[RBS] Police Stations Failure to Respond During an Emergency

[Ayelet Granick]

Try writing to www.mops.gov.il
and describe your experience with the local police.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 11:49 PM, dveykus613 <KYWeiss at aol.com> wrote:

> can anyone talk to the police about instituting a 911 type phone number
> (109? anything bezek will give) that they can set up for true emergencies
> only? or suspicious break-ins line (if they truly care to get to the bottom
> of this, of which I am not so convinced but if we say it like of course they
> do care maybe they'll try to live up to that image)? they just need to make
> sure it goes thru as a first priority. I know that 100 is "supposed" to be
> that, but since it's non-emergency as well the latter could easily tie up
> the lines (assuming they are even always answering) until they can "triage"
> that it's a non-emergency.
>
> Response time post the call is a different issue that needs to be
> addressed. Perhaps we can ask since our Anglo community probably pays the
> highest taxes in the city that we deserve a ministation of a couple of local
> cops (or even several as if they would hear that one) on call within a 5
> minute drive instead of 15 min (rather than just stationing here traffic
> ticket producers)??
>
> Anyone who has pull, "protekzia" or is just the type who can get things
> done please feel free to address the above ideas to the cops, we will all be
> truly indebted to you. TIA!
>
> --- In rbsA at yahoogroups.com, Susan Reuben <s.r.reuben at ...> wrote:
> >
> > This is unbeliveable - I also thought the police were supposed to be a
> 24hr
> > service.  A few days ago my neighbour went walking early in the morning
> at
> > around 6am and she saw 3 Arabs. 1 was walking around the building, and
> the
> > others poking into the garbage outside.  Baruch Hashem it was nothing
> more
> > than that, but she called the police to inform them - loads of  times -
> and
> > ...there was NO REPLY!!!  so, all the activists out there; what do we do
> > about this?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "A." <spitkyng at ...>
> > To: <rbs at ...>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:02 PM
> > Subject: [RBS] Police Stations Failure to Respond During an Emergency
> >
> >
> > >I was working in a house today in ramat bet shemesh and 4 Arabs broke in
> > >through the locked bars on the garden door. I hid behind a door
> upstairs,
> > >and immediately phoned my husband who came running over. I phoned the
> Baal
> > >habayit too who phoned the police, but they didn't answer. My husband
> > >fought them off with two kitchen knives and proceeded to phone the
> > >police.it rang and rang and went busy. the owner tried also to phone
> them,
> > >and the same thing. another guy tried and it worked from his phone. 1/2
> > >hour goes by, Arabs fled the scene and the police show up. Upon
> questioning
> > >they ask why I didn't phone the police, I said my husband answered and
> > >responded, you didn't. Is this how safe our neighborhoods are? The
> police
> > >is here for what if not to keep us safe?  I am horrified at their lack
> of
> > >assistance in a time of crisis. What if they would have attacked my
> > >husband? Where are the police when we need them? And why in heavens name
> > >are the Arabs allowed to walk our streets freely? What is everyone
> waiting
> > >for? Wake up, just as they slaughtered the poor fogels, what's to stop
> them
> > >anywhere else? Especially if nobody is taking any action.
> > >
> > >
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