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Was referring to the OP.Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
Suppose it could have been a blank round for affect - no brass to pick up.
Loud noises often frighten away wild animals.
Did he pay for the door replacement? Seems like a pretty drastic response to a noise infraction.
We'll see...Did he pay for the door replacement? Seems like a pretty drastic response to a noise infraction.
I think its something that every police officer who reads this needs to consider:
Someone didn't call you because they were more worried about you than someone who is getting their murder on 30ft away.
Since that is a widespread reaction, I would consider it a real symptom of a real disease and not hypochondria.
I am lucky that other than traffic tickets, I have only had 6 major encounters with the police. 4 of them were bad because of the actions of the police themselves. 1 was neutral. 1 was good. None of them required that police help me in any way that I couldn't have handled myself if it weren't for the environment created by our modern lawsuit/responsibility shedding society.
Huge +1 Vectorsc, ill keep it at that so I don't hurt anyones feels and get a time out.
Last edited by beast556; 10-10-2016 at 14:11.
Don't be stupid!!!!!
Not trying to hurt feelings here.
I just remember my friend who was a city prosecutor (presumably a knowledgeable person about what happens on the other side of police encounters) state flatly that he would never call a police officer to his home for any reason ever. Since this is on topic with people bashing the OP about not calling the cops meaning he is the douchebag here I'm going to have to push back.
OP - good on you for not calling the cops. Sorry to the vast majority of cops out there who are helping out and acting with honor and integrity for the fact that people feel that way, including myself.
I don't believe anyone was bashing the OP for not calling the police. He was there, we were not. It was his call to make and he handled it how he chose. Everything we say afterwards is hindsight based on personal opinion. I could be mistaken but I believe that there is an implied invitation by the OP for the group to express opinions when he posted his experience.
As for any opinion about whether the police should be called or not, again, that would be a personal opinion. As long as there aren't personal attacks in the thread, by all means express your opinions.
vectorsc, since you expressed your anecdotal experience, I will reciprocate and share mine. The last place I worked where most citizens would not call the police was Washington DC, specifically SE, Anacostia. Not calling the police had pretty significant consequences for that community in the 1990's. It was a choice they made and some still are making, but there is a reason why some neighborhoods become as bad as they have. Make your choices however you please, as long as you have no problem living with the consequences.
I think you've read into some of the responses, here.
The OP asked for comments. Clearly, we're all armchair quarterbacking and we weren't in that situation. Nobody suggested Sideshow Bob was a douchebag- this isn't an either/or scenario where everyone is saying, "You're wrong!" because they would have done something differently; people are explaining why they would have called the cops or not called the cops.
Your response appears to imply anyone that would have called the cops in a situation where there was gunfire in a residential neighborhood are somehow less capable than those that would never call them, kind of suggesting that people don't care about police officers. Was that your intent?
I'm just not quite clear on your meaning. I'm not trying to nitpick or start a fight- I'm just trying to understand.
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Not my monkey's not my circus, as long as the circus stays in the street. My cameras will record what is going on. They step foot in the house they are dead monkey's, cameras may record that too.
I would call the cops. My neighborhood is remote with easy escape routes, the bad guys know this. TPD knows the bad guys know this. We have had more than a few break-in's, burglary's, and property damage. They have stepped up patrols in the neighborhood. For something like this, they need to know. I want the cops around.
I am strong supporter of LE, I fly a Thin Blue Line Flag almost every day. TPD has used my house as a staging point for a SWAT call (I gave them the garage door code and told them to make themselves at home). I knew the house they were looking at, mine had the same floorplan and was a good jumping off point. I want the cops to know me, especially the ones that patrol my neighborhood. I owe a few PoPo's more than I can ever repay them, they have saved my ass a time or two.
You are severely out of touch with the world around you.
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