Last week’s thread about local burglaries has fallen off this page, but it just drew a comment that we thought deserved wider consideration. We won’t be able to try to get a police-department response to this till Monday, but we promise to try. Click to read the commenter’s story:
If it’s the same guys who burglarized our place, I have their DNA. They bled on our furniture when entering. I’ve called to arrange turning it over, but the SPD seems to have lost interest. Sadly, ours was even classified as a hate crime.
9-1-1 REFUSED to dispatch when our neighbor discovered it and called. He called us, we called on the way home and they said “call back when you get there.” We called again when we got home – three hours and four MORE calls later (each time “don’t touch anything, don’t close your door, don’t go in, they may still be in there…”)
They finally showed up – it was dark at that point and the officer made fun of me for finding fingerprints he hadn’t bothered to check for.
While I’ve also had some excellent experiences with the officers in our area, I’ve felt entirely blown off in this one. They don’t seem too worried about solving this string. Seriously, pick up the DNA at least. When they’re eventually caught they can be slapped with the hate crime charge too.
Needless to say, I’m not so confident that 911 will bother to dispatch if I’m ever in an emergency situation again.
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