Records: Police responded quickly to homicide

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Jefferson City police on Tuesday released data showing they arrived to the scene of a homicide on Sunday much quicker than an area resident claimed.

Police say the first officer arrived at the scene 3 minutes and 21 seconds after the first 911 call ended — more than 6 1⁄2 minutes sooner than someone at the scene had estimated.

Capt. Doug Shoemaker, the department’s spokesman, said the complaint about slow response time was concerning and warranted an internal review.

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“After this review, it is obvious Jefferson City police officers and communications operators performed their duties as expected, and responded expeditiously to the calls concerning this incident,” Shoemaker said in a written statement.

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him 1 year ago

Did the person that called 911 look immediately at their watch and time how long it took for police to show up? I doubt it Good job JCPD

Festus_Hagen 1 year ago

Good job JCPD! You shouldn't even have had to answer the call, but thugs will be thugs.

MO4LIFE 1 year ago

Oh no its the projects or the ghetto or just black people so the police shouldn't respond. U sir are either racist or just ignorant which is it.

wyriontair 1 year ago

JCPD has always responded quickly to a scene. I am curious however about the response of Cole County EMS. I think the article said it took them 10 minutes to be on the scene, so I hope the Commission looks into the response time for them. It shouldn't take 10 minutes to get that short distance, but they've really gone downhill over the past few years..

ExFireman 1 year ago

Thats actually fairly easy to explain. They was probably stage close to the scene within 3-5 minutes. But, when there is a shooting involved they can not enter the scene til the police department has secured the scene. And depending on the atmosphere at the time, It may have taken the police up to 5 minutes to make sure the scene was secure. Hope this helps you underthings a little better

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