Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - Empire State O'Reilly: 911 Problems

Episode Date: September 20, 2024

Bill discusses New York City's problems with 911 response times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, 9-1-1. I've never really had to call 911 on an emergency basis. I'm pretty friendly with the police now so I can Suffolk County. I can get them on the phone and if I need anything, but I've never had, you know, an emergency where I had to get the cops over quickly. So in New York City, the average response time for a non-year-lawful. 911 call is now almost 16 minutes. So if somebody is breaking into your apartment or home or whatever it may be,

and you call 911, 16 minutes later, on average, the cop show up, but what do you think is going to happen in 16 minutes? now this is way up all right it's the uh description is that new yorkers are experiencing longest response times for police in decades according to the mayor's management report this is the mayor putting us out this is frightening and the reason it's happening there's two reasons it's happening new york city police department is way understaffed even though we're the highest tax place in the country, New York City, pays more taxes than any other place in the United States of America.

We don't have enough cops. I think the number is 32,000. Now it should be about 40,000. So the cops are stretched. That's number one. And then the morale. The morale of the police is down for a number of reasons. The cops don't believe that the administration,

has their backs. They got to fill out form after form after form after form. So they're sitting there typing away instead of being in a car getting a call on a radio because the New York City Council has put in all these insane rules to tie the cops up in the precinct houses rather to have them out on the street helping you. And that's true. This is what it is. So we have to accept reality here. The police are not going to protect you. They're not, and it's not their fault. But you have to protect yourself. So we have a sponsor burner. Now, it's gizmo, which is not lethal, is illegal, illegal in New York City. So not only is the city council cuffing the hands of the cops, but it won't let you defend yourself. It's impossible to get a carry permit

for pistol. You know, I don't know the ins and outs of the firearms laws, but I do know how I protect myself in Nassau and Suffolk County. I do have weapons in the house. And believe me, I will use them. If somebody is trying to break into my house, I'm not asking, hey, what are you doing? I'm saying, you got to. You got to five seconds to get out of here before I blow your head off. I'm sorry, I've got to be honest. That's what I'm saying. Now, that might be stupid because the guy might have a gun and shoot me. But I would do it. I wouldn't stand full. They would just hear it. Okay. But I would protect my property and my family violently. I would. And I'm not depending on the police to arrive in time to

help me. I've always been this way. Always been self-reliant. Always. I never thought that any police agency anywhere could protect me. If bad guys are zeroing in on me or my home or my car or whatever it may be, the cops aren't going to stop them. They're going to react and then they're going to tell you, I'm sorry, madam, I'm sorry, sir. You know, we've got 85,000 of these And, you know, the odds are catching this guy. You know the game. You know what it is. Now, I don't advocate vigilanteism.

I don't. But if somebody attacks me or tries to intrude on my property, they're going to get hurt. And I'm willing to take that risk. Because I know the reality of the law enforcement situation. terrible in New York City. It's not quite as bad in Nassau and Suffolk. I don't know Westchester and the upstate counties. I don't know Connecticut and Jersey. But I assume the 911 stuff is they're having trouble all over the place.