Average Wait Time for Police After Calling 911 in New Orleans: 1 hour.

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Calling 911 is a fine thing to do, but even in those (rare) instances when you can call 911 BEFORE bad things happen, you may be waiting a while of police. In New Orleans… you will wait a while. New Orleanians on average wait over 1 hour for police to arrive | NOLA.com

Residents who called NOPD through September of this year had to wait an average 73 minutes for police to dispatch an officer their way. That’s nearly four times as long as it took in 2011, when the average dispatch time was 15 minutes, according to an analysis of NOPD calls for service by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and WVUE Fox 8 News.

The reason? Manpower shortages.

73 minutes is a long time. 15 minutes can be a long time if something bad is happening.

The other reason – dare I say excuse? – is the federal consent decree that New Orleans PD must now operate under. You see NOPD had a fairly colorful history that included some fairly rank practices. So of course if you want good policing you now have to wait for it.

Texans Are Still Armed, Home Invaders Still Getting Shot

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Would-be bad-guy meets armed homeowner. Lake Dunlap homeowner shoots alleged intruder

The police say that the time and geographic location match several similar crimes. They are investigating.

“At about 5 a.m. the homeowner reported that there was a potential burglary in progress,” [Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Investigator Sgt. Zachary McBride] said. “He confronted the suspect, and then shot him.”

The bad-guy is in a local hospital.

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0. Self-defense is a human-right.

Even in Chicago, Self-defense Works

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In the most socialist enclave of the People’s Republic of Illinois, self-defense works. Police: Customer with concealed carry license kills robber at corner store – Chicago Tribune

So a guy walks into a store, announces a robbery and points a gun at the clerk.

Another employee came from the back of the store and the gunman pointed his weapon at her, police said. He then made her go to the back of the store, which also serves as a currency exchange.

After that, a customer who was also inside the business pulled out a gun and opened fire at the robber, killing him, police said.

He had all the required Illinois documentation.

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0. Hat tip to Thirdpower.

Police Misconduct in Suburban Chicago

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Justice Wrongful convictions aren’t just a problem in Chicago. This is a profile of a Chicago suburb (sort of), Waukegan, Illinois. Waukegan police have history of wrongful convictions, abuse allegations – Chicago Tribune

This article details shoddy police work that sent innocent men to prison for decades, the way the prosecutors in the county went along because they were winning cases, and the institutional cover-up of reported misconduct, because it was “easier to sweep it under the carpet.” (Misconduct, I might add, that was reported by other Waukegan cops.)

This isn’t a story of one or two guys having a bad day. This is a story of a dysfunctional police department that has for decades violated civil rights, used excessive force, and in general behaved in criminal ways. Of course cops enjoy immunity. And not much is being done about it.

“Why are you dressed like it’s Halloween?”

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Club 357 presents….

Ministry preforming their 1984 single “Every Day is Like Halloween” Was included in the 1987 compilation 12 Inch Singles.

You may have been more familiar with remix dance-version, which left out the lyrics. I never understood that; you can dance to this version.

Here we have Ministry with “All Day (Remix B)” also a WaxTrax single included on the 1987 compilation. Which itself has been re-released at least once. Continue reading →