Re:Twitter helps free kidnapped South African from trunk of ...
by Havoc on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @03:31PM
(#3823959)
He'd be dead before he gets to a 112 operator. The local crooks have a very low tolerance for bold heroic stuff like that.
Also, the local 911 equivalent is sometimes simply swamped with calls so its better to get the message out there & have someone else phone it in.
Sadly more & more reliance is being placed on stuff like this (community patrols, private security, gated communities etc) because the police simply isn't coping.
Also, the local 911 equivalent is sometimes simply swamped with calls so its better to get the message out there & have someone else phone it in.
Sadly more & more reliance is being placed on stuff like this (community patrols, private security, gated communities etc) because the police simply isn't coping.
Glad that it worked out fine in this case.