this has worked in the past for me except the dispatcher could hear the disturbance over my phone. How close are you willing to get to the fire to help pull the person out?
As close I need to get in order to make an informed decision weather it is a life or death situation and I
may need to step in and try to help someone, after calling 911; or if it is just a yelling/pushing match in which case you call the pros, everytime and stay out of the situation.
I am no superhero my powers are only observation and reporting as a citizen. However in doing so you can become the focus of the angry bad people because you're calling the cops. Sometimes if you don't call the cops and have the balls to deal with a situation yourself you can gain respect from the people you help. It is dangeerous it is not recommended but is is the way i see it.
The section I bolded disturbs me the most. Sometime you may be right, other times you may be
DEAD, and didn't help a damn thing by trying to do something you are not trained to do.
Making some one do counselling is futile unless they are willing to accept the information and see the need for change.
You are correct in this statement, but you as a neighbor cannot get the person to go to counseling. Why are you making the decision that the person doesn't want help making a change? That is a pretty presumptious decision for you to make.
It might seem foreign to you guys but not everyone likes the cops rocking up to their house. Sometimes they like to find out who called the cops. This is a bad thing if they live next door.
Now you are talking apples and oranges. What happens in their own home, is usually vastly different that what a person is willing to do to someone else. If they do bring it to your property or your person, then it is a totally different situation than butting your nose into their house and playing g-man. I have in the past, and will do again if I need to, stood in full sight, 10 feet from a neighbor and called the Police on them. Amid the threats from him I just smiled and continued to dial, then explain the situation to the Police Chief who then came right down and took care of the situation. Was the neighbor mad? Oh he wanted me dead I think, but the difference is, he already knew I would do what I needed to do, weather call the LEO's, or more.
You need to grow up a bit, you are acting like a 6 year-old with hurt feelings. You presented a scenario, got unexpected answers, and are now trying to force your point of view on the rest of us. We are not buying, drop it already, you are acting like a troll again. Yes I said the nasty 5 letter word again. TROLL, you stop acting like one, and I'll stop calling you one. You have had some good posts in the past, get over hurt feelings because you got sound advice from several people that you don't happen to agree with. And yes I did ding you for your smart-assed answers and behavior on this thread.