A number of 911 calls went without response, then someone died. CPD response times questioned after 1 hour of warnings before fatal shooting. This is a story out of Cleveland.
Do you still think the police will keep you safe? Think again.
Calls to 911 flooded in about a block party on Highview Drive and Lee Road on Cleveland's east side.
On July 19, 15-year-old Darnell Haynes was shot and later died. Three other teens were wounded.
Once someone had been shot, then police could be bothered to respond. Before that, the party, which was apparently spiraling out of control, was not a priority.
The calls began just before 11 p.m. about loud music, teens drinking, and running through yards on an otherwise quiet street.
But police records show not one officer showed up, and things got worse just before midnight when eight calls came in about gunfire.
Body camera video released Monday shows police arriving at midnight, an hour after the initial 911 call about the block party.
Do the police had very good reasons for not showing up for an hour? We won't know for a while.
Police say the response time on the Highview Drive block party and shooting is under review.
They are hoping the whole thing blows over. Or that is my opinion.
The article includes a review of 911 response times, and they are not good in Cleveland. I wonder how much they went in on Defund the Police, blame police for everything, and hang them out to dry at ever opportunity. Police can't respond to 911 calls if you don't have police, or you don't have enough police. That was the situation in some cities, even before the summer of Floyd, Defund the police, and the rest of the insanity.
If someone did something wrong with respect to this 911 call, that should be addressed. If Cleveland has a police staffing problem, then its causes need to be identified and addressed.
But the final analysis is that people need to understand the limits of relying on the cops. They are almost never going to be in a position to stop crimes before they happen. That just isn't how the world works. Cops show up after the fact and try to figure out what happened.
Calling 911 is a fine thing to do. They can send all kinds of help your way, from medical and fire, to police. But they won't arrive in an instant, even if you can call them before bad things happen. You should make plans based on that reality.
The question comes down to "What else was happening at 11pm regarding the police?" It may very well be that cops were involved in more critical incidents than 'a loud party.'
ReplyDeleteNo matter how full a department is, actual coverage is ridiculously small and each cop has to cover huge areas, with little relief or backup except when something big happens, like a shooting.
I probably wasn't at my best when typing this up...
DeleteThe point I usually try to make with the "Calling 911" posts, is that the Left loves to say, you don't need a firearm, (they never apply same reasoning to fire extinguishers) because you can just call 911 and they will save the day.
I don't know what Cleveland is like right now, but there are departments who don't have cops available to respond to robbery or assault. After defund the police, and the rest of the insanity, I wouldn't be surprised if Cleveland falls into that category
After what happened to Derek Chauvin I'm not surprised the police were in no hurry to get there. Who is more of a threat to the police, DAs or feral Obama sons?
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