KPD complaint
I hope everyone in Knoxville knows to make sure not to schedule their emergencies between 6 and 6:30am.
I work for a large grocery chain that opens at 6am, as soon as I got here to open the store, there was a shirtless, shoeless guy raging, throwing shit, screaming on our sidewalk.
So I call 9-1-1, as I’m on phone with dispatch, the guy entered the store, which I told her. She said someone would be on their way.
Ten minutes pass, and I watch as this guy tears apart our apparel department picking himself out a nice new outfit before crawling under our locked dressing room door.
At this point it’s been 15 minutes, and I go out onto the sidewalk to ask our cart guy if he’s seen anyone pull up yet.
Then I watch as the now fully dressed man (good for him, I guess) goes skipping out of the other entrance and out into the dawn.
At 6:30, I get a phone call—it’s an officer telling me they’ve “finished shift change” and want to know if I still need anyone to come out here.
I don’t really care about the crazy guy stealing our stuff, this is a large company, I hope his shiny new work boots serve him well as he skips off to fulfill his, I’m sure, very busy schedule. But it’s insane to me that I told KPD about a violent, unstable individual entering our building and the dispatcher doesn’t even have the decency to tell me it’ll be a half an hour before anyone even considers responding.
Happy 4th y’all