Oregon Woman Told by 911 ‘There are no cops available

Oregon Woman Told by 911 ‘There are no cops available…Just ask him to go away’ Right Before Sexual Assault



Kimberly Paxton
Activist Post

The saying goes, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

If you live in Josephine County, Oregon, apparently they’re only minutes
away on weekdays. Budget cuts have reduced department coverage to only 5
days per week.

An unidentified woman was physically and sexually assaulted by her
ex-boyfriend, Michael Bellah, after calling 911, only to be told that it
was “unfortunate” that there were no officers to help her that day.
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“Uh, I don’t have anybody to send out there,”
the 911 dispatcher told the woman. “You know, obviously, if he comes
inside the residence and assaults you, can you ask him to go away? Do
you know if he’s intoxicated or anything?” </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The
woman told the dispatcher that Bellah previously attacked her and left
her hospitalized a few weeks prior to the latest incident. The
dispatcher stayed on the phone with the woman for more than 10 minutes
before the sexual assault took place. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“Once
again it’s unfortunate you guys don’t have any law enforcement out
there,” the dispatcher said, according to Oregon Public Radio. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The woman responded: “Yeah, it doesn’t matter, if he gets in the house I’m done.” (source)</blockquote>
According to reports, when Bellah got into the house he choked and
sexually assaulted the woman. Although it did little good to the victim,
he was later arrested.

Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilberson was relatively unsympathetic.
“There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t have another victim. If
you don’t pay the bill, you don’t get the service.”

It appears that a call to 911 is more likely to get someone there after
the crime than to prevent the crime before it happens. Clearly, a 911
call to stop the criminal is an exercise in futility, and prevention is
now largely up to the individual. It’s interesting to note that counties
across the country are cutting back on police officers, but these
budget cuts don’t seem to have slowed down the purchases of ammo by the
federal government.

source:-
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/05/oregon-woman-told-by-911-there-are-no.html