Dallas Police No Longer Responding To “Low Priority” Calls
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 8 months ago
In what the Dallas Police Department is calling an expansion of alternate reporting methods, they are amending their response protocols to limit officer contact with the public for non-emergency and property-related offenses. They say that this will not affect their responses to crimes against persons and other “High Priority Calls”.
Instead of officer responses, victims are being asked to use the Dallas Online Reporting System and click on the “File a Police Report Online” tab. The Dept says that an investigation will be conducted just as if an officer had taken the report at the scene.
Among the low-level crimes affected are Burglary of a Motor Vehicle, Criminal Mischief, Reckless Damage, Shoplifting, Property Theft (Auto Accessories), and similar.
As a reminder to regular readers, and a brief primer for new readers, the police are under no legal obligation to protect anyone.
Warren v. District of Columbia
For home invasions, I cannot offer legal advice, but it’s not a safe bet that the invaders are only there to steal property.
And just a reminder – never talk to the police. That’s your lawyer’s job.
On March 26, 2020 at 10:50 am, William said:
I would expect that the local government would next empty the prisons.
This is a war by government, at all levels, on goodness and normality, flexing their muscles to show the sheep who really runs the show.
On March 26, 2020 at 11:51 am, TRX said:
> The Dept says that an investigation will be conducted just as if an officer had taken the report at the scene.
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Since most police “investigations” are “put the form in the filing cabinet until it has been there long enough to move to warehouse storage”, nothing has really changed at the “doing something” level.
For the cops, a major win, since they are having the citizenry fill out the paperwork they used to do, leaving them more time for donuts and PornHub.
On March 27, 2020 at 4:54 pm, Sanders said:
It’s not only Dallas.
Besides the XD45 concealed on my hip, I’ve started bringing a Mossberg 590 to work, since my company is considered an essential services type business, we are still open.
Day 3 of the “lockdown” and I’ve already had someone try to cut the lock off my gate. Probably want to try and steal one of my 1-tons again.