How to call the police

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Got this in an E-do not know if actual fact,
How to Call the Police

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house"? and he said "no." Then they said that all the patrols were busy and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30 and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago, because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes, three police cars, an Armed Response unit and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

 

[1911 guy]

I've heard it before, but...

It's still funny as all get-out.

 

[230RN]

Yeah that's one of those jokes you can hear over and over and it's still funny.

I used to do a little emergency radio communications thingie and our group was trained by the PD Dispatchers to give the location first, as clearly and accurately as you can.

"I'm about 300 feet north of the intersection of Blah Road and Blim Avenue on the west side of the street and I ..."

In towns like Greeley CO, you'd better be sure you don't have street and avenue mixed up. They're all numbered, and if you say "15th Avenue and 22nd Street," you'd better not really be on 15th Street and 22nd Avenue...

Ah, Descarte !

 

[10-Ring]

Yeah, I don't care if it's true or not, it's still funny

 

[Tommygunn]

Ha ha.
Sorta reminds me of an old scene in a TV series with David Janssen called HARRY-O. Janssen played the lead, Harry Orwell, a PI who had a record. Stuck in a building with a murderer, he called the fire dept. Later, at the end, a police detective friend asked him why he called the fire dept., and Orwell said in his experience, they usually arrive faster.

 

[Justin]

Amusing, but waaaaay old.