25 May 06 10:10, Joe Delahaye wrote to Bj”rn Felten:


 >>    Sounds reasonable. So I guess one might expect that with more
 >> centralized emergency stations, like we have in Sweden, one could save
 >> quite a lot?

 JD> Unfortunately there are down sides to that.  When they changed to a
 JD> central dispatch here (after switching from a local to a provincial
 JD> police force) wait time for action increased from a few minutes to a
 JD> few hours.  Want a cop at night, you better hope you are not being
 JD> threatened with violence then.  If being robbed, they might show up
 JD> some time after the fact even if you call while it is in progress.

Hmmmm, that makes for a good case for the 'armed citizen'...


Roy
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