Rosie Westerman of Oxford Triangle was attacked by woman on Thatcher at Harbor Crossing Lane and Admiralty-city-county jurisdiction. Where are you? (See Rosie Westerman’s account of incident under comments.)
Rosie was walking her dog when she asked a lady to put her two dogs on a leash since her dog could certainly harm the little ones if they intruded into her dog’s space. Woman immediately lashed out verbally and ripped the sunglasses from Rosie’s blouse. Woman then threatened to shoot her.
Rosie called 911 and said she was at Harbor Crossing Lane and Admiralty. One is in the City and the other in the County. She was actually in the 3300 block of Thatcher and then crossed the fence in the County area across from Admiralty.
When one is attacked, it is hard to remember where one is unless there is an obvious street with a number. Thatcher is not obvious. She called twice and was switched back and forth by the City and the County, each saying it was not their jurisdiction.
No one came.
From DeDe Audet — One would think that police and sheriff dispatchers would know exactly where their boundaries are. One would also expect policing forces to understand that an attacker can find an advantage in moving a victim when near a political division line. So failure to respond because the caller is not sure of boundary lines is not a good reason for failure to respond. 911 and all dispatchers have a duty to respond to an active crime scene which may or may not be moving into the next jurisdiction.