Question pertaining to police assistance at night??

[bersaguy]

My question is how many folks have been awakened in the middle of the night and needed to call the police and what was the response you received? Not on something personal but maybe an intruder call or something of that nature? I had something happen several years back that later on I found it rather amusing. This was my 1 and only experience.

 

Had an incident about 5 years ago and didn't really give it much thought till recently.  Had a few Immigrants try to help themselves to some high end fishing rods off deck of my bass boat in my carport about 2AM one night. They might have gotten away with it but my guard dog was on duty and asleep under the boat. I could tell her to guard the boat and she would sleep under it in summertime. Shes not really a barker as much as a reaction type guard dog and bites first and then barks. She took a large chunk of meat out of the lower calf of one of latinos and he set into screaming and I cleared the door with flashlight and cell in one had and Bersa in the other and his buddy had taken off as I exited the door and only got a glimpse of him . The idiot thought he was going to punch Kasey but he found out that didn't work cause she got hold of 3 of his fingers and took 2 off at the first knuckle. (Her daddy was Chow and her Momma was Black Mouth Kerr so her jaws are like a vice.) Then the guy jumps up in my boat to get away from her and he bleeding like a stuck pig all over my boat carpets and screaming something in Spanish at Kasey. I had the carport lights on by then and I yelled at him to shut the hell up because the dog does not understand Spanish. I get on my cell phone and called the police @ 911. This is where it got really interesting. Now it's a Wednesday night  in this town and the dispatcher ask me what was my emergency and I told her I needed a squad car and an ambulance. She said it's going to be about 20 minutes because they are pretty busy right now. I politely told her that was fine. I would just shoot the guy a few times and when they got a chance they could stop by and unload him out of my boat. She said you can't do that and I told her to stay on the line so she could hear the shots and she said they were on the way right now and I should have help in a few minutes. I said Thank You. It was about 1 minute before I heard sirens coming from about 3 different directions. Inside of about about 4 minutes I had all kinds of help. I told one of the officers that his buddy was hiding behind a garden shed in my neighbors yard. He said he would request a  k-9. I was looking at Kasey and she had her run cable stretched out tight towards the neighbors shed with both her ears stood straight up. She knew he was there. I told the officer to get a buddy and just wait right there and I unhooked Kasey. She went around that building and here the guy comes running wide open, screaming towards the police officers.He is lucky he didn't get shot because both officers had their guns out with Kasey hot on his heels. I grabbed her and they grabbed him. After a little questioning come to find out they worked for the lawn service that cut my neighbors yard. The were illegal and so was every employee the guy had on his payroll but himself. They arrested him and took all of his equipment and shipped the other guys off to ICE for processing.  What I found so amusing after I thought about it was I have lived in this town for many years and I have never seen the police busy on a Wednesday night at 2AM except that night and it was funny that when I said I will just shoot the guy she had a better idea real quick and the Calvary was on the way. I also had to laugh at one of the police officers when he said we need that dog working for us and his partner laughed and agreed. I was just wondering if anyone else has had an experience with the police in the middle of the night and what kind of response you got from the 911 operator. Oh yea, It cost my boat insurance company over $700.00 to re carpet my boat after they paid a company to try and wash out the stains.

[buck1032]

I have never needed any assistance at night so I cant comment on response time. But I did want to chime in and comment and commend you for you actions and also a sort of humorous story.

[Parrothead]

I lived in a rural area previously. We had a person trying to gain entrance into our house one night. I had a good position with vision of both doors. They messed with the locks and hit the door several times. My wife was on the phone with dispatch and i held aim on the door for roughly 8-10 mins before the calvary showed up. Funny thing was, 5 units showed up at the same time. I would assume they all were chatting in the same parking lot at the time of the call.

[TMF]

Last time I called 911 I told them they'd better get to my house before I do.  They got there in minutes.

[runco]

Very nice story.  I would assume this dispatcher's job is to access the seriousness of the situation before calling people to action. 

[Guest semiautots]

I worked in downtown Nashville and called 911 several times for car wrecks.  They were usually there within 5 minutes, if someone was hurt.

 

I liked the OP story.  Too bad you didn't just shoot his sorry ass.

[Guest Lowbuster]

When I was staying with my grandmother ( dementia ) I got up about 3:00 am one night it get a drink. The kitchen window faces a old house that my grandparents first lived in. I saw a small light through a window. I called MPD and it took 4 minutes for two units to get there. When they lot up the old house I saw someone bolt out the back and through the wooded area next to field. They went through and said there was a candle and a ravioli can there. I guess it was a homeless man.
Another time I was getting ready to mow and I was picking up branches and things before starting. I walked in the old house and some man was asleep on the old mattress in the living room floor. After that I screwed the windows and doors shut.

[DaveTN]

A burglary in progress will get the highest level of response from most PD’s. Usually as soon as the dispatcher got the address and info out we had Officers on the scene, with additional responding Officers setting up a perimeter. I’ve had to fill in for dispatchers before and sometimes the biggest challenge is getting info from the victim.

My favorite was one night I was at a house on a call and I heard a home invasion dispatched. The dispatcher told the Officers someone tried to kick the victim’s door in. One of the responding Officers asks if there was a description or a direction of travel. About a minute later the dispatcher replies with “The victim advises you will be able to recognize the suspect; he will be lying on the back porch bleeding from a gunshot wound."
 

They arrested him and took all of his equipment and shipped the other guys off to ICE for processing.

That must have been many years ago or in another state.

[bersaguy]

DaveTN  "That must have been many years ago or in another state".  Nope, it was in Tennessee but it was about well 6 years ago now and back when Immigration ICE was still allowed to do their job and employers were arrested for having undocumented workers.

[Dustbuster]

Good job and your dog did great. I would delete this post because if you ever get into an altercation, some atty will use it against you saying you were just waiting to shoot someone. I'm with you but a victims family will not not will a bad DA.
Response time depends on availability. And location of cars. Telling dispatch you'll just kill someone isn't the best thing to do as a guy jumping up and down in your dry docked boat who's cornered by your dog does not present eminent danger to your life.
Telling dispatch you've caught 2 guys breaking into your home and u have them subdued is probably best. Tell em to send cars ASAP as your afraid one may try to kill you and hang up or stay on the line w them.
Also ya need to tell dispatch I'm the guy in the red underwear w the white tank top on pls advise the responding officers. This is so u don't get shot by accident. Again I'm with you job well done, just a few pointers...love to have a dog like yours.


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[tnguy]

Well, he didn't actually have the other guy subdued. He was still out there, whereabouts technically unknown. Not that that would probably make it any more legal but the area was not secured.

 

If the bloodstains weren't too bad, I'd probably have been tempted to keep them as conversations starters though :)

Edited April 5, 2014 by tnguy

[Guest semiautots]

Good job and your dog did great. I would delete this post because if you ever get into an altercation, some atty will use it against you saying you were just waiting to shoot someone. I'm with you but a victims family will not not will a bad DA.
Response time depends on availability. And location of cars. Telling dispatch you'll just kill someone isn't the best thing to do as a guy jumping up and down in your dry docked boat who's cornered by your dog does not present eminent danger to your life.
Telling dispatch you've caught 2 guys breaking into your home and u have them subdued is probably best. Tell em to send cars ASAP as your afraid one may try to kill you and hang up or stay on the line w them.
Also ya need to tell dispatch I'm the guy in the red underwear w the white tank top on pls advise the responding officers. This is so u don't get shot by accident. Again I'm with you job well done, just a few pointers...love to have a dog like yours.


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Here is the TN Castle Doctrine law.  It appears you have to be inside in order to shoot first, unless you are defending your, or another, life.  You could always state you were in fear for your life, as it was dark and you could not see the perp.

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/105/pub/pc0210.pdf

[Dustbuster]

Here is the TN Castle Doctrine law. It appears you have to be inside in order to shoot first, unless you are defending your, or another, life. You could always state you were in fear for your life, as it was dark and you could not see the perp.

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/105/pub/pc0210.pdf

That's all good,but it all changes when u become the defendant. And your adversary,or plaintiff is the victim or victims family. Always best to err on the side of caution, and just ask for police, and provide a description of the good guy.....


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[tnguy]

I suspect claiming to be shooting at something you could not see would not go over too well.

[DaveTN]

I suspect claiming to be shooting at something you could not see would not go over too well.

+1
Neither would making up some BS about being in fear for your life. We have these discussions all the time about what different people will say in their statement to try to get off. No one really cares what you were thinking, they will decide based on what a “reasonable person” would think or do in the same situation. If they are a DA, Judge or jury the reasonable person is them.

[Guest semiautots]

+1
Neither would making up some BS about being in fear for your life. We have these discussions all the time about what different people will say in their statement to try to get off. No one really cares what you were thinking, they will decide based on what a “reasonable person” would think or do in the same situation. If they are a DA, Judge or jury the reasonable person is them.

 

Then invite them inside and blast 'em. 

 

That was not meant to be taken seriously, as you apparently did my prior post.

Edited April 5, 2014 by semiautots

[tnguy]

Just remember to shave the hair off before you feed em to the hogs...

Edited April 6, 2014 by tnguy

[analog_kidd]

The one time I called in 911 in the middle of the night was when there was somebody loading stuff into a  strange van at the end of my cul-de-sac at 2:30 in the morning. I called 911 and told them it was the white cargo van at the end of the cul-de-sac. Keep in mind there are 4 houses on the entire street. They came after a while, and with guns drawn, they performed some impressive tactical maneuvering - around the wrong house. They walked all around the FIRST house, testing doors, peeking in windows, all the while the white van was in plain sight parked in the street in front of the house 50 yards away. After they holstered their guns and went back to their cruiser, I walked outside and pointed them to the correct house. Oak Ridge police... gotta love 'em.

 

Turns out it was all kosher - the resident was in a band, and they had finished a late night gig and were moving musical instruments around. 

 

The one thing I did learn from this event, was my cell phone would emit a loud beep every minute or two for the next half hour or so after calling 911. Supposedly it's a safety feature so that if you call 911 from an accident, paramedics can find you from the beep. I thought that it would be a give-away to your location if you are hiding in a closet. My wife and I turned that feature off on our phones. I highly recommend everyone see if their phone has this "feature".

[bersaguy]

Well I want to thank everyone for their opinions and responses. They were all appreciated. As for shooting the guy, after his ordeal with Kasey I was almost feeling sorry for him and I had no reason to shoot him but I got the reaction I wanted by telling the dispatcher I would. All I wanted was for the LEO's and Paramedics to get there and take care of the situation and I knew that in this town at 2AM there is not much that goes on that all the police and paramedics could have been that busy. Kasey is getting older these days but still has some serious jaws and can still produce some serious damage but as myself she has mellowed out some. As far as the blood goes if it was just a little I might have left it but it was all over the front deck of my Skeeter Bass boat and I did have concern by the amount that I might have to perform first aid on his leg and put on something to stop his bleeding if help didn't arrive soon. I just wanted to share my one and only night of excitement involving the police and see if anyone else had a similar experience...................... :up:  :up:  :up:      

[Dustbuster]

Then invite them inside and blast 'em.

That was not meant to be taken seriously, as you apparently did my prior post.

That's funny. But we know that won't fly. Lol
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[gregintenn]

 

My question is how many folks have been awakened in the middle of the night and needed to call the police and what was the response you received?

Circa 1990.

 

We were about to close the grocery store for the night where I worked when we saw a vehicle hit my co worker's truck in the parking lot and speed off. We called twice with a description of the vehicle. It is now 24 years later, and we are still waiting for an officer to respond. :shrug:

 

I 'm sure I'll be labeled a "cop basher" again, but if stating fact is "cop bashing", then so be it.

[Dustbuster]

Most PD's won't do much about a fender bender in a private parking lot....unfortunately ....


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[TMF]

Circa 1990.

 

We were about to close the grocery store for the night where I worked when we saw a vehicle hit my co worker's truck in the parking lot and speed off. We called twice with a description of the vehicle. It is now 24 years later, and we are still waiting for an officer to respond. :shrug:

 

I 'm sure I'll be labeled a "cop basher" again, but if stating fact is "cop bashing", then so be it.

 

And 18 years ago I was in a parking lot saying goodnight to my girlfriend.  As she was backing out of her parking space she was hit by someone doing at least 45 mph, whose bumper locked with hers, and dragged her truck through the parking lot while she was screaming and terrified until he dragged her over a curb which released her truck and he sped off.  We called the police with a description.  4 officers were on scene in less than 5 minutes and they caught the guy not too far away, and charged him with hit and run + reckless driving.  I guess my anecdotal experience means that every cop ever is awesome, huh?

[LagerHead]

Just remember to shave the hair off before you feed em to the hogs...

 

And remove the teeth and fingernails, according to Brick Top. 

[Spiffy]

Just more reason to push for a bill like Texas's "Mischief at night" law.