An introduction to the Maricopa Sheriff's Dept.

[Dante]

Any idea who made the call and why?

I would be very curious to find out and attempt to understand their motivation, since it may be a precursor to future behavior.

Where I live I think many LE (and a few of the judges) consider the fact that I told you to get a warrant is, in itself, now probable cause.

[BigBlue]

Can you talk to the SO and find out where the call came from? If it happened to me and I had no reason to believe I had malicious neighbors I'd want to talk to the person who initiated the call and find out what was up. That could clear up the 'why' part of things and may give you a better understanding of what your neighbors are like, which may be useful info in the future. If that neighbor were truly concerned and actually did think they heard something they should have no problem talking about it. Maybe it will lead to figuring out what the noise was and eliminating a repeat event in the future. If they are jerkwads just trying to cause problems you'll be able to tell that pretty quickly.

BB

[Holland&Holland]

This story brings to mind a time when I was the "neighbor" in a similar situation. Outside washing my car on a Sunday afternoon and heard what I am 100% positive was a shotgun blast from inside the house across the alley. There was no doubt in my mind. After gathering my wits enough to peek out from behind my vehicle. I assessed my next steps. In this situation, I knew my neighbor was not home, that he was a hunter, had guns in the house, and based on past observances probably did not own any sort of device to secure said firearms. I also knew his teenage son and friend were home as I had seen them 20 mins prior enter the house. My first reaction was to run over, knock on the door and see if they were ok (assumption being they had been playing with something they should not have and had a ND). While running over to the door, it dawned on me that running towards the sound of gunfire is rarely ever taught as a self defense tactic. That said, they did not answer the door which only exacerbated the concerns. While my neighbor and I were neighborly, I would not have presumed entering his residence forceably a wise move and so at that point did in fact call 911, retreat to my yard and wait for the calvary. Response time was about 4 mins. This time the kids did answer to door to the much more "vocal" law enforcement demands. Kids were ok, an officer asked to enter, they refused and stated that their dad would need to be home. The dad was called, returned home. I exited the scene before he arrived so I do not think he even knew which neighbor had called the cops. Neither of us ever mentioned it as we passed. Not long after I moved so...

[sprigfan]

Can you talk to the SO and find out where the call came from? If it happened to me and I had no reason to believe I had malicious neighbors I'd want to talk to the person who initiated the call and find out what was up. That could clear up the 'why' part of things and may give you a better understanding of what your neighbors are like, which may be useful info in the future. If that neighbor were truly concerned and actually did think they heard something they should have no problem talking about it. Maybe it will lead to figuring out what the noise was and eliminating a repeat event in the future. If they are jerkwads just trying to cause problems you'll be able to tell that pretty quickly.

BB

I very much hope that the police would not reveal the identity of a 911 caller except maybe at trial. It's hard enough to get people to call 911 when they obviously should. I can't imagine how many more crimes would go unreported if the witnesses knew the police would tell the suspect who called.

With that said, the police should probably have a word with the caller privately. If this was some kind of prank, the caller should be held responsible.

[BigBlue]

That's not data available via a FOIA request? Really?

[sprigfan]

That's not data available via a FOIA request? Really?

Maybe. Good question. We've all heard 911 calls played on the news/radio. I'm not sure what the exact process is.

[mrp]

Any idea who made the call and why?

I would be very curious to find out and attempt to understand their motivation, since it may be a precursor to future behavior

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