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Two people shot dead while St. Louis police respond to wrong address a block away
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 8-9-14 | Joel Currier

Posted on 08/09/2014 9:22:46 AM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority

ST. LOUIS • City police officers called after a violent domestic dispute in July were dispatched to the wrong address while the attacker returned and shot two people dead, officials said Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: crime; guns; police
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Once again, when seconds count, you better hope that a typical human error doesn't happen if you have no means to protect yourself.
1 posted on 08/09/2014 9:22:46 AM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: Controlling Legal Authority

It’s time the SLPD invested in GPS navigation equipment.


2 posted on 08/09/2014 9:27:09 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Controlling Legal Authority

Dial 9-1-1 and die.


4 posted on 08/09/2014 9:28:28 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Controlling Legal Authority

Wrong address about a block away.

Was it a Dunkin Donuts ?


5 posted on 08/09/2014 9:31:01 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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They can’t do the most basic and cursory police work these days? UPS probably gets the wrong house less often.


6 posted on 08/09/2014 9:32:58 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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...were dispatched to the wrong address ...

Perhaps better integration between the CPID and the patrol car, requiring only the dispatcher to press a "dispatch" button, and not read/listen and repeat back to the officers?

7 posted on 08/09/2014 9:33:59 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Controlling Legal Authority

Wrong cell phone apps.


8 posted on 08/09/2014 9:35:51 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Maybe the cops were using that new SmartPhone App that tells you where the ‘bad’ neighborhoods are.


9 posted on 08/09/2014 9:36:23 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Perhaps better arming the citizens and disarming the police to protect the local dogs and off duty officers. They couldn’t have stopped the killing but they could have shot all the dogs in the neighborhood.


10 posted on 08/09/2014 9:36:31 AM PDT by ricmc2175
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Sounds like error on the part of the DISPATCHER to me.


11 posted on 08/09/2014 9:41:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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You are exactly right. When the gun confiscation tyrants rear their ugly head again, this story should be pointed out as a major reason we need to respect the 2A (as a shield against tyranny is a major reason also, but too many LIV will never understand it).

I'm tempted to speculate as to why the miscommunication between the victim and the dispatcher occurred, but I'll refrain.

12 posted on 08/09/2014 9:42:02 AM PDT by Paulie
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Ping.


13 posted on 08/09/2014 9:43:01 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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The Detroit police chief says he’ll criminally charge dispatchers who lie to callers. Seems that they had a problem of telling callers that police were on the way and not bothering to dispatch one and people died as a direct result of it.

Its important to note that he’s actively encouraging people to arm and defend themselves.


14 posted on 08/09/2014 9:47:03 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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The important thing is that the officers went home safely to their families that night.
15 posted on 08/09/2014 9:48:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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the people int the house they DID goto are lucky THEY didn't get shot...
16 posted on 08/09/2014 9:49:25 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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Worth noting that none of the people quoted in the article having anything bad to say about the perp, and none of the comments about the article have anything good to say about COPS in general, or in particular.
Is it a neighborhood thing?


17 posted on 08/09/2014 9:49:26 AM PDT by BilLies ( it isn't the color of the skin, but culture that is embraced that degrades.)
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By the time they put on their ninja suits and get all their military toys together, your a** is grass. Police departments could save money by just buying yellow crime tape and chalk.


18 posted on 08/09/2014 9:59:17 AM PDT by txrefugee
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No telling how many people would have been shot dead had the police been at the right address.


19 posted on 08/09/2014 10:03:26 AM PDT by ravenwolf (s)
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To: Paulie

Frantic victim and bad connection?


20 posted on 08/09/2014 10:12:48 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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