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sexy_wash_bucket t1_je76wlm wrote

I am not exaggerating there must have been 40+ cop cars. Took 15 mins to drive three blocks on my drive home. All for a fender bender. Stupid.

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throwawaitnine t1_je782qr wrote

Meanwhile, if it was you, you'd be lucky if someone answers by the fifth ring.

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RJ5R t1_je7kkb1 wrote

Yeah no kidding. And if by some miracle you reach someone and they say they are on their way you're lucky if they get there within 3 hrs. Someone hit and run damaged a family members car parked on street. Dispatch asked was anyone injured. He said no. They said so what does he want them to do for him. Lol.

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Lemonbrick_64 t1_je8cwh0 wrote

Is that actually true or are you exaggerating from an experience you heard? Have you actually waited more than a half hour for police recently?

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B-BoyStance t1_je8m7y3 wrote

Buddy look at my comment below. I hit a guy, and a bunch of people passing by thought he was dead. For literally 20 minutes a dude was laying on the street at 17th and Market and a bunch of passerby thought I killed him. 911 answered no one.

Cops happened to roll by, and they acted like it was a fucking nuisance.

I will believe the most outlandish anecdotal stories about the cops in this city. They are fucking awful at their jobs and a large percentage of them are lazy assholes. Many of them are even vindictive because people told them they suck at their jobs (which they do - and they should feel bad until they don't)

You call the cops in any other neighborhood and it's even worse response times. Let alone the neighborhoods you would never find yourself in.

Edit: not to mention people were calling the cops on this dude before he ran into me. He was doing it for the whole day according to the witness that stuck around for me. Absolutely insane that shit happens for an extended amount of time anywhere in the city, let alone one of its most trafficked areas.

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Lemonbrick_64 t1_je9js2l wrote

I see. I didn’t read the full context. That is horrifically insane

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RJ5R t1_je8fk0y wrote

he was literally arguing with the dispatcher to send an officer to file a report. she finally agreed, reluctantly, and with such attitude too

he waited a half hour, and went back into his apartment building

over 3 hrs later he got a call officer was outside ready to look at the damaged car

this was 2021

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B-BoyStance t1_je7r74u wrote

Bro I literally had a guy run into my car on Market (fraud), and he was laying in the street for like 20 minutes.

911 wouldn't answer. People freaking the fuck out at me thinking I killed a guy.

Cops show up 20 minutes later, tell me they don't have time for this, and when a very nice witness came over to tell them the dude was running in traffic for a while, they finally decided to call him an ambulance as a way to get him to leave.

This story pisses me off.

Edit: And if the very nice employee/owner of the restaurant that provided video to me or the woman who stood by with me for 30 minutes is reading this - you have no idea how thankful I am for you. Thank you. I think the only reason I got through that is because I was so damn mad at the guy, and aware of what he did/the fact I caught it in time to stop. I was able to keep it together just long enough. If you guys didn't come out to help I probably would have gotten arrested.

Edit 2: And also sued

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babywithahugedick t1_je84erk wrote

Yeah this story is actually genuinely infuriating. Who the fuck cares if Danielle Outlaw got in a fender bender? Her life is worth more than mine because of her job, which she isn't even good at?

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coxie0520 t1_je7ttlv wrote

It’s unfortunate nobody could 302 this guy for continually jumping into traffic.

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lissssxo t1_je8gmu4 wrote

That would be a miracle in this damn city. I had a man call my phone at 2am saying he was going to end his life. I’m a previous 911 dispatcher and I kept him on the phone for 3 hours. Text to 911, they disconnected on me twice saying “just tell him to call the suicide hotline.” Never sent me an officer to my house. I drove to 3 different districts and ultimately ended up at the mans house, which was miraculously 20 minutes away from mine, that I found his address and provided to PD to do a wellness check, and told the sergeant “I’m not leaving until you help him.” They took him immediately when they realized I was the one on the phone and if they didn’t take him, I was going to.

This city is a joke when it comes to mental health.

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thereisnodevil666 t1_je9eqmg wrote

It's a joke when it comes to police doing fucking anything, other than getting paid a salary to do real estate on the side, or getting reinstated after violently assaulting citizens due to FOP pressure. I've never heard a story of pigs happily helping someone who asked for it, even when they presented evidence.

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FistfulOPubes t1_je8i18q wrote

That’s such a frustrating story. You’re a good person.

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lissssxo t1_je8i7ci wrote

Thank you. Frustrating isn’t the word, I didn’t get home until 630am that day. He’s the only person I ever got to meet after 3 years of both helping and losing people over the phone. In a weird way, I think it was some type of closure. I hope he’s doing well now.

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futurelullabies t1_jea2be5 wrote

you could be bleeding out and philly PD will tell you they dont have time for you and then go get donuts and fuck off in their cars to scroll on facebook.

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sidewaysorange t1_jeck5p1 wrote

got t-boned when i was pregnant. dude ran a stop sign. called cops... they told me unless i needed an ambulance i was on my own. cop drove past my car just sitting in the intersection. can't make this shit up.

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