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How about arming yourself? Its a safe bet this woman knew he would do this, and all she did was call 911?
And I bet others might get the message.
I’ll bet that the dispatchers there have a union, and union HQ ordered that the answer be stated that way, to try to blame Republicans for “cutting” funds!
This is AWESOME!
There is NO BETTER WAY to teach people what the role of law enforcement is than to use this incident.
LEO’s are there to APPREHEND SUSPECTS AND COLLECT EVIDENCE. That’s it.
Protecting yourself? THAT’S YOUR JOB, which is why the founders decided that the right to protect yourself should be in the Constitution.
Outstading.
Josephine County needs to elect a new sheriff. He’s still got six deputies and himself. That’s one on call each night.
This is a rural county with 80K people and 67% of the land is owned by the federal government.
The real problem is the Oregon public employees union, it’s sucking the life out of every county budget due to the high overhead on pie in the sky retirement and benefit promises.
But I’m sure there’s plenty of cops ticketing motorists for minor traffic violations....
Priorities, people.
(Do I really need a sarc?)
Well, when seconds count, the police may not ever show up
All she had to say was “I just shot and killed my boyfriend” and the cops would’ve been there in seconds flat!
The dirty little secret is they have raided the police and school funding to pay for the Oregon Health plan.
Pray for America to Wake Up
I’m sure she could have gotten immediate police response if she’d said he was making “homophobic” remarks.
And a lesson here is never count on federal subsidies being continued. If you really need something figure out a way to fund it from within your local tax base. Don't expand just because the Feds give you "free money" if you can't pay for it later.
Government, local or federal always cut the departmts the people need, fire, police, etc. they delibertly endanger and inconvience the populace for mre money to grow the government. elected officals in that county need to be removed from office.
“Her call was forwarded to Oregon State Police because of lay-offs at the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office only allows the department to be open Monday through Friday. “
When seconds count, cops are only the next Business Day away.
When seconds count, the police are just days away...
In this case, they knew the identity of the attacker. (her ex-boyfriend), so even if he managed to get away, he was still on the hook for the crime. Being her ex, he may not have been a professional criminal.
Are they going to prosecute the woman for making making an illegal call to 911?
In your hour of need, Mr. Glock is Always There.
Get used to this kind of news story, kiddies!
Short tax revenues from a jobless economy, combined with generous (police) union raises and retirements inevitably means fewer cops on the street. Think it through but take a longer view, like 10 to 20 years. Firefighters too.
I can see the day coming when a town of 20,000 will have two cops per shift.
You are ultimately responsible for your own defense. Exercise that right!
if you have enough time to make a call and have a detailed conversation, you have enough time to layout some basic traps
at a minimum, barricade yourself in your room by putting the mattress against the door. very difficult to get thru. bring a knife, and strike while he’s trying to breach
