My Experience With a Police "Welfare Check"

[the_sly_pig]

17. Of course you are right...

but you're right like Oliver North is correct he is not a convicted felon. Probable cause is achieved when we receive an emergency call for assistance. Police need a reason to be sent somewhere, the phone call is the documented reason. As a dispatcher, since I have no way of verifying someone's welfare from my dispatch chair, I send an officer. I am bound by duty to treat each callers concerns as legitimate until determined otherwise.

That being said, since I am not aware of a single welfare check where officers have been issued a warrant, citizens can always invoke their right to not answer the door or invite officers into their home.

All the dispatchers I know are civilians. They are not sworn officers. Suggesting that public concerns can be simply disregarded because someone feels they are not legitimate is not how police, fire or ambulance services operate.

Ultimately you are correct. I can choose to perform duties I was hired to perform and remain employed or I can choose not to perform duties I was hired to perform and be both sued and terminated.