911 Op tells armed homeowner to "put down gun" during home invasion

[Gman106]

No word if the 911 operator will be disciplined or given additional training, but this is friggin unacceptable and could have gotten the 80 y/o female Holmes Beach, Florida homeowner killed. (On a side note, the old gal is holding up pretty good for 80!)






Source: Fox 13 News, Tampa Bay

Eighty-year-old NJ Logan was recuperating from hip replacement surgery when she heard some unsettling noise coming from outside of her home. At first she thought it might have been her husband, but when she realized it wasn’t him but a stranger attempting a break-in, Logan’s gut reaction was to go for her firearm then call authorities.
But when Logan dailed 911, the police dispatcher urged Logan to do the “unthinkable” and told her to, “put the gun down.”
The Daily Mail reports on Logan’s reaction:
I said I’ll put the gun down when I see the police,’ Logan told the dispatcher.
She went down the stairs, gun in hand, while calling out warnings to whoever was in the house. She didn’t end up firing off a shot, but her actions deterred the criminal from continuing the home invasion.
Logan said of the experience, “I believe in guns inside your house, I don’t think anyone has a right to break into your private domain.” It’s a good thing she didn’t “put the gun down.”

[Gunsnwater]

She didn't get to 80 by being stupid. Way to go grandma!

[MOUNTAINORACLE]

That 911 operator should be on street looking for employment.

Give em hell granny!!!

[Noah_Zark]

Already posted here a few days ago:

http://forum.pafoa.org/national-11/2...ee-police.html

Noah