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Post by lawbreaker on Sept 17, 2008 13:21:43 GMT -5
Be careful.
The ACLU might label some of you as racists.
I agree with all the previous posts, though.
enough is enough !!
LMAO @ "chic-let,senor ?"
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Post by digger on Jan 17, 2009 19:18:41 GMT -5
I'm going to resurrect this old post to make an addition:
Yesterday while driving past Robbins Park on the way to pick my daughter up from school, I noticed a Windsor Police car at the park. The office was looking at something in the park.
On the way back home some 10 minutes later, the police car was gone, but now there were 10-12 rough "Cholo" types in the park standing in a tight group. As I got a bit closer to our house, more cars full of these folks passed me and parked across from the park and made their way into the park or sat on the curb.
As I watched from my front yard, more police arrived, though I could not see what was done. Eventually the people left. I know they weren't there to play football or to push their babies on the kiddy swings.
Sigh.
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Post by The Big Dog on Jan 17, 2009 22:17:33 GMT -5
You can likely find out at least some semblance of what was going on by checking the Sheriff's Office dispatch log. They post an edited version daily. www.sonomasheriff.org/crime_log.php |
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Post by The New Guy on Jan 17, 2009 22:21:36 GMT -5
welcome back, digger. long time, no see.  |
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Post by mrbose on Jan 18, 2009 1:09:32 GMT -5
Stop by Food Maxx on a Fri. or sat night and pick up tamales from the trunk of the family low rider  |
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Post by Mink on Jan 18, 2009 16:04:32 GMT -5
Digger, these "cholo" types are now "gangsta's". They seem to have more nerve than the lowriders of old. Since you saw the police, I bet someone reported them. I used to report them when they were in my neighborhood, usually past 8 PM. Since we now have street lights, they no longer come around wreaking havoc. The link Big Dog provided is very useful  |
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Post by The New Guy on Jan 18, 2009 20:37:33 GMT -5
yeah, that is a great site that BD provided. so is the megan's law site. www.meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.aspx?lang=ENGLISHwhat i found really interesting is the sheriff's average ERT (8 mins. 45 secs.) and i'm reminded of the saying........ "when seconds count the police are only minutes away." this is why the RKBA is so important. |
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Post by JustMyOpinion on Jan 18, 2009 21:23:22 GMT -5
Yes TBD, the link is great! Thanks.
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Post by JustMyOpinion on Jan 18, 2009 21:26:56 GMT -5
TNG (or TBD), wouldn't response times vary according to where you live, and which branch of law enforcement had patrols near by? What about city police, maybe those times are better? Isn't the sheriff's department spread thinner since it's county, and city would be quicker to respond since the station(s) would be nearest to the crimes? Just curious...
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Post by The Big Dog on Jan 18, 2009 22:24:16 GMT -5
TNG (or TBD), wouldn't response times vary according to where you live, and which branch of law enforcement had patrols near by? What about city police, maybe those times are better? Isn't the sheriff's department spread thinner since it's county, and city would be quicker to respond since the station(s) would be nearest to the crimes? Just curious... Bear in mind that the figure of 8:45 is an average. That means that 50% are below that time and 50% are above it. How far above it one could only guess. And yes, the sheriff's office would potentially have greater response times than city police due to distance in some cases. Of course if you have ever seen Sheriff's units rolling lights and siren on the freeway going to a call (100 MPH plus typically) it does give some idea of why their average is as low as it is. Response times are dependent upon many things. Staffing, call volume, geography and mode of response all factor in. Having said that I can impart one of the dirty little secrets in that some calls, such as for suspicious persons and vehicles with no outright crime reported or apparent are sometimes "cleared out" immediately and the beat officer does an area check at some point either now or, more likely, later. Most all of the agencies on the consolidated CAD system are relying more and more on the in car computers to handle calls rather than calling them out on the radio, which helps to hide that dirty little secret from prying ears listening to scanners. Not saying there is a malicious intent, but rather that it is a way to keep your average reponse times low. I am very familiar with agencies in nearby counties that "clear out the call" with an area check immediately upon dispatch over the open air for anyone to hear, and guess what closing the call completed about ten seconds after receiving it does for your average response time computations. |
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Post by JustMyOpinion on Jan 18, 2009 22:33:16 GMT -5
TBD, thank you, that was very informative!
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Post by digger on Jan 19, 2009 0:55:30 GMT -5
Sweet link there TBD. I now see there is an awful lot of activity going on near me!!!!
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