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Jim Beaux wrote:I remember reading about this clown a few years back. I promise you, he would change his tune real quick if it was his neck in the noose & he needed a policeman.

If you insist on not wanting police in your establishment, you had better:

Be armed and trained.

Welcome armed and trained customers.

Live in a state with strong self-defense and castle doctrine laws.

I'm guessing that he's 0 for 3.

baldeagle wrote:If I were the police, I would label his store a police-free zone. If crimes are committed in the store, let him deal with it.

Calling 911 and stating concern about police being there might make sense, but openly declaring that they aren't welcome at your place of business seems unwise.

WildBill wrote:What if someone in your house had a heart attack?

There would be no reason to have police show up.

Wouldn't this be a reasonable request?

There have been several recent cases of police shooting people's dogs in situations like this, which only adds to the family's tragedy and fuels the growing public outcry against them.

I agree that police should be present, but there have numerous cases of them being heavy-handed with those having medical emergencies or living with disabilities, such as the recent beating of deaf man who failed to respond to verbal commands and attempted to use sign language.

Ideally, someone from EMS would be in charge and direct the degree to which police interact.

And why am I thinking that this guy who doesn't want police in his restaurant also wouldn't want patrons carrying?

Some here will probably disagree with me, but I applaud this man and believe that he may have saved the overdose victim from being killed, injured, or having his life needlessly ruined.

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More "Police free zones" and similar requests from other 911 callers in medical emergencies would a good thing IMHO.