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BumRushDaShow

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13. "May have a weapon" is "code" that is guaranteed to have the call escalated in the system
Mon May 21, 2018, 10:40 AM
May 2018

and to ensure a police response to what would normally be considered a frivolous call.

Just like here in Philly with Starbucks, where the dispatcher for some reason decided to escalate the situation merely be manufacturing something beyond what the 911 call indicated - claiming a "disturbance" was taking place and morphing "two gentlemen" into "a group of males". And by doing this escalation, rather than have 1 or 2 officers show up to confirm, a whole armada of 6 bike cops and a supervisor show up as if someone was throwing chairs around and having a brawl.

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