Tonight we were startled by a loud crash which made us rush to the window to see what was happening. At the intersection right outside our house were two cars with glass and metal parts scattered on the street. Heather quickly said, “call 911″ and I grabbed the phone as Heather went outside to see if anyone was hurt. When I got the 911 operator on the phone they asked me the standard questions and told me to ask the people involved in the accident if they needed an ambulence. I went outside to the scene of the wreck and saw that an older woman was sitting in her sedan with the driver’s side door smashed in. I asked if she needed an ambulence and she quickly replied no. I told the operator this and then they asked if anyone looked as if they were under the influence or if any city property had been damaged. I answered “no” to both questions and then the operator said that the accident victims need to just exchange information. I asked, “aren’t you going to send the cops?” She replied, “if someone is hurt and needs an ambulence then we’ll send one. If city property has been damaged or if someone is under the influence then we’ll send the cops.”
Honestly, this surprises me. Is this the new operating procedure for LAPD or does the LAPD not come to the “‘hood” unless someone is dead?
Half the neighborhood was outside seeing if everyone was alright. Luckily everyone walked away from the accident with no serious injuries. The older woman’s car was pretty banged up. The driver’s side door was smashed in and could not be opened. The rear of her car had also slammed into the street light after she was hit. Surprisingly, her car could still be driven.
One of the neighbors volunteered to drive the older lady home (which was just down the street) but asked her son to come with her. She said she didn’t want to walk back by herself because it wasn’t safe. Her son said she needed a gun. She said a lot of her friends had told her she needed a gun because she works down the street at a salon and walks back by herself at night. This worried me a little. I don’t feel our neighborhood is all that unsafe but a lot of the older neighbors always tell us to watch our back and talk about getting robbed and tell us we need to be careful who we talk to on the street. It’s pretty interesting because according to the LAPD statistics our neighborhood actually has less crime than our old neighborhood with $800k houses. Well we love our house and don’t regret living in the ‘hood. More and more people are moving into the neighborhood and fixing up the houses anyway so the area is getting better.
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