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THIS is how you deal with lazy police [PICTURE]

humor.beecy.net — "Going to bed the other night, I noticed people in my shed stealing things. I phoned the police.."

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  • Drexus, on 11/10/2007, -7/+670This one has been around a while, but I still like it. Not sure if you can actually try it though. You might get fined for some obscure law... like obstruction or misuse of emergency services. Funny how the system works eh?
  • tcquad, on 10/24/2007, -3/+348He didn't say he shot them with bullets. Maybe he shot them on film and the police didn't need to hurry because he had iron-clad evidence.
  • qwerty1024, on 10/24/2007, -9/+263So, did the caller go to jail?
  • chubbymidget, on 10/11/2007, -10/+179If it sounds like a joke, and reads like a joke, it must be a joke.
  • Nogger, on 10/24/2007, -0/+119What caller? This is a snipplet from the funnies page in a British newspaper.
  • ocellnuri, on 10/11/2007, -3/+107So having a scan of a text-only article lets you put [PICTURE] in the title?
  • pintomp3, on 10/11/2007, -9/+106while this is probably just a joke, i hope people don't start lying about their calls to jump the queue. it would be like someone with a rash lying about their condition to get ahead of other people in the emergency room, people who might have more critical conditions.
  • ekrabs, on 10/11/2007, -11/+107I'll probably get dugg down again, but there are times when the Police isn't available, depending on the "urgency" of the call. For example, if there is a huge wreck where people are injured, or if several units are involved in the middle of a drug bust, then yeah, there won't be anyone available to help you at that time.

    However, if you give them the impression that someone is getting shot, then yes, they will have no choice but divert some of the units to answer that call. Obviously, the priorities change then.

    The only problem is, if you actually did something like that, then you're also endangering ongoing operations else. Will someone who is seriously injured in that car wreck be worse off with less officers managing the scene? Will the drug bust be a bust with less officers backing them up? Maybe, maybe not.

    But chances are very good that you will be ticketed or possibly even be arrested for lying to the cops like that.
  • KingAdrock, on 10/25/2007, -3/+87maybe if he said "i'm *going* to shoot them" he would have gotten the same response and also a case to beat any criminal charges on himself.
  • cuoops, on 11/09/2007, -2/+75http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/response.htm
  • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -10/+81If the police force was already stretched thin, they just took 90% of the coverage of one district to get some people to stop a shed robbery.
  • Aliarse, on 10/11/2007, -16/+78I know this is a joke, an old one at that, but anyway..

    If you know someone is breaking into your shed, why the hell would you stand there, watch, and wait for the police farce to arrive?

    I'd be straight out the back door (complete with sawn off sledge hammer handle at hand), give them a bit of a kicking, fling em in the boot of the car,take them to the nearest forest, tie them to a tree and leave them there.

    Now THAT is justice.
  • cyberpear, on 10/25/2007, -12/+68That is hilarious. I'd be afraid to pull something like that myself, though.
  • Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/16/2007, -15/+68OK, let's be honest here...

    First off, I did smile and think, "*****. Yeah," after reading that. However, we ALL know that a shooting is far, FAR more deserving of an immediate response from police than someone stealing stuff from a shed.

    Just because they don't have someone available to respond to potentially petty theft, doesn't mean they have no one available to respond to the potential death of another human being. That some of you are trying to equate the severity of the the two crimes is outrageous.

    While funny, this would definitely be an abuse of emergency services, just like prank calling 911 would be.
  • k1n1mod, on 11/09/2007, -0/+51He could have shot them with a camera. ;)
  • Drexus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+52Great loophole! It could also mean a regular camera. I like this solution.
  • felchdonkey, on 10/11/2007, -2/+46This sounds like a job for... Internet Tough Guy!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+44Come to Chicago the average police response time for shootings is over 30 minutes.
  • golyadkinsr, on 11/09/2007, -3/+43"I called the fire department because my cat was stuck in a tree, but they said nobody was available. So I went to a payphone and told them there was a huge house fire! Three trucks arrived! They asked why there was no fire, and I told them I hadn't heard about any fire, but that while they were here, they might as well rescue my cat. lol The firefighters are really lazy. The same night they were 'too busy' to rescue my cat, some kid died in a housefire."
    --The same situation, but with a service Diggers don't hate.

    Seriously. Emergency Services have to prioritize. Don't try to jump the queue.
  • PhilH, on 11/09/2007, -0/+39More like wasting police time. The officer was just about to finish a game of spider solitaire on hard mode when the call came in.
  • lostboy, on 11/09/2007, -8/+46It's definitely an irresponsible thing to do, but at the same it's very funny.
  • Crispuk, on 10/11/2007, -3/+35That was a really poor comment =/
  • DickFletcher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31My father-in-law got his Mecedes stolen in Belgium a couple of years ago. He called the cops and told them the car had 5 pounds of cyanide in the trunk. Within hours, the cops found the car and my father-in-law was fined for lying to the cops.
  • ChayD, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Dugg for "police farce"
  • speaker219, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27Some people don't read digg EVERY SINGLE DAY. Plus, I've never seen this before.
  • esotericguy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24Captain ***** Literal had to go and spoil the moment. thanks!
  • sleepwalkers, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24So wait, who's the one crying?
  • CharlesMay, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22Or just be carrying a camera and explain the misunderstanding that way.
  • mancat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21Libertarians are liberals?
  • philba, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20if it were a real story, the police would have found a whole slew of things to charge the caller with. False reporting of a crime to start with. There is probably a way to get them to come with out exposing yourself to arrest.

    I'm kind of torn on the whole point of this though. On one hand, the cops were forced to deal with a real crime. On the other, the cops were potentially drawn from more serious tasks than some guy stealing a few garden tools...
  • Kles, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18I think trespassing is a deserving enough thing for the police to visit. One's safety and well being can be threatened by unknown trespassers, and it's not unreasonable to want police help.
  • Cutkomp, on 10/11/2007, -4/+21Huh? That's more of a lazy, unprepared homeowner than lazy police. Why wait for the cops to show up to defend your property, defend it yourself! When I hear people in my yard late at night I go running out the door with my driving iron and scream while swinging it around like a crazy man.
  • christianw, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20i wanted to reply to psukardi412 but the ***** comment system wont expand that thread. i expand it, it desides to compact it again, expand collapse, expand collapse.

    ***** you new digg comment system. right in the elbow
  • trogdoor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Sounds like a great way to get shot.
  • jjesusfreak01, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Simple...say you feel terribly threatened, are worried they will come in your house, and express to the operator that if they get closer you intend to shoot them. That should pretty much get an officer or two sent your way quick. Murders=Paperwork
  • spurtle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Yeah, didn't you hear? Anyone who's for liberty and the American way is a Pinko Commie.
  • dakboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14It's called "filing a false report."
  • bovox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14It has nothing to do with the police being lazy. They have a limited amount of resources to police a very large amount of area, so they have to triage 911 calls. Purposefully lying to a 911 operator is wrong and illegal. It pulls resources away from where they are really needed. If there was an armed robbery or a murder taking place then you just effectively reduced their ability to respond to that quickly and could be responsible for someone getting injured.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16WTF are you talking about? I have been on digg even before Kevin went public that it was his project and I have never seen this before, shut the ***** up and skip it if you have seen it already and let us have a laugh at this new, to us, pic
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Second'd, I have never read this either, and thought it was funny.
  • spurtle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Spitting on Marines are so 1960's. Hardly anyone spits on the troops these days. It's all against the incompetent(or malicious) leaders who put them in harms way in the first place. Also, I cannot unite under the flag of torture, domestic spying, and the mantra of the "ends justifying the means" which we fought against for 40+ years. If we want to win the hearts and souls of the enemy, we should stop acting like the Soviet Union.
  • erasedgod, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Wait... what about those of us in the military who are Libertarians? Oh... you don't know what the hell you're talking about? It's funny that you'd think everyone who doesn't buy the often disproved talking point is a hippie. You're blowing Sean Hannity right now aren't you? Now grow up and get a real job. S/f
  • kungfoofairy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14In the future, all digg submissions will be pictures, even if just of text.
  • UtahApocalyse, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17He should have shot them.
  • manicleek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Probably, but seeing as this took place in England they would probably do better if they recorded the 999 calls
  • s1mph0ny, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13What else were they doing that was so important? A shed robbery might not be murder, but it's certainly more important than handing out moving violations or the war on drugs.
  • CharlesMay, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Which is sad... After all, they are supposed to be working for us. Somewhere down the line that concept was lost and now we have to be afraid of speaking our mind in fear that we'll be arrested.
  • maddendude, on 10/11/2007, -8/+19He shot them a smile
  • noblepenguin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10mmmm… Koolade!
  • brasso, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14There is no way the caller could get away that easy if this is a true story.
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