Regarding what the police should have done, I think the Wikipedia article is quite clear:
> 'a call was dispatched to officers on the street as a "Code 2" assignment, although calls of a crime in progress should be given priority and designated as "Code 1."'
> ' This second call was received at 0642 and recorded merely as "investigate the trouble;" it was never dispatched to any police officers. '
The dispatchers failed twice to notify correctly about the situation.
> Also, if you haven't done it, there's a really sobering mental exercise that you might want to try.
I'm not sure what your point is here. For what it's worth, given where I live I don't see how they could break in less than ten minutes (with a key I guess?), and without alerting neighbors in at least 5 adjacent units, who I could ask for help through the window.
> 'a call was dispatched to officers on the street as a "Code 2" assignment, although calls of a crime in progress should be given priority and designated as "Code 1."'
> ' This second call was received at 0642 and recorded merely as "investigate the trouble;" it was never dispatched to any police officers. '
The dispatchers failed twice to notify correctly about the situation.
> Also, if you haven't done it, there's a really sobering mental exercise that you might want to try.
I'm not sure what your point is here. For what it's worth, given where I live I don't see how they could break in less than ten minutes (with a key I guess?), and without alerting neighbors in at least 5 adjacent units, who I could ask for help through the window.