Hold on just a second -- I don't like to see Kyle's good name dragged through the mud with a suggestion that he might make misrepresentatins to 911 to improve response time!
My post merely notes that there is a cause and effect relationship between reporting one's belief that an assailant has a gun and a decrease in response time. Based on Kyle's many "gun-play" postings concerning activities on his street, I am sure that when he reports an assailant with a gun, the assailant has a gun. Jonathan A. Cass -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!! I would be more thoughtful about lying to the cops when calling 911 in order to increase response time. First of all, it really is more urgent for them to respond to some calls than others, and lying confuses the priorities and results in slower response times for the more urgent calls. So that may be good for the liar, but hurts the people with the actually urgent problem. Second, the radio flash that results will include information that your perp is carrying a gun, so the cops are going to be looking for an armed suspect and responding to whomever they encounter with that in mind. Do you really want them to be reacting that way to someone who does not have a gun? In a message dated 11/17/2004 4:09:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Jonathan Cass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Karen: > >Out of curiosity-- did your incident happen on or near the 4600 block of >Hazel? I have been reading a lot postings on this listserve about criminal >activity on that block. > >When you call 911, it helps to speed up the response time if you report that >you believe the assailant had a gun. That is what Kyle always does and it >works like a charm. > >Jonathan A. Cass > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Karen Heenan >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 3:52 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!! > > >Actually, in March 2003, when someone smashed the window in my front door >(with me standing behind it), I called the police TWICE before they arrived. > When they did arrive, I was on my porch talking to a UCD guy, who'd been >there at least 10 minutes , having heard glass breaking and me screaming. > >Karen > >>From: Stephen Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Stephen Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Dan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!! >>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:10:14 -0500 >> >> > Why do we pay those alarm fees every year if not for a quick >> > response time from the cops? >> >>since you're paying the alarm fees to the alarm company, rather than the >>police department, perhaps the alarm company should send a guy out to your >>house....hm....actually, maybe the alarm companies should give UCD a kick >>back and then call UCD as well as the police. i suspect a guy in yellow >>could arrive quicker than the police and might help to mitigate any >>potential problems before the police arrive. this could also be another >>way for UCD to get money. >> >>at your service and always happy to help out, >>stephen >> >> >> >>Dan Myers wrote: >>>Well, I really didn't think that a 15 minute response time is considered >>>great to begin with. If it was a break in and you were home, it could have >>>been a bad situation. (it's a little far-fetched, but it could happen) My >>>alarm company usually calls within 30 seconds -2 minutes of my loud alarm >>>going off. It once went off while we were on vacation in Maine. It scared >>>us the whole time we were there, but it wound up that we left a door ajar >>>and the wind was opening and closing it...which is why the alarm kept >>>going off for 3 hours. I felt bad for our neighbors. But the police came >>>out (or so they said) and checked everything to be ok. The alarm company >>>even told the police officers to look in the back yard, since it was my >>>back door alarm that was going off. >>> >>>Having the police come over after an hour when an alarm goes off is >>>terrible. Why do we pay those alarm fees every year if not for a quick >>>response time from the cops? >>> >>>Dan Myers >>>215.901.0899 >>>Certified Massage Practitioner >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather and Chris Gasda" >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: "Dan Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:39 AM >>>Subject: Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!! >>> >>> >>>>Chalmers Security--they've been really great so far. >>>> >>>> >>>>--- Dan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>What alarm company do you have? >>>>> >>>>>Dan >>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather and Chris Gasda" >>>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:26 PM >>>>>Subject: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > Our alarm company called me at 12:04pm to tell me >>>>>that >>>>> > 2 of our detectors had gone off at 11:49am; they >>>>>had >>>>> > dispatched the police immediately. As of now, >>>>>1:16pm, >>>>> > the police still have not shown up at the house! >>>>> > Having called the police to make sure everything >>>>>was >>>>> > ok, I was told they had been dispatched, but had >>>>>not >>>>> > come yet. I told them not to bother, as I had >>>>>come >>>>> > home and found it to be a false alarm, but I was >>>>>told >>>>> > they had to come once called. Not within a >>>>>reasonable >>>>> > time frame, apparently! What a great use of >>>>> > resources--don't send them when needed, but send >>>>>them >>>>> > late and unnecessarily. To add insult to injury, I >>>>>saw >>>>> > 2 patrol cars idly driving about during this time. >>>>> > >>>>> > Pleeease tell me this is an abberation!! >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > __________________________________ >>>>> > Do you Yahoo!? >>>>> > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! >>>>> > http://my.yahoo.com >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > ---- >>>>> > You are receiving this because you are subscribed >>>>>to the >>>>> > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for >>>>>archive information, see >>>>> > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>__________________________________ >>>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>>The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! >>>>http://my.yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>>---- >>>You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>>list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>---- >>You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>list named "UnivCity." 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