Getting a Quick Police Response
July 14, 2005 – 5:56 amGeorge Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.
George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked “Are any of those people in your house?”
When he said no, the dispatcher told him that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply stay in his house, lock his doors and an officer would be along when available.
George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. He said, “Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now cause I’ve just shot them all”. Then he hung up.
Within five minutes three police cars, an armed response unit, and an
ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”