Calling the cops? Good luck getting through.Yep, the "Only Ones" will save you!
A Daily News survey found it's nearly impossible to reach anyone at the front desks of many precinct stationhouses across the city.
The lines are busy. The phones ring off the hook. Or, even worse, cops pick up the phone - and slam it back down. [More]
Just another day in Bloomberg Paradise.
And of course, the idiot "Authorized Journalists" at The Daily News will continue on their trademark citizen disarmament crusade.
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It was bad enough out in the So. Calif. desert where I used to live... can't imagine what it's like in NYC.
ReplyDeleteBut even 20 years ago, the last time (and I do mean it is the last time) I called 911, this is what happened.
One evening I heard a woman screaming. Looking out, I saw two cars pulled over on the cross street - too far for me to see any real detail - but I could see that a man was beating on a woman.
I called 911 and described it the best I could. They kept asking stupid questions such as, "what color are the cars..."
Finally, when I had convinced them that it was too dark and far away to see much, the person I was talking to agreed to send a deputy to investigate...
Soon the two cars pulled away and night came. Several hours later a deputy called me from (I presume) his car out there somewhere and informed me that he couldn't find anything!
Dumb twits.
Next time I'll just go out and see if the guy beating on the lady wants to argue with a .45. Luckily, that's not apt to be necessary here in Wyoming.
The only time I ever called 911, I was calling to report a fire. The stupid dispatcher sent cops instead of a firetruck to see if a firetruck was really needed. You're better off putting out the fire yourself.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I called 911 and identified myself as a former EMT (qualified observer), it was to report an aggressive fox that was attacking a youth during daylight around 4 PM in early October, leading to the qualified guess that it was probably rabid. Nine emergency vehicles from Hillsborough County (Tampa), Florida quickly responded. And yes, the dispatcher did ask too many questions, leading to the response - "Ma'am, I need to separate a boy from a fox. Good Bye."
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