD to find out whether that was a real cop, and if he was supposed to be on duty in that neighborhood at the time.

We can only speculate about what we think happened... but she absolutely has to call the PD.

 

[CTGunner]

It was really, really cold that night in New Jersey. That's why, but it's still a bad idea.

It doesn't get that cold in New Jersey. Even Minnesota cops aren't walking around in ski masks. This story is full of strange behavior, from both the victim and the supposed officer. This thread doesn't seem worth all the speculation.

 

[Corporal K]

Why in these situations does the resident ALWAYS open the door?!!!!!:banghead:

 

[Leanwolf]

XXXPLOSIVE - " ......after she gets the dogs in some kind of order she goes to the front door and opens it slightly to look out.

There in front of her is a man in a dark coat with a ski mask pulled down over his head and face with a gun in his hand pointed in her direction.....he opens the door and just walks in and says look out......"

So what's the rest of the story??

What did the alleged "cop" do after he "just walked in?" Walk through the house's rooms? Ever ask the lady any questions? Ever take off his face mask? Write up any kind of notes or report?? Ever holster his sidearm?

Sounds mighty strange to me. You'd never catch me answering a call wearing a face mask, no matter how cold it was.

If it is a true story, there has to be more to it than what has been related.

L.W.