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A special 911 for CEOs who feel threatened (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 years ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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323 school shootings at K-12 this year

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2024/12/16/323-school-shootings-in-u-s-this-year-database-says/77029027007/

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[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Where I live not only do we get put on hold but sometimes they don't answer (not enough dispatchers) and response time (except for shop lifters which is quick response) is about 4.5 hours for serious stuff and 72 hours, if they do show up according to my own experience and those I know in the community.

Their budget is right over $4 Billion/year. The area I live in gives a boost of around $60 mil/year on top for expanded help so we don't have to have our own city PD.

Also I wanted to add it's the Sheriff, so we do contribute to the 4 bill/year via county tax like everyone else and are in their jurisdiction already.

Fantastic return on investment.

[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a thread of legitimacy to "defending oneself and their property" in the US sure to how poor response times are, but honestly, it's just stuff. Why risk killing someone or getting killed?

The distinctly inept class-traitors known as cops are understood to really only be there to file paperwork for insurance. Lock your good stuff up in a real safe with time controls.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's more common in high population areas, but it does happen.
The obsession with running government services like a business results in some notions about efficiency where someone getting paid to work and not being busy all the time is worse than people regularly waiting for critical time sensitive assistance.

It also has the zesty side effect of making the dispatch operators overworked and rushed. This usually just manifests as mistakes, but sometimes results in anger and critical mistakes. The famous example of the operator who yelled at a kid for calling because his mom had a seizure in the bath and she didn't believe him comes to mind.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm confused. Was there another CEO killed or harmed? Or was it still just the one? I mean, if CEOs were falling like flies in NY state, then I guess it would make sense to have a special hotline for a task force or something.

But if it's still a tiny number of CEOs, then something like this would be a giant waste of government resources.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There is no scenario where this isn't a huge waste of resources for a tool that can and will be abused by those that already have everything