I woudl argue that being in a part of Boston like that late at night is not a place you want to get stuck, so, in a way, it is an emergency.
Oh be frickin' serious. Get real. Emergency means you need help right now or someone might die. The fact that you are standing on the side of the street next to club after hours does not rise to that level. Are you about to die because it is dark and scary? No. And if it does get your more scary, you can drive you car with a busted out window and just leave. Grow up.
Doesn't excuse the officer from having to be professional while doing HIS JOB.
What is a Boston cop going to do for busted out window? Take your name, license plate, location, description of stolen items, and file a report. That's it. You want him to canvas the neighborhood? Dust for prints? OK. What violent felony should they not investigate so that they can investigate your car break-in?
When should you call 911?
When there is an emergency, lives are in danger, serious injury, serious medical condition, crime in progress, or any other situation needing immediate attention.
Your car window was broken. Are lives in danger? No.
Serious injury? No.
Serious medical condition? No.
Crime in progress? No.
Situation needing immediate attention? No.
There was no need for him to call 911 and he was tying up a valuable resource by doing so.
That was not what he was saying. There is a difference between lights flashing hauling ass down the road and being prompt, quick and professional.
Look, dispatch time is not the cop's fault. The dispatchers prioritize the calls. The cop on the beat doesn't decide which calls get which priority. And if it is a busy night, guess what? A car break-in doesn't get a response while cops are dealing with people bleeding on the sidewalks. Should they leave a violent felony because your car window got broken? Get over yourself.
Please. Was the cop a jerk? Maybe. Not unusual for Boston PD and not excusable. But the reality is that unless someone is bleeding or there is a crime in progress, you are not at the top of the queue. They'll get there when the can. Where I live in a bedroom suburb, they'll probably get here PDQ because they don't have many real emergencies. In Boston on a hot summer Friday night? Take a number. Would you prefer that Boston real estate taxes be 5 times what they are now, so that they could respond right away to a car break-in, code-3, with multiple units, detectives, and crime scene technicians? That's the reality. Deal with it.
*Cop apologists are a special breed here.....
Cop haters are special breed here. And also people who have no relationship with reality.