Heroic Citizen saves little girl.

[rockouthippie]

Very, very bad things can happen in the 5 or 10 minutes it takes cops to get there.

http://www.co.washington.or.us/Distr...ty-killers.cfm

One time, the cops showed up in 10 minutes. That would have been 8 minutes too late. According to "Dead of Night, the True Story of a Serial Killer" by Don Lasseter, someone beat the shit out of Leonard Darcelle (Cesar's buddy). When Barone shot Martha Bryant, a witness noticed Darcelle was beat to hell. Hospital records led cops right to the dynamic duo. I'm glad *someone* stopped Darcelle from kidnapping a woman from a bar parking lot.

The detective on the case is now retired and lives across the street. Every time he sees me, he says "Be careful". It always seemed odd to me. I didn't actually understand why until I read this book ten years later. Hmmm....

I'm not big on seat belt or helmet laws either.

[baafie]

Originally Posted by rockouthippie

Very, very bad things can happen in the 5 or 10 minutes it takes cops to get there.

Sure. And you can cite examples of such bad things happening. Then I can cite examples of the opposite happening.

What is the chance of something happening in those ten minutes? I would say the chance is not high.

Most relevant is, of course, the balance. What odds are better: the chance of something happening to the victim in the time the police need to respond, or the chance of dire consequences of vigilante policing? I think that, in the balance, the best chance of survival of the victim is to wait for the police.