July 12, 200520 yr George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he said "no". Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available. George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up. Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
July 12, 200520 yr Too bad my mom didn't think of that when we were being robbed about 20 years ago and the cops refused to come out.
July 12, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 12:23 PM) Too bad my mom didn't think of that when we were being robbed about 20 years ago and the cops refused to come out. Do tell.
July 12, 200520 yr The po-po sucks. Their response time is so damn slow. If it is an emergency and you really cared, you'd show up quick.
July 12, 200520 yr QUOTE(mreye @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 01:30 PM) Do tell. Not much to tell. There had been a rash of burgleries in the neighborhood and mom had gone to the basement to do laundry and saw three "kids" down there that didn't belong there (the three of us were upstairs and much younger). She ran back upstairs called the police and they said they couldn't do anything and hung up. She called back two more times and they finally came out. She told them they were idiots as they kids were down there until about 2 minutes before they showed up. They ended up taking some cash and a couple watches or something (my dad's friend was renting the basement from us for a couple years). It just freaked my mom because my dad was at work and the three of us were all under the age of 8 at the time.
July 12, 200520 yr QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 01:35 PM) The po-po sucks. Their response time is so damn slow. If it is an emergency and you really cared, you'd show up quick. Are you implying that... ...911 is a joke?
July 12, 200520 yr QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Are you implying that... ...911 is a joke? FLAVA FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV!
July 12, 200520 yr Semi-OT: Suburban cops need to find more important things to do than go after teenagers over stupid crap.
July 12, 200520 yr QUOTE(CubsSuck1 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 04:32 PM) Semi-OT: Suburban cops need to find more important things to do than go after teenagers over stupid crap. Please do share.
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