Comments on: In the battle against violent crime, we all need to be dot connectors http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-22135 JoMa Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:30:33 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-22135 We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.<br><br>On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever. <br><br>I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true "emergency" that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them. <br><br>In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.<br><br>But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be. We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.

On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever.

I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true “emergency” that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them.

In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.

But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be.

]]> By: Gnarlodious http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-22136 Gnarlodious Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:48:38 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-22136 That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA "lovers quarrel". You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to "not get involved". That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA “lovers quarrel”. You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to “not get involved”.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-19587 JoMa Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:33 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-19587 We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.<br><br>On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever. <br><br>I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true "emergency" that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them. <br><br>In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.<br><br>But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be. We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.

On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever.

I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true “emergency” that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them.

In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.

But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be.

]]> By: Gnarlodious http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-19588 Gnarlodious Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:48:38 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-19588 That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA "lovers quarrel". You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to "not get involved". That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA “lovers quarrel”. You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to “not get involved”.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-9460 JoMa Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:30:33 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-9460 We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.<br><br>On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever. <br><br>I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true "emergency" that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them. <br><br>In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.<br><br>But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be. We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.

On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever.

I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true “emergency” that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them.

In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.

But your point that WE have to connect the dots regarding suspicious activity is right on. Cops can't be everywhere, nor would we want them to be.

]]> By: Gnarlodious http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-9461 Gnarlodious Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:48:38 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-9461 That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA "lovers quarrel". You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to "not get involved". That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA “lovers quarrel”. You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to “not get involved”.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-8309 JoMa Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:33 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-8309 We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.<br><br>On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever. <br><br>I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true "emergency" that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them. <br><br>In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something. We've heard more and more of these stories about 9-1-1 operators that seem to show little concern. Local governments have been sued big time because these folks failed to do their job.

On the other hand, imagine what it must be like to get several bogus or overactive calls every day. What about the nut jobs that call 9-1-1 because the fast food place didn't give enough onions or whatever.

I think 3-1-1 and 242-COPS are good ideas. If you weren't 100% sure that what you were seeing on Montgomery was a true “emergency” that could be an option. I have those numbers on my contact list in the cell and have used them.

In reality, maybe you did and maybe you didn't stop a violent act by calling 242-COPS, but you'll at least feel that you've done something.

]]> By: Gnarlodious http://newmexicoindependent.com/35504/in-the-battle-against-violent-crime-we-all-need-to-be-dot-connectors#comment-8307 Gnarlodious Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:48:38 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35504#comment-8307 That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA "lovers quarrel". You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to "not get involved". That's very concerned of you but the conventional wisdom is NEVER intervene in a domestic dispute AKA “lovers quarrel”. You can get knifed, shot or at the very least beat up or verbally abused. And don't tell yourself you are rescuing some damsel in distress, because the woman can join in and do you as much damage as the man. So yes it is sad, but we have all been taught well to “not get involved”.

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