Ohio, the heart of it all

[Grey Fox]

Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Were it me, I wouldn't even think "missing person" if I saw that. Maybe I'm just too worldly, but I would think sex play first, watch to make sure the women were safe, and then go about my business.

I was just thinking about a way they could get a warrant to investigate if they wanted to in the context of Seedy's post.

If they wanted to spend the entire day investigating this one call, sure.

This is something I find people uninvolved in the justice system don't appreciate - the significant amount of time and resources needed to obtain a warrant.

Depending on the information received, police may or may not have had the authority to enter the home without a warrant.  If, say, there is a report of a woman obviously injured inside the home, then police would enter without a warrant.

That's my point but instead of doing the work they are going to go hand out speeding tickets to fill the city coffers.

[fhdz]

That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign.

Hey, I always say stuff like "in this country".


A war story slightly related to the events in question, which I'll tell because I like telling war stories:

Dude's employer call in a missing person complaint - one of his workers didn't come in to work today.  Police attend at the residence.  No answer at the door.  Employers work truck is parked on the property.  No answer on any known phone numbers.  Police observed an open / broken 2nd story window with curtain flapping in the breeze - it's a very cold day.

Police get a locksmith and enter to see if everyone is okay.  They find 100 pot plants.  They leave, go get a warrant, and re-enter to seize the plants.  Turns out the dude was just out of town hunting.

Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Good. There were there to find a missing person, not arrest him.

Well, the whole point of arresting someone is to ensure he stays found ... 

We found him...now he won't go missing again. We've taken steps to ensure it.

[CountDeMoney]

Hang ups actually get treated as very high priority here.

Depends on what else is happening at the time.

[garbon]

Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of.

[fhdz]

Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of.

Now you're On File

[CountDeMoney]

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of.

It was cleared.  Coded out for positivity and cheerfulness. 

[garbon]

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of.

It was cleared.  Coded out for positivity and cheerfulness. 

I don't even know what any of that means.

[CountDeMoney]

Crime fought, evil suppressed.  It's all good.

[Barrister]

Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

Okay.

Hang ups actually get treated as very high priority here.

My friend found that out the hard way, when his 3 year old learned about 911. 

Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

[CountDeMoney]

Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

Especially what with the metropolitan operational tempo up there and all.

[merithyn]

Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

The same happens here if the person calling was on long enough to pinpoint their cellphone location. (It's a definite with a land-line.)

[Barrister]

Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

Especially what with the metropolitan operational tempo up there and all.

You'd be surprised at the shit that goes down in Edmonton.  We're always in the running for per-capita murder capital of Canada.

[Valmy]

You'd be surprised at the shit that goes down in Edmonton.  We're always in the running for per-capita murder capital of Canada.

So...like six a year or so?

[Barrister]

You'd be surprised at the shit that goes down in Edmonton.  We're always in the running for per-capita murder capital of Canada.

So...like six a year or so?

4.17 per 100,000 for 2011 (last year I could find data for).  We had 50 that year, and made it to #3 in Canada.

[Admiral Yi]

Indians and booze just do not mix.