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   From: charlesanderson@optushome.com.au   
      
   Del Cecchi wrote:   
   > You have enough police to keep you safe?  I wouldn't feel safe in any   
   > place with that many police?  One on every corner?  One outside your   
   > house?  How are they from stopping the rampaging gangs I keep reading   
   > about?   
   >   
   > Here in the USA it is decided law that the police have no   
   > responsibility for one's safety.  If you call them and they don't show   
   > up in time (or ever) that is too bad.   How is it in Oz?  do the   
   > survivors get to sue for tardy response?   
   >   
   > del   
      
   Yeah we do have enough Police.  Not on every corner, but it's the fact   
   that they are not overloaded, or undermanned that makes the difference.   
      
   Those rampaging gangs(?), that's just a media beat-up :-D  It's very   
   interesting to hear these stories come back.  Chinese whispers.   
      
   The response time is very swift with any of our emergency services.   
   They're not overloaded.  There's no litigation, as the Police always   
   turn up quickly.   
      
    From what I can gather the Police forces in the States "are"   
   overloaded, and undermanned.  I have a friend that works in a Sheriffs   
   department in the states, and they recently laid off staff.  The demand   
   was still there.   
      
   So in your situation you have to look after yourself.  We don't have to   
   do that.   
      
   Even in our worst and roughest neighbour hoods, there's minimal threat.   
      
      
   Regards Charles   
      
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