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Husband wants police to get their act together
by The Daily Herald
Posted: Apr 3, 2006 15:38 UTC
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PHILIPSBURG - If the police force does not get its act together soon, an angry resident says, it could result in possible loss of life.
The irate husband says his wife was victim of an attempted break-in while he was not at home and although she had police on the phone during the attempt, they have yet to see an officer face-to-face.
He said his wife was at home with his two children at Brouwer Road #18 Thursday around 11:00pm when she suddenly heard a loud sound. When she investigated, she realised that someone was trying to force the front door open.
The terrified woman, who was home alone with her young children, telephoned the police station in Philipsburg for assistance. She reportedly spoke to an officer who demanded her phone number, promising to call her back. Within seconds the officer called back, asking, “Wa’ happen now?” The terrified woman, baffled by the officer’s reaction to her plight, said, “How you mean what happen? A man trying to break in my house.”
According to her report, the officer promised to send someone, but hours passed and the suspect(s) ran away, but no police came. Luckily for her, her husband was nearby and she had called him after calling the police.
He quickly rushed home with friends and they searched the area looking for the suspect, who she said was about 18 years old and of dark complexion. They found no one matching the description given.
The husband told The Daily Herald, “What if the man had come into the house and murdered my wife and children? What would happen then?” He said there seemed to be a serious problem with police’s ability to respond to crimes and the community, according to him, is suffering as a result. He said, “I bet if I kill someone in my house they would be there in no time to arrest me.”
He also marvelled at the fact that while he and his friends were on their way to the house they had passed a patrol unit travelling in the opposite direction, but still not one police officer had visited the house to see if his wife and children were all right.
In the past there have been several complaints from visitors and residents about trouble getting police during the late hours.
Police spokesman Inspector Johan “Janchi” Leonard said the police station was always manned and he had no knowledge of the particular incident being referred to by the angry husband.
He said, though, that all matters of crimes were the business of the police.
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