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srothstein wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:21 pm
You missed two very important steps:

Missed a third and actually foremost step - if the police bother to even respond at all. Unless there's an active disturbance with multiple calls chances are high stuff like that gets cleared or handled like a civil matter with a phone call by a patrol supervisor. Besides busybodies who can't mind their own business and cranks trying to retaliate on someone (whether there's really a gun or not), there's no enthusiasm for burning up time making a response on every such call. The larger the jurisdiction, the less likely a response, with shorthanded personnel, increasing workload with an increasingly lawless culture (some locales worse than others) that demands attention. The jurisdictions around me won't respond to "shots fired" calls unless there's a victim laying out in the street bleeding, or property damage - complainant wanting a report for insurance or liability purposes. It's a waste of time for them unless there's something really tangible to do.