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http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2013/05...e-are-no-cops-to-help-her-due-to-budget-cuts/
SERIOUSLY? A 911 dispatcher tells her this? She couldn't get the state police there?
She should have shot him.
The police response? - This is classic -(and SO wrong)
Just reinforces that old adage - When seconds count, law enforcement is only minutes away - except here, it isn't coming at all.
An Oregon woman was told by a 911 dispatcher that authorities wouldn’t be able be able to help her as her ex-boyfriend broke into her place because of budget cuts.
“Uh, I don’t have anybody to send out there,” the 911 dispatcher told the woman. “You know, obviously, if he comes inside the residence and assaults you, can you ask him to go away?
SERIOUSLY? A 911 dispatcher tells her this? She couldn't get the state police there?
The woman responded: “Yeah, it doesn’t matter, if he gets in the house I’m done.”
Police say Bellah choked the woman and sexually assaulted her. He was arrested by Oregon State Police following the incident.
She should have shot him.
The police response? - This is classic -(and SO wrong)
The sheriff’s department even put out a press release warning domestic violence victims to “consider relocating to an area with adequate law enforcement services.”
Just reinforces that old adage - When seconds count, law enforcement is only minutes away - except here, it isn't coming at all.