Just had three cops show up at my door...

[Member 53328]

I don't think these 'select groups' have much understanding beyond beer and beef jerky.......

I was trying to be tactful…. Haha. I get my hand slapped if I am blunt.

 

[nehalemguy]

Apparently I need to explain the term "literary exaggeration" to some of you.

-E-

 

[Member 34319]

My son went to the door and opened it, at that point I just had to grudgingly deal with them and then shut the door behind me.

Not trying to tell you how to parent, but get a lock on that door and put it in a place that a kid can not reach.

After an encounter like this a doorbell camera might be a good idea too.

 

[johnny bob]

It's a bummer that your son dialed 911, but it's a bigger bummer to hear that a purported ex-LEO is surprised by what happened next, or thinks that there should have been no response, or is so openly hostile and resentful against law enforcement.

I am surprised 911 knows the age of the caller.

 

[baker3gun]

Does it matter whether the dispatcher knows the age of the caller?
Does the age of the caller matter?

If you call 911 and hang up, or say something unintelligible, or say something unusual, the dispatcher will send the police to the location of the call if that location can be determined.
Soo simple. Anyone can do it.
It's actually designed so that anyone can do it.

It's amazingly far-fetched to see a purported ex-LEO complaining that the cops came to his door because someone in his house called 911.

Anyway, the age of the caller is irrelevant.
In my earlier post, I implied a child with some of my comments, but none of points I made rely on the age of the caller.

Thinking men can see this.

Tools toss fallacies, like your red herring.

If you don't know what fallacy or a red herring is, use wikipedia.

And if you were only funnin, it's cool. I'm only funnin too.

 

[RobMa]

Not trying to tell you how to parent, but get a lock on that door and put it in a place that a kid can not reach.

After an encounter like this a doorbell camera might be a good idea too.

No you are exactly right.... I purchased a lock that requires a key for either side for both external doors.. and finally bought a camera that will work with my home alarm system (no direct internet access only my home network)

 

[RobMa]

Does it matter whether the dispatcher knows the age of the caller?
Does the age of the caller matter?

If you call 911 and hang up, or say something unintelligible, or say something unusual, the dispatcher will send the police to the location of the call if that location can be determined.
Soo simple. Anyone can do it.
It's actually designed so that anyone can do it.

It's amazingly far-fetched to see a purported ex-LEO complaining that the cops came to his door because someone in his house called 911.

Anyway, the age of the caller is irrelevant.
In my earlier post, I implied a child with some of my comments, but none of points I made rely on the age of the caller.

Thinking men can see this.

Tools toss fallacies, like your red herring.

If you don't know what fallacy or a red herring is, use wikipedia.

And if you were only funnin, it's cool. I'm only funnin too.

It's not far fetched if the OP (me) does not like cops, and that is indeed because he used to be one and knows how nasty they can be and how nasty they are told to be to the very people that they are supposed to protect..

 

[BrentN]

This is true.

Heck even when I had a houseful of LEOs a few years ago after my home break in they were professional but pretty laid back.

I had to ask a couple of them (if they didn't mind) to not pick up some of the Winchesters standing around, and I would be glad to first pick them up and check them and hand them to them. One younger LEO seemed more interested in them than the job at hand!

Bottom line was the guns were hardly an issue to them.

I'd buy a lottery ticket if I had a break-in and my Winchesters just standing around were not taken! Have crooks become so lazy that they just expect to find piles of meth on the kitchen table?

 

[johnny bob]

It's amazingly far-fetched to see a purported ex-LEO complaining that the cops came to his door because someone in his house called 911.

I believe him when he purports he is an Ex-Leo. I interpreted his post as a comment on the degree of alert the responding officers displayed. I guess I interpreted the post differently. Wikipedia? I still use a Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary to look up big words.

 

[RedRover]

Don't poke the bear big boy..

I state this as a prospective friend.

Get your bubblegum together. You're teetering on the edge.

 

[RVTECH]

I'd buy a lottery ticket if I had a break-in and my Winchesters just standing around were not taken! Have crooks become so lazy that they just expect to find piles of meth on the kitchen table?

My encounter was very brief and I scared the guy off pretty fast.

He was not in to take anything and was captured on a neighbors property shortly thereafter.

 

[kummje]

Crazy so absolutely nothing happened and the cops did nothing wrong? So basically this is just a rant about what could've happened? Generally people don't have problems with police unless they're doing something wrong and generally people aren't scared of the police or worried about what the police are going to do unless they're committing a crime or hiding something? I'm trying to gather the point of your story other than to let everybody know how super ready you are?

 

[Cavedweller]

This is one of those threads where one has to wonder, "Why has this gone on for 7 pages?"

 

[kummje]

Probably had nothing to do with your guns.

It 100% didn't... every police officer goes to every door under the assumption that the person is armed it's called basic common sense and situational awareness you would think coming from an ex police officer so he says that he would understand these things and not need to make an attention seeking rant for absolutely no reason.

 

[RVTECH]

.

 

[titsonritz]

This is one of those threads where one has to wonder, "Why has this gone on for 7 pages?"

Because thus far no one has been too heavy on the insults and got the thread locked.

 

[RVTECH]

Because thus far no one has been too heavy on the insults and got the thread locked.

And this is a good thing.

Arrogant or less than tactful newbees please take note.

 

[RobMa]

I state this as a prospective friend.

Get your bubblegum together. You're teetering on the edge.

It was a joke...

 

[BrentN]

Because thus far no one has been too heavy on the insults and got the thread locked.

Aka certain members have not chimed in with an overdose of vitriol. Is there a badge for getting the most threads closed?

 

[RobMa]

Crazy so absolutely nothing happened and the cops did nothing wrong? So basically this is just a rant about what could've happened? Generally people don't have problems with police unless they're doing something wrong and generally people aren't scared of the police or worried about what the police are going to do unless they're committing a crime or hiding something? I'm trying to gather the point of your story other than to let everybody know how super ready you are?

Super ready?