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Comment by AQUAMAN on November 29, 2014 at 3:11pm

I think the 911 system is a big part of the problem nowadays. All too many use it way too often for no other reason than it's easy to access and complain about anything that doesn't appear kosher to the individual. The fact that the 911 system requires a response by a PD officer, no matter the insignificance of the complainer, has made many LE officers overreact when coming to the scene. Wasting resources and time of LE is a steady and repeated problem all too often imho. When PD's were called direct, a qualified PD operator would determine if a response was needed. Nowadays, that, as we saw in the Marble case, wasn't necessary at all.

Comment by Willy on November 29, 2014 at 7:29am

There was an incident a while back where a man was sitting on a porch with a hose sprayer. A neighbor called and said a man with a gun was sitting on his neighbors porch. When the police arrived they thought the man had a gun and shot him. I can understand the mix up but the police should take no action until they determine if any law has been broken or there exist a true threat. The police "assume" there is a problem and many times over react before knowing what is true situation. What police dept. would send out an officer because someone called in a complaint of a person walking with his hands in his pockets?