SPD response time

[leechunsonnn]

Hi all
Had an incident at our house yesterday in Belvedere and was curious what folks thought of the police response. Had a man trying to get into our house via multiple doors (thankfully all locked), who ended up prowling around and defecating in our yard. We were on hold with 911 for more than 15 minutes before the police arrived, just in time to get him as he was driving off.
Luckily this guy didn’t end up having violence in mind but if he had, fifteen minutes seems like an awfully long time to respond to an active home invasion. It’s not like we were saying “Hey, take your time” – we were frantic and yelling A LOT. The responding officer said they were way down by Barton around Target but I can drive that in 15 minutes – I’d hope they could go a little more quickly.
Am I out of line thinking that? Because if 15 minutes is acceptable I’m going to take more active measures to protect myself.
Thank
Cristiano

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[leechunsonnn]

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[miws]

Just a thought on one part of this; you posted this at 12:33 am today, Thursday the 13th. Was “yesterday” to you at the time Wednesday the 12th, or Tuesday the 11th? If the latter, and if in the evening perhaps after 8:00 pm, SPD resources may have been tied up in searching for the missing Arbor Heights woman (since found safe)that would have potentially been headed to the Westwood Village area.

I know that doesn’t make your situation any less traumatic or answer your entire question, but may be an explanation of the lateness or response to your issue and the reason the officer was coming from the WWV area in particular.

Mike

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[935]

Sad to say it, but when seconds count – the police are only minutes away.
Take self protective measures Christiano. The only way to be certain with your home and family protection. I have.

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