The woman, Talisa Coombs, told Delaney she’d just gotten into what she alleged was a physical altercation with her granddaughter’s mother, Maria Pike, and called 911. Independence police’s response to that 911 call ended with the shooting death of Pike, 34, and her two month old daughter, Destinii Hope — who were identified Tuesday by authorities from the Police Involved Investigative Team, or PIIT, a team of eastern Jackson County detectives called in to investigate police shootings and use-of-force incidents.
The officer who fired his weapon was “a long-tenured veteran of law enforcement,” Dustman said. That officer and another two who were at the scene are on administrative leave.
I am all about not calling the cops, but is there a good alternative for someone to call for situations that need deescalated before people get hurt or worse? I keep getting awful neighbors. Had to call CPS on the first family for extreme negligence and they had their kids taken away the same day I reported them. The last ones were selling drugs, but were mostly quiet with an occasional super loud dispute that would honestly scare me. Didn’t know they were selling drugs until their house got raided, though. The new ones are VERY quiet and don’t seem interested in even properly introducing themselves, so I’m hoping they’re cool, but with the track record of that place… I expect bad times to come. I would love to know what services I could utilize if things escalate to the point where I become fearful of being outside or whatever
I’ve heard that firefighters are people that actually wants to help, but calling them would also steal from firefighting resources.
My town has an absurd amount of firefighters and first responders. I broke my leg last year and 30 people, both firefighters and paramedics, showed up and poured into my house. It took 3 of them to get my leg stabilized haul me into the ambulance. The rest ended up just standing around in my yard doing nothing lol. When we passed the fire department/ paramedic place, there were like 10 other people hanging around the ambulances and fire trucks in their uniforms just shooting the shit.
The service is “talk to your neighbors, find out who has what skills and resources, and share an investment in your community.” If everyone sucks… try to leave. But with the police being what they are it’s not more dangerous to posse up and give the Neighborhood Watch some teeth.
My only good neighbor weighs almost 400lbs and has ruined knees and a fucked up spine. Wish there was a neighborhood watch, but most of my town is impoverished, so there’s a lot of shitty people. The town is nice overall imo, but the shitty people definitely bring it down when they start their shenanigans. The small police force is very active and most criminals are taken into custody peacefully, but ACAB and it’s just a matter of time before they start killing folks. I do own a gun and know how to use it, have two very loud dogs, and my house has a good alarm system and the fenced in yard has a gate that confuses a lot of people. I’m not afraid of anyone breaking in to hurt me or whatever, but I don’t want to get dragged into anything if I’m outside at the wrong time, especially if my dogs are out because they are liable to get shot with how much they want to see people and how loud they are.