Chicago mom told 'no units to dispatch' after calling 911 about home invasion, advised to call alderman

A Chicago mother was forced to wait hours for a police response after someone broke into her home last Tuesday.

According to the owner, Michelle, she left her door open around 12:30 a.m. after letting her dog out when two men suddenly entered her home.

“I saw two men wearing masks inside my house,” he later recalled to local station WMAQ. “I yelled 'I'm calling the police' and they came out.”

After trying to run after the thugs with a neighbor, she eventually called 911, who in turn told her to wait outside for the police to arrive. And so he waited. And she waited. And she waited.

“Michelle said she waited and waited and waited some more. She called 911 several times and on the sixth call, asked for a supervisor,” according to WMAQ.

“A gentleman stood up and said sorry to tell you we don't have units to send you … then there was an awkward pause,” Michelle recalled. “He also recommended that I call my alderman and I told him why, and he said he encouraged him to hire more police officers. The dispatcher also asked me if I would consider defending myself … if I had a gun or if I was thinking about get one.”

Four hours later the police finally arrived and thankfully they were nice.

“The officers that showed up were concerned and apologetic that it took so long to get there,” Michelle said.

The Chicago Police Department later told WMAQ that the lengthy four-hour delay may have been the result of Michelle's case being low on the police's priority list for routine dispatch calls.

“If there is no immediate threat to life, it may be considered a lower priority for dispatchers,” notes WMAQ.

Councilor 1st Daniel La Spata, however, was not satisfied by all this.

“It's horrible that our neighbor has experienced this,” he said in a statement. “Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home. My staff alerted me to the problem as soon as they heard about it and I am in contact with the 12th Precinct police leadership.”

“I will continue to support any resources our districts request and will continue to work with the City Council on a proposed satellite location in West Town for the 12th Precinct police,” he added.

Michelle said she called La Spata's office and is now waiting to speak with him. He told WMAQ that he doesn't blame the police for what happened.

“I don't think it's the police department's fault that they're overstaffed and overwhelmed,” he said.

Indeed, if anyone deserves the blame, it's left-leaning Mayor Brandon Johnson and his fellow Democrats, critics say:

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Democrats turn everything into excrement!

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The left-wing war on the police has taken its toll on recruitment

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Brandon Johnson is its mayor. You get what you vote for.

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The mayor doesn't care about the residents as he has over 140 security details 24/7 protecting and escorting him as he cycled to office through 4 suburbans filled with SS .

– Mrs. K (@EmiKugler) May 19, 2024

This incident comes months after Mayor Johnson canceled a contract with a company that had been helping police fight crime.

The company, SoundThinking, operates ShotSpotter, a smart technology that alerts police to nearby gunshots.

Despite the technology's usefulness, pro-crime leftists complained that it somehow had a disproportionate effect on black communities, and so Johnson promised, while campaigning for mayor, to eliminate it.

But instead of cutting him, he ultimately decided to extend the contract until just after the Democratic National Convention, which is scheduled to take place in Chicago at the end of August.

Meanwhile, Johnson continues to call for more so-called “community policing” over traditional policing. In fact, appearing on CBS News after he was elected to office last year, he offered it leftist idea after leftist idea on how to deal with the city's strong crime epidemic.

Johnson emphasized that his policy was to make so-called “critical investments.”

“The way we do [keep everybody safe] is investing in people. There is a direct correlation between youth employment and reduced violence. There is a tremendous correlation between the provision of mental health care services and the reduction of crime,” he said.

“You know, this idea that the only way that, you know, we can protect the people of Chicago and the people of our country is this notion of being tough, you know. What's required right now is that let's be smart with our investments, let's be critical in our thinking and then make sure what we're doing actually works,” he added.

At the time, critics were highly doubtful that his plan would work. A year later, it seems they were right to be concerned.

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V. Saxena is a BizPac Review staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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