I've provided options above. If she felt that she was at risk of imminent harm, she should have called the police. Did she believe that the 12 year old was going to storm her house, for instance? What other types of non-lethal force could she have utilized?
She did call the police.
There are now reports coming out they did try to kick her door in.
non-lethal? I don't believe in non lethal. I believe in threat neutralization and pepper spray wouldn't have helped this lady.
In my department, if sending cops to her house didn't work, police would have gone to the parents' houses and met with them. They might have sent someone like me to meet with the kids and their parents. The children involved were also involved in the juvenile justice system, so there is some recourse available through the court system.
This is chicago, what do you think the timeline for that would be, if ever. :lamo
The last thing I would have done, to be frank, was to up the level of escalation by walking back outside, firearm in hand, and confronted the kids.
Why not, would you wait until they smashed all your windows? hit you in the head with a brick? burned your house down?
I doubt you catz, would be timmid tammy here.
I actually worked with situations like this in my former job. Chicago PD has a ton of victim resources. I'd probably have asked the officers for a referral to a victim advocate, and worked with that person to potentially file a nuisance suit against the family involved.
You are one of the good ones. You think within a couple years someone would have advocated for her?
they didnt
I would have worked specifically with these folks:
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/po...olved/Hotlines and CPD Contacts/OtherHelpLine
A lot of times, the crime prevention advocates in a large department like Chicago can create a pro-active neighborhood plan to address problems like this, whereas repeatedly calling 911 is just going to result in another patrol officer who isn't familiar with the problem being dispatched to the scene.
:lamo you can't be serious, WTF would that do? 2 kids? south shore chicago? I'm sure they could have stopped the menacing and the assaults and the vandalism and the arson. by calling the city information and petty crime line.
Besides, why should she be required to rely on someone else for her own protection? Self defense is a right.
311? You suggest she call the city help line?
"Many police functions can now be accomplished by calling 311.
Filing a police report after a crime has occurred and the offender is gone:
If you wake up in the morning and realize that your bicycle is missing from your garage, call 311.
If your neighbor leaves the dog in the yard all night, barking at squirrels, call 311.
If you come out of the grocery store and realize the cell phone you left on the seat of your car is gone, call 311.
If you hear your car alarm in the middle of the night and realize someone has tried to steal or break into your car, call 311."
:doh