I live in AZ, Peoria to be exact. The police here are loosing officers left and right. They are actually advertising for replacements. You know of it goes, SUN AND FUN IN SUNNY AZ. No seriously they are losing their young officers to other states---higher pay---better advancement opportunities. Property crime is raising as the amount of illegals keeps going up. It is a good police dept, nice guys, I work security in my retirement complex so I get to see them more lately than I did before, HA HA
What scares me is the type of officer that applying for the job now. Our house in last 12 yrs has had two attempted break ins. 1st one the dog got, 122lb lab-we used to own a farm in MN, deer hunters, you get the picture, the 2nd one got into the back az room and OPENED THE REAR DOOR TO LET HIS PARTNER IN, SECURITY SYSTEM RIGGED ON THAT DOOR, so they boggied out. Both times the officers were GREAT GUYS. Now, two months ago, I am out with the dog at night. I see an emergency front light blinking--Homes equipped with them for medical emergencies, fire dept response, we are OLD BUGGERS HERE-- so I call 911, what we are taught to do, I wait and wait, no response, get a phn call back, sergeant what's his face, he says WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY, I tell him about the light blinking that is all I know. He says WELL, IF YOU CANT TELL ME THE EXACT EMERGENCY, WE WILL NOT RESPOND!!!!! I told him in as nice of a way that I could, I am 72 yrs old I will not go into a dark house and either fall over a dying body or exchange gun fire with a criminal, THAT IS YOUR JOB. In my house that would be a different story. I went home got the home number off of my list, called the home and he told me sorry for the light, I must have hit it by mistake before going to bed, THANKS. 5 Mins later I get a call from Sargant what's his face and he says that he had 2nd thoughts and was at the house now and the light was not blinking now, all was dark. Told him about me calling, he said ok and hung up.
Needless to say the homeowners association has a meeting scheduled with the NEW chief of police scheduled for next week