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From the story:

The 911 dispatcher warned Horn to stay inside at least a dozen separate times, telling him, "An officer is coming out there. I don't want you to go outside that house."

Someone needs to give the 911 operators a crash course: you are not police officers and you are NOT in charge when you are on the phone.

93 posted on 07/01/2008 9:07:36 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Beware the fury of the man that cannot find hope or justice.)

The 911 dispatcher warned Horn to stay inside at least a dozen separate
times, telling him, "An officer is coming out there. I don't want
you to go outside that house."

IIRC, wasn't there a police unit sitting on the street, with an
officer (undercover) observing the robbery and was there at the
time Horn took action?

I may be wrong but I think I heard that when this story was fresh.
(and I thought that maybe the police were p-ssed that they'd been
outdone by some old civilian in "putting a bite on crime".)