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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:01 pm Post subject: Police never showed up |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/08/511_141559.html
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An average citizen pursued a drunk driver swerving and speeding down the highway on Aug. 17, reported YTN. The citizen reported the drunk driver to the police, but the police never showed up, leaving him to tail the driver for over 30 minutes from Incheon to Seongnam.
The citizen called the police as soon as he spotted the reckless driver, but they were of no help.
“I’m calling from the second Gyeongin Expressway. The car in front of me is swerving left and right,” he told authorities over the phone. His first call began in Incheon City.
As the drunk driver continued down the highway endangering those around him, the pursuer grew more concerned and impatient.
“I’ve been following this guy from Incheon! When are you going to send the police?”
However, the operator asked him to continue to pursue the drunk driver until they could send out a dispatch.
The driver called once more, but the operator told him to report it to the authorities in the local city, saying his current location was out of their jurisdiction.
In a distance of over 40 kilometers, the concerned citizen chased the drunk driver all the way to his apartment in Seongnam City. The long and anxious pursuit ended there, and yet the police never showed up.
The police later found the driver’s license plates and went to the driver’s house for questioning, but they returned empty-handed.
“There was no response, and they couldn’t exactly break down his door, so the unit had to come back,” said one police officer.
When asked if they were going to take further measures to apprehend the driver, the official murmured, “I will have to look into that.”
As is often the case, police response was too slow.
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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At my goshiwon, there was a young man living in the room across. One day a man claiming to be his uncle turned up and asked to see him. Young man lets him into his room. Soon there's sound of crashing and banging and some Korean tongue lashings that even I couldn't understand. It was 11 pm and somebody complained that he couldn't sleep. so police was called and guess how many turned up? Eight! Young man turned out to be a high school sophomore who ran away from home.  |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:21 am Post subject: |
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http://populargusts.blogspot.kr/2011/02/newspaper-accounts-of-1998-murder-of.html
Read the comments section. I distinctly remember the story of the English teacher who died under suspicious circumstances. If I remember correctly, an autopsy later revealed that he had died of an insulin overdose, but his family pointed out that he wasn't diabetic.
I also read the blog written by the English teacher who was shot in his apartment. It was, as the commenter says, quite an interesting read. I've just searched for it to share, but it's as if it had never existed. |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
There is a DRUNK TRUCK driver who can kill PEOPLE, and you are worried about a DOG?
Holy crap 
I need to get a dog burger to calm down. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
There is a DRUNK TRUCK driver who can kill PEOPLE, and you are worried about a DOG?
Holy crap
I need to get a dog burger to calm down. |
Of course we were concerned that he'd kill someone, but there were no other cars on the road and the dog's life was in imminent danger. It was thrown out of the truck and died before our eyes shortly after we hung up the phone. |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| I recommend people to understand the word, jjapsae (짭새). This is an offensive word for police officers in Korean. I don't recommend to use it in the public. It might come in handy if you see a police brawl in a city. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
There is a DRUNK TRUCK driver who can kill PEOPLE, and you are worried about a DOG?
Holy crap
I need to get a dog burger to calm down. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
http://populargusts.blogspot.kr/2011/02/newspaper-accounts-of-1998-murder-of.html
Read the comments section. I distinctly remember the story of the English teacher who died under suspicious circumstances. If I remember correctly, an autopsy later revealed that he had died of an insulin overdose, but his family pointed out that he wasn't diabetic.
I also read the blog written by the English teacher who was shot in his apartment. It was, as the commenter says, quite an interesting read. I've just searched for it to share, but it's as if it had never existed. |
The guy who was shot by cops in his apartment is a true story, he actually wound up setting up the longest running other Korean message board.
there have been other cases of foreigners dying under "strange" circumstances here that the cops haven't been keen on solving either, the boy in the sauna, the guy who was in a psych facility, those are just two.
god forbid though you have a loud party and an ajuma or ajoshi gets upset and you'll have half the korean police force out at your place |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
Yeah, I'm guessing if you're making that kind of statement, where you're more concerned about the dog's life over A) An innocent bystander's life or B) The truck driver's own life or even C) Devastating property damage, then the police aren't going to regard you as a rational individual capable of successfully analyzing a situation and instead regard you as a panicky pete.
I couldn't help but think of Comedian Jim Norton's real-life 9/11 call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXs8VXv7vio
Remember the average 9/11 caller is usually either an angry ajumma trying to bust someone as part of some sort of ongoing financial tiff, a panicky pete, or some innocent bystander drunk/group of drunks calling about another drunk.
There's a reason its often said that its better to call the fire department than the police. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
Yeah, I'm guessing if you're making that kind of statement, where you're more concerned about the dog's life over A) An innocent bystander's life or B) The truck driver's own life or even C) Devastating property damage, then the police aren't going to regard you as a rational individual capable of successfully analyzing a situation and instead regard you as a panicky pete.
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And once again you manage to be regarded as an obnoxious troll.
The fact there was a dog in the box was not the main source of our concern, but it certainly added to it (as it would to anyone who has a conscience). |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Dude, we once called the cops because there was a truck swerving all over the road and a dog being thrown about in the box. Terrified for the poor dog's life, we quickly called the cops. Well...The dispatcher asked my wife's name and threatened her because he said she was wasting their time. |
Yeah, I'm guessing if you're making that kind of statement, where you're more concerned about the dog's life over A) An innocent bystander's life or B) The truck driver's own life or even C) Devastating property damage, then the police aren't going to regard you as a rational individual capable of successfully analyzing a situation and instead regard you as a panicky pete.
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And once again you manage to be regarded as an obnoxious troll.
The fact there was a dog in the box was not the main source of our concern, but it certainly added to it (as it would to anyone who has a conscience). |
I get that.
I'm surprised so many others are having trouble with it.  |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Times Ive seen drunk people swerving on the roads, maybe 30. Times Ive seen them crash, 7 (including that one time someone drove up the pavement and hit me while he was asleep at the wheel). People don't seem to be too perturbed too much about being reported or the police being involved.
I buzzed some lad on my motorbike (accidentally) a few weeks back. I circled back to help him get up and was relieved to find it wasn't my fault! He was so rotten-drunk he couldn't hold the bike up. Phew - conscience clear!
Last month, some drunk guy was trying to climb out of the 5th floor, passageway window of our apartment onto a 6 cm wide ledge and then into his room (via a window that was outside the building). He had to break all the windows to do this and in the process cut himself to ribbons. The passageway looked like an abattoir.
I called the police to restrain him/take him away/make him go to hospital because he seemed intent on doing this and I didn't want to babysit him all night/look at his brains on the footpath outside. They wouldn't come. So, I ran to the nearest police station and insisted they came. They sauntered up (it took me 1 min to get to the station on foot and them about 10 in the car) and by the time we arrived - mission impossible had been accomplished.
They knocked on the door, lad poked his head round after 5 mins., they asked if he was ok, he said 'yes' and shut the door. They told me I shouldnt have wasted their time (bearing in mind the passageway was literally covered with blood and there was glass everywhere - inside and out of the building, and even though they had been sleeping infront of the tv when I arrived at the station).
It may have seemed like I was worrying about nothing to them, but its a miracle that guy wasn't killed. I just couldn't believe how blase they were the whole time.
I hear stories about the police doing a good job here, but if personal experience is anything to go by, Ive never seen any evidence of it. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
The fact there was a dog in the box was not the main source of our concern, but it certainly added to it (as it would to anyone who has a conscience). |
So would you have called if there hadn't been a dog in the cab? Your post doesn't make it seem like it. Although a guy creating a ruckus is cause enough for a 9/11 call.
Anyways, next time call the fire dept or the meatwagon. Cops are notoriously late to respond both here, and at least in the U.S.
Just say "Guy looks hurt because he's swerving and driving erratically."
Or in the case of drunken apartment dweller, call for the meatwagon because of the blood. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Korean police only resemble American police very vaguely, and that's generally a good thing. Sure, it means that on occasion people will get away with some risky behavior that an American cop would have used as an excuse to extract a couple hundred bucks via a ticket, but I'll take that trade off for being able to drive past a cop without wondering if he's going to pull me over and find some way to shake me down for cash in order to make his quota. |
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