I know Lemmy has the ACAB sentinment, and I get it, I don’t trust them either. But real talk tho, there are some scenarios where you might not have other options.
So… the question is: When, if ever, would you call for law enforcement? And if you distrust law enforcement, is there ever a situation where it gets so bad that you just have to risk involving law enforcement?
If someone is attempting to, or has already broken into my house, or things like a man following me, and it’s clear he’s following me with malicious intentions (I am a girl, so being female means I’d have a harder time defending myself against a man if he really wants to harm me). Basically if my life or another person’s life is in danger.
I called them recently after the alarm system went off at 2am and I found the front door wide open. It seemed likely at the time that someone had tried to break in, and might possibly be in the house yet. Nobody was found by the police, and our own investigation of cameras and playing with the alarm system proved the front door’s alarm sensor has a lot of wiggle room and the front door was probably just barely open and pushed the rest of the way by the wind.
In the moment it seemed the only reasonable course of action, and without the benefit of knowing the actual cause I think I would call them again, even though I was in fear for my life (from the cops) for part of the event. I suppose the anarchist thing to do would be to be armed and wake up the neighbors for backup or something.