By Eddie Devir
Undercover citizens can pose difficult questions to unsuspecting police officers. Especially in – surprise! – New York and New Jersey. “Um, officer? What happens between dialing 911 and the time the first cruiser pulls up?” When pressed, the cops admit that, to no one’s surprise, “You’re on your own.” This, despite predicted response times ranging up to 30 minutes or more . . .
Here are a few of the helpful suggestions offered by officers to enquiring citizens:
- Get a Dog
- Hope nothing happens
- Use a baseball bat
- lock yourself in the room
- make noise
- yell and scream
- use bleach
- Put your cell phone to your ear
- Flee the house
- Put 2 x 4 on the windows
- Eliminate shrubbery
Some of the cops are even caught on tape advising citizens in fear of their lives that guns really aren’t the way to go. All of which raises a question: Why do many police officers — who have guns on their hips for their own protection every day — advise their fellow citizens against doing the very same thing?