True, but there are a lot of very bad ones. The mayor of my town is in a peeing match with the city that provides our 911 service. They are so tired of his poo, that if you call for anything other than a decapitation, they don't even bother to notify our police. I called because some kids were smacking a younger child around, and then trying to damage city property. I got tired of waiting for the cops, so I drove the block to the fire department. I noticed a cop coming out, so I asked if he was responding to the call I placed. He asked what call, then asked me to wait - I heard the notification come over about the kids. It had been more than 20 minutes.
Should this trooper be fired 4831The father of the motorcycle victim was on the Early Show this morning. He had enough to deal with behind losing his son, which is a pain I hope no one here ever...
Guess what, the kids were now nowhere to be seen.
I did have an incident a while ago (different town) where someone tried to break into my home, ignoring my 110 pound dog. The 911 operator managed to get 2 or 3 departments there in under 2 minutes. Unfortunately about 30 seconds prior to that the person looked in the window and saw me on the phone, figured the cops were on the way and booked.
Just like any job there are good and bad. The issue is that bad cops, bad 911 operators and lawyers should all be shot and hung.
