Milwaukee Sheriff Calls for Citizens to Arms Themselves, 911 Sometimes Not a Good Option.

[jimmy the one]

15. honor bound tho, cops are

School guard (1 post) 4. Police have neither the ability (for obvious reasons) nor the obligation (for legal ones) to "protect" individual citizens, regardless of what they have painted on their cars.

mtn man: the Police, are under NO DUTY to protect an individual that is NOT under their direct "care".

True, but you both leave the impression that they can refuse to respond to a reported crime, or cherry pick (ie by race) whom they respond to.
Police are not obligated to respond for pragmatic reasons - if they were able to be sued then victims would willy nilly sue them for any oversight committed, which would clog the court system as well as hamstring the cops by making them appear as witnesses, which would render a far less effective police dept.. Criminals would be instrumental in allowing this to happen btw, suing police depts for trivial or superficial reasons..
The police depts are not angels all the times, but this is one policy which needs to be.

On the other hand, it's sorta tacit most all cops are honor bound to respond, for if the cops did indeed refuse to respond to reported crimes they would either be fired, sanctioned, or called cowards.
That cops respond to reported crime is de facto, the 'not obligated' rule just a necessary legal imposition which doesn't mean they can cherry pick which crime to show up to.
.. false alarms too, why 911 screens needed.

Hmmm, 'school guard' with one post, on a gunboard; why am I inclined to think he/she, is pro gun?