http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1025911-25-ODD.html
Cut somewhat for length. I'd like to see this woman's face on a Volk poster.
Cut somewhat for length. I'd like to see this woman's face on a Volk poster.
When you find criminals in your home, 911 is only 19 hours away...
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Not to suggest cops or 911 can't or don't do their jobs, there can be problems, as noted in the above article. I read somewhere a little slogan that really said it all, and did so in a truthful manner that does not malign the cops or 911. It went something like...
Given that police departments are proud to have average priority response times as low as 8 minutes (so some faster, some slower) for their most critical incidents, I think it is best to assume help can't be counted on arriving for at least that long. If it does arrive sooner, it is a bonus, but it may still be long after the event has ceased.
Given that police departments are proud to have average priority response times as low as 8 minutes (so some faster, some slower) for their most critical incidents, I think it is best to assume help can't be counted on arriving for at least that long. If it does arrive sooner, it is a bonus, but it may still be long after the event has ceased.
romma
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when seconds count police are just decades away!
RonE
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Looks like another case of where 1911 would have been a lot faster and more efective than '911'.
This really underscores an important point: if you call 911 to report criminals in your home, do not call it a burglary. Call it a home invasion in progress.
If you call it a burglary, the dispatcher will often assume that the burglars are long gone and you are reporting a completed crime rather than a crime in progress. Completed crimes get a fairly low priority, because there's no particular emergency to respond to at that point. It sounds like that's why the police response time was so slow in this instance: somebody put the call to a low priority, not realizing the burglars were still there.
Ugly mix-up. Thank goodness nobody was hurt or killed as a result.
pax
If you call it a burglary, the dispatcher will often assume that the burglars are long gone and you are reporting a completed crime rather than a crime in progress. Completed crimes get a fairly low priority, because there's no particular emergency to respond to at that point. It sounds like that's why the police response time was so slow in this instance: somebody put the call to a low priority, not realizing the burglars were still there.
Ugly mix-up. Thank goodness nobody was hurt or killed as a result.
pax
TallPine
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I bet if you tell 911 that you have just shot a burglar in your home that they will get there fairly quickly.
TexasRifleman
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Wonder what kind of Muzac you listen to when you are put on hold with 9-1-1?
TEDDY
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911 vis pizza
TALLPINE : I'm with you on this.tell police you whant to know wich one to shoot first,it will take less than a minute.
the lady is in Canada she cant defend herself its against the law.she can only sit back and watch.so much for liberal socialists.
:banghead: 
I was burgalized,I did the detective work,found who it was told police,read in paper they were fined $25 for damaging town property[fire hydrand they hit leaving].I never was told about the court case.:banghead:[never got my guns back]
TALLPINE : I'm with you on this.tell police you whant to know wich one to shoot first,it will take less than a minute.
the lady is in Canada she cant defend herself its against the law.she can only sit back and watch.so much for liberal socialists.
:banghead: I was burgalized,I did the detective work,found who it was told police,read in paper they were fined $25 for damaging town property[fire hydrand they hit leaving].I never was told about the court case.:banghead:[never got my guns back]
10 Ring Tao
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In the UK:
A man awoke one evening to discover prowlers in his storage shed. He immediately called the police, giving his address, to report a possible burglary. The operator at the other end asked "Are they in your house?" He replied they were not, only in his storage shed in back of the house. The operator said there were no cars available at that time.
The man thanked the operator, rang off and waited 30 seconds before calling again.
"I just called you about prowlers in my storage shed. Well, you don't have to worry, as I just shot them all dead!" Within seconds there were 3 police cars, an ambulance and fire engine at the scene. After capturing the prowlers red-handed, the policeman asked the caller, "I thought you said you had shot them all?" The man answered, "And I thought you said there were no police available."
A man awoke one evening to discover prowlers in his storage shed. He immediately called the police, giving his address, to report a possible burglary. The operator at the other end asked "Are they in your house?" He replied they were not, only in his storage shed in back of the house. The operator said there were no cars available at that time.
The man thanked the operator, rang off and waited 30 seconds before calling again.
"I just called you about prowlers in my storage shed. Well, you don't have to worry, as I just shot them all dead!" Within seconds there were 3 police cars, an ambulance and fire engine at the scene. After capturing the prowlers red-handed, the policeman asked the caller, "I thought you said you had shot them all?" The man answered, "And I thought you said there were no police available."
scurtis_34471
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Here's what the story would say here:
Florida resident John Q. Everyman is miffed with the local police after they took 19 hours to respond to his 911 call reporting an intruder in his house. "This is outrageous. Its bad enough that it normally takes the cops 20 minutes to arrive, but now the body is starting to stink and I'm not sure I'm ever going to get that blood out of the hardwood floor. Who's going to pay the cleaning bill? That's what I want to know."
Florida resident John Q. Everyman is miffed with the local police after they took 19 hours to respond to his 911 call reporting an intruder in his house. "This is outrageous. Its bad enough that it normally takes the cops 20 minutes to arrive, but now the body is starting to stink and I'm not sure I'm ever going to get that blood out of the hardwood floor. Who's going to pay the cleaning bill? That's what I want to know."
romma
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I am glad I was not drinking a soda when I read this!
Crunker1337
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Call prioritization means that other things (like the interests of first-class citizens) are more important than you.
Bazooka Joe71
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Very good point Pax...I never really thought about it like that(well, I haven't needed to since I've never been burglarized or "invaded") but its definately something to think about.
Ayoob emphasizes this in LFI-1. Don't refer to something as a burglary as that implies you're having discovered the robbery after it occurs. Investigation of property crimes is far down the list of priorities (depending on who has be robbed, of course). Calling it a home invasion, however will, in Ayoob's words, "clear out every doughnut shop within 20 miles."
Gaucho Gringo
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Instead of Muzick when 911 puts you on hold maybe they ought to have ads for S&W, Ruger, Taurus etc. Maybe the money from selling the advertising would better fund 911 and the police dept.
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