Originally posted by: tcsenter
That was hard enough to read, I cannot imagine being on the phone with a dying and desperate person for 45 minutes.
So I guess the phrase, "To Protect and Serve" has no real merit?
Sure it has merit, but they cannot be held responsible if they fail to protect you. Police services are primarily to capture law breakers, not serve as personal body guards.
They provide "general" protection to society as a whole, but to no person individually. All they have to show is that they made a good faith attempt, success is irrelevant.