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nachoman
tonight I was sitting in my back yard, and I heard a few loud thumps. It kinda sounded like someone throwing a sack of something into the bed of a pickup truck. After I heard the third thump, I got up from my chair and looked over my fence and saw two juveniles fooling around under the carport across the street. I went inside to get my phone just in case i saw them trying to break in. I wasn't sure if they lived at the house or not so I wanted to be sure before I called the police.
After watching their behavior for about a minute, it was clear they were trying to break into a storage room off from the carport - so i called the police. I gave the dispatcher a description of the individuals, and said I saw them trying to break in, but had not seen them carrying anything away. The dispatcher told me she had notified police, and the police were on the way. She said call back if I actually see them removing anything or leaving. Well, not 15 seconds later, i saw one of them carryiing something around the corner to the alley behind the house. So I called again. She said she would "escalate" the call. i guess that means, she was placing a higher importance on it. She assured me the police were on the way. I told her if they get there soon, the will catch the theif because they were still in the act.
Well, the police showed up, about a minute too late. They didn't get out of their car running, or didn't even pull up that fast. They got out of their car, kinda walked around the house with flashlights, and investigated as if this was a crime that happened an hour ago rather than a minute ago. About 15 minutes later when I talked to the police, they asked me if I actually saw them take anything, because from what they could tell nothing was missing and the homeowner wasn't home to verify. They said they would patrol the nieghborhood, and that was the last I saw of them.
This kinda stuff drives me nuts. So close to catching these scumbags, yet somehow they slipped away...:curse::curse::curse:wall1wall1wall1
Kevin
After watching their behavior for about a minute, it was clear they were trying to break into a storage room off from the carport - so i called the police. I gave the dispatcher a description of the individuals, and said I saw them trying to break in, but had not seen them carrying anything away. The dispatcher told me she had notified police, and the police were on the way. She said call back if I actually see them removing anything or leaving. Well, not 15 seconds later, i saw one of them carryiing something around the corner to the alley behind the house. So I called again. She said she would "escalate" the call. i guess that means, she was placing a higher importance on it. She assured me the police were on the way. I told her if they get there soon, the will catch the theif because they were still in the act.
Well, the police showed up, about a minute too late. They didn't get out of their car running, or didn't even pull up that fast. They got out of their car, kinda walked around the house with flashlights, and investigated as if this was a crime that happened an hour ago rather than a minute ago. About 15 minutes later when I talked to the police, they asked me if I actually saw them take anything, because from what they could tell nothing was missing and the homeowner wasn't home to verify. They said they would patrol the nieghborhood, and that was the last I saw of them.
This kinda stuff drives me nuts. So close to catching these scumbags, yet somehow they slipped away...:curse::curse::curse:wall1wall1wall1
Kevin