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mojo84 wrote:

ShootDontTalk wrote:.......At that point, I called her PD dispatch and again told them the situation.

How did you call 911 from 600 miles away? Didn't it connect you to your local 911 service?

Should have made that clear to people who've never been in Law Enforcement. The call center (Administrative calls) at night is handled in the bunker/basement by the same dispatchers who handle 911. I called the Administrative number. I identified myself and asked for the dispatcher who was handling the call. Notice I said "her PD dispatch", not "her 911". Sorry for the confusion.

I should have said, "I called her PD Dispatch Center on a non-emergency line and asked to speak to the dispatcher handling the call" but that seemed even more convoluted.

My granddaughter called 911 late one night when a man pulled up to the side of the house and got out with a crowbar or tire iron in his hand and started banging on her door. After about 10 minutes of him banging and walking around the house peering in windows, she called 911 again at which time the dispatcher told her the officer was working another call and would be there shortly. She called and woke me up (600 miles away) and I told her to get her gun and find a spot of cover to watch the door with her back to a wall. She was terrified. Her husband was racing to get home.

At that point, I called her PD dispatch and again told them the situation. Same story. I called her on one cell and called 911 back on another cell and while dispatch was listening, told her if he started banging on the door again to open fire. I asked her if she had her 12 gauge. She said yes. I told her to aim the shotgun about a foot below the peep hole. I won't tell you what the dispatcher said.

In a minute she said she could hear sirens. She was crying by the time the officers got there. She put the guns away and handed the phone to a Corporal so I could talk to him. He apologized profusely. I told him he had no reason to do so as I knew they were short handed. He said he was going to talk with the 911 Supervisor as the call initially only said there was a prowler. I thanked him and then thanked the good Lord.

So no. Police never do it on purpose. Ever. But things do sometimes get confused. Delays happen for all kinds of reasons. Things go south. The lesson: we are responsible to protect ourselves. But then I suspect we already knew that.