Relying on 911 is a bad idea
Monday, 28 April 2008 | 70 readers so far
I’ve written about this issue before. If your primary self-defense plan is to call 911 when things go bad you may well be an idiot. Police spend most of their time cleaning up and investigating crimes that HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. They spend very little time actually intercepting and stopping crimes in progress.
I know, I know, you don’t believe me. You like your false sense of security. It’s easier to just rely on others for your welfare. Read this.
Testimony in the seven-day trial showed that Kirk was beaten, kicked and slapped over a 30-minute period by her former boyfriend, Marvin T. Moss, who could be heard on the 911 tape threatening to rape her before he ripped two telephones from the walls of Kirk’s Westport Road apartment.
During the last call to 911, Kirk told former county dispatcher Marino Susi that she had been “whooped” by Moss and needed a cruiser. A tape of the call has Kirk yelling at Moss not to rip out her phone. The line went dead, and Susi didn’t try to call back.
Susi didn’t try to call back but it wouldn’t have mattered because by then this lady was dead. She’s still dead as I write these words. Whether or not the jury found the local government security services liable is irrelevant to this dead lady. If she had been a little smarter and a little more prepared to defend herself instead of relying on others for her basic security maybe things could have turned out different.
I use 911. The other day there were two cows and a calf in the middle of the road and I called the police. Might as well get something back since I’m forced to pay for the system.
The verdict finding government responsible for the death of this poor lady will be overturned on appeal. When the fit hits than shan only you are going to save your own life consistently. Sure, strangers may jump in and help from time to time, but don’t count on it.
1 April 28th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
T F Stern says:
You got it right, “Police spend most of their time cleaning up and investigating crimes that HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. They spend very little time actually intercepting and stopping crimes in progress.” I’m a retired cop, twenty years and very rarely did I actually arrive while a 911 call was still going on.
This is why the case in DC, the part about being able to defend yourself with your own gun is so important. When all the dust settles, you and you alone are responsible for defending yourself, your family and your property.
2 April 28th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Trevor says:
TF,
I’m glad that you backed me up on this!
It’s good to have the police as a backup plan but they cannot be everywhere all the time.
3 April 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
T F Stern says:
I majored in offense report writing as a cop; great literary style, or so I was told. lol
4 April 28th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Gringo_Malo says:
Trevor, did the 911 operator take your report about the cows, or were you referred to the regular police department number? I ask because I had that experience once when I reported the theft, in progress, of my wife’s van.
5 April 28th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Trevor says:
The dispatcher promised to send a squad car - I was never transferred on the cow call. I’ve called 911 due to dangerous enraged drivers before and been transferred multiple times.
6 May 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
jimmyb says:
Remember, when seconds count, the cops are minutes away.