Man charged for trying to get police to his house faster

KMOV said: ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A 20-year-old man is charged with trying to get police to his house faster. While that isn’t illegal, his strategy was. Chrishaun Hilliard told the 911 dispatcher that he was an officer in need of aid. When police arrived, he confessed he was not an officer, but just wanted a faster response time. Hilliard is charged with impersonating a police officer.

What kills me is that we are left clueless as to what he needed. A CLIFFHANGER! What are we? Chopped liver?!

For the record, proper technique is to end the call by disclosing that you have a gun and then hang up.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

I mean, the cops wouldn't care if you killed some shiny happy person trying to harm you, if it weren't for all the paperwork.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: For the record, proper technique is to end the call by disclosing that you have a gun and then hang up.

LOL.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: For the record, proper technique is to end the call by disclosing that you have a gun and then hang up.

Good point. There is a big difference between an officer in need of aid call and having the SWAT team politely remove the door from its proper place. The OINOA call would still have the quicker response time...

Kenny_McCormic wrote: I mean, the cops wouldn't care if you killed some shiny happy person trying to harm you, if it weren't for all the paperwork.

Sheriff's deputies here told me it was less paperwork to drop the suspect versus just wounding him......their words were basically. "Don't "AIM", but for the love of god aim"

And let's not forget, dead criminals can't testify against you when their family sues you.

N Sperlo wrote:

Kenny_McCormic wrote: For the record, proper technique is to end the call by disclosing that you have a gun and then hang up.

Good point. There is a big difference between an officer in need of aid call and having the SWAT team politely remove the door from its proper place. The OINOA call *would* still have the quicker response time...

I dunno. A bud had a tractor stolen, he reported it in his home county, then ~2 weeks later he heard through the jungle telegraph where it was. He called the sheriff's office in the county where the tractor was reprted, drove to the gate, sure enough it's his. He calls the sheriff's office, asks where the deputies are, he's told probably an hour before they will get there. He tells them 'I am at the gate now with a shotgun. I am going to wait ten minutes then I'm going in to retreive my property' and hung up. The deputy's car slid up to the gate with ~30 seconds to spare.

In reply to Curmudgeon:

Nice...

alex wrote: And let's not forget, dead criminals can't testify against you when their family sues you.

In Missouri, in the case of self defense when being sued, the lawyer will inform the suing party that the case will be thrown out as soon as the judge hears the defendant was lawfully using self defense. The suing party by law must then pay all court costs up to, but not excluding lost work pay, transportation, lunch, dinner, and all other costs that may or may not be included in proceedings.