Do you want an honest police force?

A very funny but untrue (according to snopes.com) story points out the problems with a police force no one can trust. Who trusted Russia's KGB during the 1960's? Our television shows and movies consistently depict the police lying to trying to dupe the "bad guys". But do we really want the police that no one trusts because they consistently lie (or are pereived as lying) to the bad guys as well as witnesses when it saves them time or is convenient?


HOW TO CALL THE POLICE

George Phillips , an elderly man, from Meridian,Mississippi, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened theback door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me. Then the police dispatcher said "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along whenone is available." George said, "Okay." He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them." and he hung up.

Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulances howed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught theburglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"