More proof the police aren't always around

[daddyo]

Just in case anyone needed further convincing that the police cannot be counted on to protect you:

http://www.abc3340.com/news/stories/0208/500024.html

Note that it says the shooting occured outside the UNMANNED police substation. Try as they might, our LEOs can't be everywhere at once.

[HK4U]

I agree 100%.

[DrDavidM]

That's very sad. No matter how great our police force is, it's impossible for them to be everywhere.

[Scarecrow]

that's really too bad

[Big Bubba]

Sadly in our violent society we cannot count on the police to be present in our time of need. We have to enpower ourselves to be responsible for our own safety. I think that speaks volumes, for the members of this site. As that is exactly what we have done. We are not sheep awaiting slaughter by a vicious predator.

[MufDady]

No we can't count on the Police, My son is a county police here in Horry co. SC. There officers are spread so thin over the county, there respnoce time, even for backup is an averag of 20 min., Its a shame, and sad............ :=(

[Sgt. SIG]

Yup, personal protection really isn't the job of the Police! :huh:

It's like the saying goes... "when seconds count, the Police are only minutes away"! :police:

[paul_bunyun007]

i believe it was a Supreme Court ruling in 1982 that states " your local law enforcement agency is not responsable for your protection"
If we can't carry guns to protect ourselfs, than why can cops carry guns to protect themselves?

[HK4U]

I have brought this up before in another thread but this sounds like a good time to remind us all (as if any of us need convincing) about the need to protect ourselves. A number of years back a lady in Dallas called 911 to report someone trying to break into her apartment. Fourty five min. later the police arrived to find her dead.

[kwo51]

They are great if they are there. Like who wants to rush to a gun fight. They will do the papper work.