Police headquarters aren't retarded.

[Lou Girardin]

Would you really risk a gunfight with someone just because he wants your TV? It's an invasion of privacy and theft for sure, but it's still only a TV.

How many burgalries turn into something far worse when crims meet the occupants?
What if some pond scum breaks into your place and decides he wants a piece of your girlfriend/wife/mother?
Are you going to dial 111 and wait for them to find the resources?

People I know thought they could rely on the Police, he was beaten to a pulp while his wife hid in the bushes unable to call the neighbours because the 111 system locked her cellphone.
They won't be asking questions next time, probably be shooting first.

[Waylander]

Also, not the cops fault regarding the 111 system, they employ the same monkeys that you talk to when you dial up pizza hut etc Call centre staff on $fukall/hr in some room in some building behind some computer somewhere.

Oi I resent that! Hey there is an dea actually, wonder if I can get a job at the 111 call centre...

[Lou Girardin]

Hey lou,

we do respond to burglaries in the first instance as a top priority, if it is a "burglars on" in that the break has just happend or is happening while the person calls up.
The only reason there is a delay is if its an old burglary (few hours) then its not worth taking a front line unit off the line to do your report when that unit may be needed for something more serious. There is a special squad set up for burglary investigation, and they get assigned to it when they start work in the morning.

No doubt. Equally there's no doubt that the scenario I described happened. The Bentley case near Rotorua. Maggie bentley could have got assistance from the neighbours far quicker than the Police response. But she was prevented from calling them.

[scumdog]

No doubt. Equally there's no doubt that the scenario I described happened. The Bentley case near Rotorua. Maggie bentley could have got assistance from the neighbours far quicker than the Police response. But she was prevented from calling them.

Tragic though it may be but it was ONE case out of how many?????

[idb]

Well all I can say is that I think I should be able to arm myself but I'm buggered if I want to see the same right extended to every other idiot!

[scumdog]

Well all I can say is that I think I should be able to arm myself but I'm buggered if I want to see the same right extended to every other idiot!

Quite right, I know YOU are o.k and of course I'm the same but as for those other idiots.....

[Lou Girardin]

Tragic though it may be but it was ONE case out of how many?????

I don't know how many in total, but there have been several other instances of people choosing to defend themselves rather than wait for the Police.
McIntyre in Northland
The shooting of an 'enforcer' in Helensville.
Burglar shot in Mt Wellington

[scumdog]

I don't know how many in total, but there have been several other instances of people choosing to defend themselves rather than wait for the Police.
McIntyre in Northland
The shooting of an 'enforcer' in Helensville.
Burglar shot in Mt Wellington

Shut up you fool before the gummint realises this and decides they need even fewer Police.