are you happy with your police department? or do you think it's all a big joke?

Question

this past weekend was my first time actually using their service. it took me 10 different numbers to call and took them 3 hours to respond. i live in los angeles and there was a car blocking my drive way. the car was stolen and left there. all i wanted was a tow truck to remove it. have you encounter these kind of situations

Answer 1

Police departements are too busy trying to create revenue for themselves through fines and funding based on drug arrests by enforcing victimless crimes. They have less concern for petty crimes werein there is a victim, particularly if it involves the real police work of investigation.

I used to have respect for my local sheriff's department. Granted they got involved in the whole "war on drugs" fiasco just like practically every other law enforcement agency. But they would only make traffic stops that were reasonable. Then I noticed that they started using radar guns, stopping speeders and making miscellaneous traffic stops just like every other department. This to the detriment of actually serving the public in dealing with real crimes, resulting in an increased crime rate. BTW, I'm aware that several factors can attribute to crime rates and don't blame it entirely on this.
The sheriff's office hasn't done anything regarding trespassing, discharging of firearms from a vehicle on posted property (Natural Resources Police, quite effectively, did in one case as it involved a shot deer and there's only one officer covering the entire county), vandalism, robbery, hit and run vehicle collision AKA reckless endangerment, etc. etc. even when all but handed evidence.

"...there is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen. It is monstrous if the state fails to protect its residents against such predators but it does not violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or, we suppose, any other provision of the Constitution. The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties: it tells the state to let people alone; it does not require the federal government or the state to provide services, even so elementary a service as maintaining law and order."
Bowers v. DeVito, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh
Circuit, 686F.2d 616 (1982) See also Reiff v. City of Philadelphia, 477F.Supp.1262 (E.D.Pa. 1979)

Answer 2

As a member of the law enforcement field, I would say you have the right to be upset. But what you have to understand is the type of priority calls that are listed. In LA, I don't know if you have the sheriff department or the LAPD. Do to the size of that city / county, you might have anywhere between 100 to 300 officers on duty at that time. Then the area split up into zones. Lets say there are 10 zones. If they have 300 hundred officers it would be 30 officers to that zone(where you live). At anytime in the night or day, calls for service are stacked due to priority(i.e. shooting, occupied burglary in progress, and lets say an officer is dealing with several suspicious individuals and needed back-up). Then you have traffic crashes with injuries and road blockages that require an immediate response. Due to the size of these on-going calls, your illegal parking (that later turned out to be stolen vehicle) is reported. Due to that it would be awhile until units could respond. The reason is that vehicle was involved in a grand theft and the vehicle needs to be processed for latent prints. The amount of time it takes to clear some of these calls depends on the situation at the same time more calls that require an immediate response are coming in. Please you have to bear with law enforcement because it is alot of work for just a few shoulders to handle. I am sorry for any problems you might have had. But if you were in one of the priority situations you might want them to respond to you and not an illegally parked vehicle!

Answer 3

Yep they're a joke. They mainly harass good citizens for petty things and let big timers of the hook easy in my neighborhood...also they do not help and treat people condescendingly when called in.

I had someone trespassing on my property with their car parked there. They tow company would not tow and the cops would not help out. An officer even laughed and made a joke at me when I asked if I should file a report for him trespassing.

Answer 4

i can't speak for LAPD, but you can probably find the CORRECT number to call in the front pages of the phone book.
Depends what agency pertains to your address. As for the response time- most agencies, including LAPD, respond to calls on a PRIORITY basis, and a located stolen vehicle is simply NOT a priority. All agencies respond to life and death emergencies, or situations that could turn into that first.

Answer 5

you're a million/2 appropriate. I doubt that the police get lots of the money. The state does. the government has grew to become people who're meant to serve and take care of into strongarm thugs. i'm going to wager maximum law enforcement officials could extremely do their pastime than carry mutually dough for the state. edit: With all of the thumbs down, i assume i replaced into incorrect. they could like being the extortionist branch of state gov't.

Answer 6

Answer: NO. These men and women take an oath..
and that oath is to preserve, protect, and defend the rights and safety of others.
These people SAVE LIVES.
And they do this service without question.
To even consider YOUR police department a joke....
well that in and of itself IS a joke.
I strongly encourage you to participate in a "ride along" with your local police.... maybe on a night...
where "you" may not be "inconvenienced" by minor things...
annoyances such as parking....
but real crime.
Homicide, rape, child molesters, and drug dealers....

I wonder if you have children.
I wonder If you even look outside your window beyond
your precious car....

I doubt it.

Answer 7

We have had serious corruption in our small town community. The town cop went to prison for molesting a child while on duty!! I have had several conversations with our law enforcement agency while rearing children and I for one do NOT believe any one of them are trustworthy! It's all a big political joke. It goes beyone the police here, it was all of them; the sheriff, the District Atty, and the judge. Don't have a chance here!!

Answer 8

It's a recovered stolen vehicle.

If there is a rape, shooting or a bank robbery and there is one available unit, where do you think they will go first... to recover the stolen vehicle, or to these other crimes?

And if it is stolen, DOT and/or a private tow company aren't going to touch it.

Answer 9

If it is a joke, I am not laughing.
In this country police are bullies. They love to mistreat the citizens, and in some cases, something a little worse

Answer 10

im not really a cop yet but im taking a class that prepares me for the police academy training. and to tell you the truth... the class im in is full of F*** ups. and we already kicked 4 people out n they are still like that. oh well. it will get better once i apply for departments and get into the police academy