Detroit Unveils New 9-1-1 Policy: No Serious Danger? You’ll Get Transferred
- Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:33am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The Detroit Police Department unveiled a new 9-1-1 policy recently, and it’s got some people worried. Why? Because unless there seems to be an imminent threat, callers will get transferred to a crime reporting unit.
“This is how it works,” WJBK-TV explains. “If you’ve been held up and the gunman is long gone, or you’ve been assaulted but not too badly, or your home has been broken into, that’s not 911 anymore. They’ll transfer you or you can call the Telephone Crime Reporting Unit yourself at 313-267-4600.”
The exact criteria is murky, but according to WJBK, if there is no immediate threat, if the crime is not in progress, and if the criminals have left the scene, the department isn’t going to waste its time to scramble officers.
“The aim is to reduce the number of calls considered ‘non-emergency,’” the Detroit News reports, “ones not requiring immediate service or an officer’s presence — and redirect 40 percent of the calls for service to the unit.”
So who responds to those non-emergency calls?
“Non-emergency calls for service are handled by police officers (limited duty status) and/or civilian personnel,” the department said, according to the news.
The Detroit News outlines the policy that will guide how dispatchers will now group calls:
Priority 1. Considered an emergency; police are dispatched for situations including the perpetrator still on the scene; emergency medical service is needed or requested; and the preservation of evidence or the protection of the crime scene is urgent.
Priority 2: Considered serious; police are dispatched but the situation is stabilized. Same criteria as Priority 1, except the crime or incident is in progress or happened within 15 minutes and the likelihood of apprehension is high or low.
Priority 3: Not considered serious; police dispatched because assistance is needed, but not urgently. Similar to Priority 2, but the incident occurred less than 15 minutes earlier. These can include a break-in or house-stripping.
Priority 4: Not considered serious; police dispatched or runs may be redirected to T.C.R.U. only when the incident is not in progress; the perpetrator is not on the scene; it occurred more than 15 minutes earlier; and the likelihood of apprehension is low.
Priority 5: Not serious; T.C.R.U. handles. Similar to Priority 4, but apprehension is unlikely and damage or loss is less than $10,000.
“It’s giving criminals the wrong idea,” Tony Wright, a retired Detroit homicide detective, told the station. “If you want to do something, do it in Detroit. The police won’t show up.”
The plan is apparently part of the department’s attempt to save money. Last year, the department also stopped automatically responding to burglar alarms.
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Comments (48)
LukeAppling
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:49amDetroti, Gary, Newark, and Oakland are poster children of the democrat success in redistribution. If you like how they are going reelect Obama if you like how North Dakota is going with 3% unemployment , a housing boom an economy skyrocketing elect a republican, any Republican is better than Obama. Obama has lived his entire life on government handouts for school, for community organizing, for Harvard law school, Illinois House and now President he has never held a real job where failure meant losing your job—-until now. Let’s make him aware of failure and the results, please.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:34amA Call for HELP… must be Qualified? HELP — IDIOT LIBERALS!
Report Post »Bolo2811
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:23amSince someone already mentioned RoboCop, I might as well pile on. I do believe that ALL this is leading up to a scenario “like” that in the Movie RoboCop except with the OCP only in reality “OCP” will stand fro Obama Civillian Corp. Officers loyal ONLY to the obama regime offering assistance ONLY to those obama deems worthy of his time. If your being robbed at gun point you better be SURE that you have your Obama party membership papers or you will be left to fend for yourselves.
Report Post »merchantsailor
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:20amDetroit looks like post war Germany Devastation… and lets see who has been in charge these past 50 years?? Oh yeah Dumocrats and Unions just sayin
Report Post »TPaine
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:13amOne last serious comment: why would ANYONE live in Detroit? Looks like America’s model for anarchy. Remember the movie, “Escape from New York”? They need to put a wall around Detroit, and seal it up, and let the inmates run their own little asylum. I’m sure the UAW would maintain control better than the ineffective police force. Union thugs don’t take no crap from nobody!
Report Post »noob00
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:39amI actually live in Detroit and yes things are bad here just like they are every place else in the United States, but that doesn’t mean that Detroit looks as you say “America’s model for anarchy.” This is completely false. There is crime here and the problem is that everyone is afraid to stand up. No one is will to stand, everyone has the same philosophy as you do, which is to leave. If everyone with a light leaves, then all that is left is darkness. I love my city, though a group of people here make it bad for everyone else. There is still good left in the city, and I believe in it. I have faith that God is going to turn things around in this city, but someone have to stand up for Detroit because if no one does then this city and its rich history will become extinct.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:39amAgree…
Report Post »Chris
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:09pmNoob… Correct… Your city will become extinct if there’s nobody to stand up for it. Unfortunately it is apparent that the ones elected to tand up for it have abandoned you as constituents to the proverbial wolves because they are too spineless to do their sworn duties. It isn’t unique to detroit. It’s a systemic issue all over the US. Both houses have abandoned the American Citizen and only pursue their ends.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:11amdeclare yourself free of the govt benefits.
Report Post »refuse to accept this govt.and all corporate agencies.
follow the constitution , since this govt is a corporation.
TPaine
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:59amWhen seconds count, the police are only minutes away…unless you live in Detroit. In which case, unless you’re bleeding out in an alley and can somehow use your cellphone to call 9-1-1 before you die, the police might just take the call.
Let’s face it – in Detroit, the cops are neutered anyway. The gangs are better-equipped, and the cops don‘t even like to respond unless there’s a lot of back-up. If you live in Detroit, you’re on your own.
http://youtu.be/__n5Bgxx-68
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:38amOne could use your own arguement against you TPaine. If you call 911 and the operator decides to transfer your call and in fact you do have a life emercency, you can sue her/him.
Report Post »sirloxelroy
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:56amHmmm Robo-cop anyone?
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:47amOh well – they wanted it, they got it. The liberal-democrat welfare experiment known as Detroit has failed. Detroit represents America’s future if obama is re-elected. Wake up America!
Report Post »MiloMinderbinder
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:30pmAbsolutely frigg’n right. Because we are not allowed to talk about the 12,000 lb elephant in the room(blacks), it will only get a LOT worse. The liberals like to use poverty as an excuse for black dysfunction, WV is 92% white and nearly 70% of them live below overty, they have the LOWEST crime rates in the nation. This country needs to wake up from its suicidal PC slumber and deal with race.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:13amI think this will be ok as long as these calls don’t get pushed onto the back burner and forgotten about. I can see where the police department is coming from. Last summer someone stoled our fishing boat and we filled out a police report online. We never talked to a officer, nor have we heard back from the police department. I still wonder who read the report and where it got shuffled to. I think alot of people abuse 911, such as the lady who called 911 after getting shorted on food at a drive through. I would say life threatening emerciences only.
Report Post »TPaine
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:09amAre you kidding me??????? If someone abuses the 9-1-1 system, prosecute them. But do NOT ignore the system by letting the operators decide which calls are important and which calls are not. If I call 9-1-1, I’m expecting immediate help, not some operator who tells me that, since I’m still breathing, and the knife wound isn’t THAT bad, they’ll re-route me to the desk sergeant.
I’ll guarantee you that, if I called 9-1-1 and told the operator that I had a gun and was going to kill the guy at my front door, I’d get immediate results. They’d probably come and “rescue” the assailant and arrest me for having a gun.
Report Post »MiloMinderbinder
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:38pmI have lived less than 20miles from detroit most of my adult life. To say that the black run and staffed police force is lazy, incompetent, and corrupt is an understatement of biblical proportion. Just like anything else that blacks manage, it is a joke. This country and the liberal elite needes to sit down and have a serious discussion on race. No more coddling, no more pretending that we are all equal.
Report Post »huufarted
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 2:22amLol@stoled our boat…
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:59amGood riddance to that racist hellhole.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:54amSome dispatcher make the decision wether you have an emergency requiring th presence of a police officer. Many departments spend a lot of time and money training their 911 operators and dispatchers but the majority issue the employee a headset and set them down in front of a computer screen to fill in the blanks.
These people should not be placed in a situation where they are making life and death decisions on a daily basis.
I can see the law suits now
OMG
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:48amI wish all folks would have courage. When someone breaks into your home or assaults you or robs you, please, PLEASE, just draw down on the perp and kill him. This is a service that you do for your community. If you let the perp get away, he lives to rob countless others, extending the cycle of violence and making our society much less stable. The police do not even try to find these people, and their closure rates on cases are dismal. If you care for your neighbors, please just shoot the guy. Don’t talk to him, don’t negotiate with him. He has chosen his moment to not get caught, there probably isn’t anyone around, just kill him. Let him have what he wants and shoot him in the back as he flees. Then, leave the scene (and take your belongings back). Be sure not to leave any prints. I recommend carrying several pairs of latex gloves in your vehicle all the time for such instances. Pick up your casings if you are firing a semi-auto. Revolvers are better, no chance of a lost casing. Leave no evidence. Do not call the police – you’ll be investigated and treated like a criminal. Folks, we are on our own from here on out. Let’s stick together. Carry at all times.Protect yourself and your community.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:17amI do agree with you, however I will only “draw down” on someone if I fear for my life. I don’t like my tax dollars going to defend these life long criminals, but I don’t think I could kill someone just to get rid of them.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:40amWhen seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:55amThis is what slow economic collapse looks like-the most basic public services start going away.
Report Post »What next-get put on hold and listen to Muzak??
Ceefour
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:39amDetroit shines where it really matter….parking enforcement…..
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:35amLiberal and union UTOPIA? Hahahahaha. As they say in Dearborn…lalalalalalala.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:46amIn Dearborn they just say “Praise Allah, you die in Holy War”…“Go collect your virgins”…
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:08amScenario: A man drives along a low traffic road and pulls up to a stop light. He is assaulted by gang members, robbed and killed. The gang members leave the area. About 20 minutes later he is found by another motorist who calls the police. Under the new policy it seems his murder would have less chance of getting solved. What a waste. I‘m glad I don’t live in Detroit.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:05amcops used to be only 10 minutes away …………..in detroit they come via snail mail
lol serves them right ………………….you get what you vote for
Report Post »ChildofJesus
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:03amThat’s it! I need to get me a gun and some lessons. police state is happening and fast.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:59amThis could mean your fries go cold before your Mc Sandwich issue gets resolved.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:52amWhere’s Robocop when you need him?
He wasUnionized…He was making Chevy Volts until he was laid off. Now he just sits around collecting unemployment and food stamps.
Detroit…the armpit of liberal America…
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:52am.
911 should be used to save Americans….Not a bunch of Anti-American Obama Voters……
Besides it’s a waste of good gas to save anything in Detroit…..
Report Post »Mess23
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:49amThe only thing left to steal in Detroit is the vote because the Union has ruined the city. I hate my union…
His second term
OR
Your Second Amendment
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:59amThat’s a great bumper sticker!!
Report Post »MiloMinderbinder
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:32pmLOVE IT!!!! “His second term, or your second Amendment” you made my day. Thank you.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:39amIt seems plausable, since Detroit is full of union thugs! It allows them to get in a few wacks with a baseball bat while your are being transfered to the out-sourced over-seas (non-union) 911 call center!
How does that sound my union buddies?
Report Post »arfarb55
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:38amThis is where the 2nd Amendment comes into play, arm up America, we are on our own.
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