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Originally Posted by Vexx
Aye.. .that's a little fact a lot of anti-sentiment don't seem to grasp. There is *zero* duty for a police officer in the USA to prevent crime or to protect someone. Their only obligation is "clean up" ... maybe.... if they feel like it.... or have the funds (taxes again).
On my road just outside of town, best possible response time for law enforcement is 15 minutes. That's a long damn time and assumes 911 was dialed on "first noise". Response time is actually worse in many cities...
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Aye, because it's a physical impossibility for them to do so. There are only so many police officers, and a whole lot of areas to cover, and the police doesn't have a magic radar that tells them what crime is about to happen where, nor are they obligated to risk their life to save yours - it's Serve and Protect, not Take-a-bullet-for-you-so-my-wife-and-kids-can-lose-their-hubsand-and-father.
You can expect the police and the justice system to deter some crime, and to investigate them after they've occured. But you're just dreaming if you're expecting them to protect you from criminals.