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OT - "You're on your own..."
- Thread starter HeesBonafide
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Strike
Regular Member
When seconds counts, police are only minutes away.
FMCDH
Regular Member
30 of em it sounds like.
Here is a little reality check for some people.
Where I am in Sonoma County, I live 2 blocks (less than 1/4 mile as the crow flies) away from the cities "public safety" HQ, and exactly .9 miles by car.
Even if I call 911 and request help, and even if there is a patrol officer waiting to be dispatched at the HQ, I can expect AT LEAST a four minute wait for an officer to get to my front door. I know, because I have driven it at best speed, with no traffic.
I also know, the police HQ here is not staffed with patrol officers 24/7 just waiting to be called, as most are out and about actually answering calls.
If you would like a simple and "relatively safe" home demonstration of how long 4 minutes actually is relative to your safety, and what can happen in that amount of time, ASSUMING you have the opportunity to actually call for help, have a friend or family member whip your bare arm with a light rope (like a shoe lace) for 4 minutes, at full strength.
I bet you will beg them to stop before that 4 minutes are up.
Now imagine someone beating or stabbing you, or worse, someone you love for that same amount of time.
You think the attacker will listen to you beg?
bmg50cal
Regular Member
Call the CGPD from the TRACEN. The way I've seen them drive, they might get there sooner.
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FMCDH
Regular Member
LOL
Do they have a reputation for fast driving? Frankly, I have rarely seen them move.
oneeyeross
Regular Member
The police are not required to respond at all, and the facxt that they do is just a perk. We've known that for a long time. Check out DeShaney v. Winnebago County, Castle Rock v. Gonzales, et al...
decklin
Regular Member
I live in Pacific. Most of the police here have either been fired by the mayor or have quit. Even when the department was fully staffed the department was closed at night. We generally have zero police presence during the day and at night. We rely on police from Auburn to help and I have even seen cruisers from Black Diamond in town.
If you were to call the police department after it closes you get a message telling you to call 911 regardless of whether it is an emergency or not. I have called about one of my neighbors multiple times because of their late night parties and barking dogs. The dogs bark day and night. The owners just ignore it. I have called maybe 8 or 9 times. The police showed up once almost three hours later.
Now I need to figure out who to call in regards to the trailer of garbage they keep next to my house that attracts rats, possums, racoons and stray cats.
Did you know racoons hiss?
If you were to call the police department after it closes you get a message telling you to call 911 regardless of whether it is an emergency or not. I have called about one of my neighbors multiple times because of their late night parties and barking dogs. The dogs bark day and night. The owners just ignore it. I have called maybe 8 or 9 times. The police showed up once almost three hours later.
Now I need to figure out who to call in regards to the trailer of garbage they keep next to my house that attracts rats, possums, racoons and stray cats.
Did you know racoons hiss?
XDNick9
Regular Member
Apparently law enforcement have no constitutional duty to protect us (Warren v. District of Columbia), so we are practically on our own...
It's a shame one LEO said having a gun was a "luxury". That means "self-protection" must be a "luxury" for police officers and armed law-abiding citizens who carry on a daily.
It's a shame one LEO said having a gun was a "luxury". That means "self-protection" must be a "luxury" for police officers and armed law-abiding citizens who carry on a daily.
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Jeff Hayes
Regular Member
#4 buck makes that stop.
FMCDH
Regular Member
+1 for buck shot
Just don't use bird shot anywhere but at point blank range, you will just piss it off.
oneeyeross
Regular Member
raccoons also purr
sudden valley gunner
Regular Member
Jimmy John's would get there faster....
bmg50cal
Regular Member
I saw them flying down the road off base a few times, lights going and sirens screaming. One time they passed me as I was headed to Petaluma, a few minutes later I passed them on the scene of a cow/car crash. I don't think the cow was going to make it.
F350
Regular Member
Just judging by that cop in the opening shot.
FMCDH
Regular Member
I saw them flying down the road off base a few times, lights going and sirens screaming. One time they passed me as I was headed to Petaluma, a few minutes later I passed them on the scene of a cow/car crash. I don't think the cow was going to make it.
While dead skunks are a daily occurrence out in that area, I don't think I have ever seen a cow hit. A major dairy farm is on one of the main roads nearby.
Part of the reality of farm country I guess.