What if?
The officer failed miserably. A break-in was reported. That's burglary. What if the suspect(s) were still in the shed?
If the owner got injured or killed because the officer failed to clear the building where a crime was committed; that little bit of overtime would pale compared to how much the city would pay in damages to the owner's family...
What if there had been a murder in that shed that got broken into?
This particular officer left all the risk to the untrained property owner.
Where was the wise use of taxpayer dollars, again, vs. the owner's collective security?
''I gotta go home....let the day shift handle it.'' Give me a break!
-By bigbrother
What if nothing was stolen? Where is the burglary? Seems to me if the person was still in the shed the only thing he/she could be charged with is breaking and entering. Wouldn't you agree Wee Man?
What if the person was hidden and after a thorough check of the premises and a radio in to the dispatcher that no one was discovered why would the City be on the hook for the liability? The policeman's purpose is to prevent a crime, not anticipate a crime. Any good defense attorney worth their salt could make that argument easily with a Motion for Summary Judgment and get the case dismissed.
What if there had been a murder in the shed that got broken into? Well duh? Don't you think the owner of the shed would have thought to notify the police of the stiff laying in the shed?
The untrained officer left all the risk to the property owner? How? In what way? If the officer investigated the crime scene, found no one on the premises, found that nothing was missing, found that no one was murdered, then how does all the risk transfer back to the property owner?
Where was the wise use of the taxpayer's dollars vs. the owner's collective security? I think I've already answered that question.
Only a jaded fool would make such an assertion that a police officer would pass off a ''what if'' scenerio as you described it to the next shift. But then again I'm not a security guard on an unknown pipeline somewhere in the heart of the country.
You really are as dumb as a bag of hammers aren't you Wee Man?
The officer failed miserably. A break-in was reported. That's burglary. What if the suspect(s) were still in the shed?
If the owner got injured or killed because the officer failed to clear the building where a crime was committed; that little bit of overtime would pale compared to how much the city would pay in damages to the owner's family...
What if there had been a murder in that shed that got broken into?
This particular officer left all the risk to the untrained property owner.
Where was the wise use of taxpayer dollars, again, vs. the owner's collective security?
''I gotta go home....let the day shift handle it.'' Give me a break!
-By bigbrother
What if nothing was stolen? Where is the burglary? Seems to me if the person was still in the shed the only thing he/she could be charged with is breaking and entering. Wouldn't you agree Wee Man?
What if the person was hidden and after a thorough check of the premises and a radio in to the dispatcher that no one was discovered why would the City be on the hook for the liability? The policeman's purpose is to prevent a crime, not anticipate a crime. Any good defense attorney worth their salt could make that argument easily with a Motion for Summary Judgment and get the case dismissed.
What if there had been a murder in the shed that got broken into? Well duh? Don't you think the owner of the shed would have thought to notify the police of the stiff laying in the shed?
The untrained officer left all the risk to the property owner? How? In what way? If the officer investigated the crime scene, found no one on the premises, found that nothing was missing, found that no one was murdered, then how does all the risk transfer back to the property owner?
Where was the wise use of the taxpayer's dollars vs. the owner's collective security? I think I've already answered that question.
Only a jaded fool would make such an assertion that a police officer would pass off a ''what if'' scenerio as you described it to the next shift. But then again I'm not a security guard on an unknown pipeline somewhere in the heart of the country.
You really are as dumb as a bag of hammers aren't you Wee Man?
