I love reading police reports from small towns and suburbs to see what kinds of "problems" the police have to deal with and then compare it to what real police in the city have to deal with.
Last night on the local news there was this story about a young lady in Grafton (outside Milwaukee) who was arrested by police for overdue library fines. (Look at her smile in that mug shot) It is sad when the police have nothing better to do than this. How about you save tax payer money and have less police on duty in these hick-a** towns. Or how about you come down into the city and fight real crime.
About a year ago I was at my local tavern and a car was broken into. We saw it happen and chased the kids down the alley. We then called the police to file a report and get a squad out there. We did not call 911, just the non-emergency police number. The dispatcher said it would be 3-4 hours until someone came out. We then asked to talk to their supervisor because that was absurd. The supervisor was very nice and informed us that there were 45 calls with higher priority, 30 of which involved individuals where safety was at risk. This was in one police district in the city, and on a Thursday night. The police ended up coming the next afternoon (about 15 hour later) and said they would keep their eyes out for 3 kids wearing white shirts. (I think the case is still open.)
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