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I'm not sure if non-police citizens understand how the actual real police works, but it's not "first come first serve." Sorry, but those are the cold hard facts. A gunshot scenario will be responded to in quicker precedence than a non-violent domestic dispute or a stolen gas call.
Let's say that the police were called. Let's see...there's someone stealing tools out of a shed. Ok, that is definitely worthy of calling the police over. Let's say that there are 10 squads on that section of the town that night, and all 10 are tied up with assaults, other infractions, or are simply already on a call.
So the police are supposed to leave their current call and simply drive to you? Is it so unexpected that the police may in fact be busy every now and then? There are 500 officers at the police station I work at and they're busy to the point of being paid overtime every single shift.
Now you've mentioned that you've shot the people in the shed. The order of precedence thing goes into effect here. Now the police officers WILL leave a petty crime like stolen gas to come to a life-threatening situation, much to the displeasure of the stolen-gas employee.
This is nothing more than a probably-made-up story about citizens view on the police. Police officers are dispatched from communications based on the severity of the crime, their location of the crime, and thirdly the order in which the call was received. Sorry, but in the real world of police stations, not every citizen has their own personal police officer waiting for them when there's a crime being committed.
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