It's 0230 hours, someone is breaking in your house....

What do you do first?

A. Reach for the phone.

B. Hide under the covers.

C. Defend yourself and home.

Before you answer that question, perhaps you should read these Judical findings on what 'Duty' the police actually have.

UPDATED

June 27 2005, in the case of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, the Supreme Court found that Jessica Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to police protection even in the presence of a restraining order.

1. Bowers v. DeVito, 686 F.2d 616 (7th Cir. 1982)
There is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen. It is monstrous if the state fails to protect its residents against such predators but it does not violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, or, we suppose, any other provision of the Constitution. The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties; it tells the state to let the people alone; it does not require the federal government or the state to provide services, even so elementary a service as maintaining law and order.

2.Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. Ct. of Ap., 1981).
"fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen."

3. Riss v. New York, 240 N.E.2d 860 (N.Y. 1968).

4.Hartzler v. City of San Jose, 46 Cal. App. 3d 6 (1st Dist. 1975).
The court held that the San Jose police were not liable for ignoring Mrs. Brunell's pleas for help.

5. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 109 S.Ct. 998 (1989) at 1006.)

6. California Government Code
845. Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a police department or otherwise to provide police protection service or, if police protection service is provided, for failure to provide sufficient police protection service...

846. Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury caused by the failure to make an arrest or by the failure to retain an arrested person in custody.
 

Check other state laws and you'll find a lot of the above. Check out a lot of state court decisions and you'll find the above.
 

Thats right... NONE!

They don't have to do anything to stop crimes, only to *try* to solve them.

So why would you place your life in the hands of a stranger, who isn't obligated to do anything for you?

Arizona Constitution, Article 2, Section 26
The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself or the state shall not be impaired.
 

It's your choice.

Dial-a-prayer at 9-1-1 or 9mm in your hand.

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