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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Sixteen minutes still seems like a long time. If some ax-wielding maniac breaks into my house, I'm not calling 911 as I'm unlikely to be able to fight the guy off for 16 minutes. Hell, I can run to the police station in 10!!
BTW - I am in no way disparaging the efforts of the police. I'm just saying that their fastest response time is still going to be too slow to stop someone intent on murdering people.
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Police on the streets were already inundated with calls, but veteran officers chose to make the "check on welfare" call a priority.
"It was an incredibly busy night, it was difficult to travel, calls were backed up and there were a multitude of serious calls and crashes," Hanson said.
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roads were covered in ice at the time which certainly contributed to the delay.
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alber...67426-sun.html