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I experienced a major disaster and the police were AWOL. 34% robbery rate in area. I slept in a flooded home with a shotgun. My neighbor's house was broken into twice. The 2nd time it took the police 4 hours after being called to arrive. The 1st showed up to fill out the forms, then a 2nd one. Finally a LT arrived. I knew it did not take three police officers to fill out paperwork, so I asked the LT to be have police cars patrol the area since they are a visible deterrent. He gave me attitude so I told him fine, I'm armed in my house. That set he off on another tangent. So Eyeball to Eyeball my parting words to him were 'either do your fucking job or I will do it for you!'.

He parked a police car out front of my house all night long. I slept great and did not know it was so easy to get great service!

Your story reminds me of the one where a guy calls up the police, asking them to send out a patrol to investigate people messing about in his barn. The dispatcher told him, "OK, but I can't get anyone out there sooner than 45 minutes from now." "OK" The guy then goes out to the barn, captures the thieves at gun point and ties them up, all within about 3 minutes. So he calls back the dispatcher and says, "Remember me, I called about the guys in my barn?" "Yeah, I told you 45 minutes." "Well, no rush now. I shot them all dead." 4 police cruisers showed up 5 minutes later, and the head guy says, "OK, where are the guys you shot?" "Shot? I didn't shoot anyone. They're tied up in my barn." "You called and said that you shot them - filing a false report is a pretty serious matter." "Your dispatcher said that she couldn't get one of you here sooner than 45 minutes, and here are 8 of you in 5 minutes. How about we have a conversation with the newspapers and TV?" But your story is better, because it is true. I have a feeling that a LOT of people are going to be telling their local police that either they do their job, or "I'll do it for you." Thanks for what you did, btw. Not that you did it for the rest of us, but actions like that pay dividends in unexpected ways, all over the place.

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Your story reminds me of the one where a guy calls up the police, asking them to send out a patrol to investigate people messing about in his barn. The dispatcher told him, "OK, but I can't get anyone out there sooner than 45 minutes from now." "OK" The guy then goes out to the barn, captures the thieves at gun point and ties them up, all within about 3 minutes. So he calls back the dispatcher and says, "Remember me, I called about the guys in my barn?" "Yeah, I told you 45 minutes." "Well, no rush now. I shot them all dead." 4 police cruisers showed up 5 minutes later, and the head guy says, "OK, where are the guys you shot?" "Shot? I didn't shoot anyone. They're tied up in my barn." "You called and said that you shot them - filing a false report is a pretty serious matter." "Your dispatcher said that she couldn't get one of you here sooner than 45 minutes, and here are 8 of you in 5 minutes. How about we have a conversation with the newspapers and TV?"

But your story is better, because it is true.

I have a feeling that a LOT of people are going to be telling their local police that either they do their job, or "I'll do it for you."

Thanks for what you did, btw. Not that you did it for the rest of us, but actions like that pay dividends in unexpected ways, all over the place.

Before there were cops, there were Americans

The fun part about that is that the police are not legally obligated to do anything except take reports of crime and attempt to apprehend criminals afterwards.

And haven’t been since at least the 70s.

Sitting in the station doing nothing but taking reports *is* their job.