AussieReaper wrote:
The released 911 call even has the caller tell the operator that the potential break in guys have 2 suitcases with them, and that they may live there...
That may be, but everything that is said on the 911 call does not make it to the officers in the field. Depending how hte department call center is set up, the 911 operator may not even be the dispatcher that does talk to the officers. There may have been (most likely was) a computer system in the police car that could receive messages from the dispatcher and call taker, it would not be uncommon for the driver to miss those messages, as he is usually busy driving and keeping a lookout at the scene. Those computer systems are much more effecient when there is a two-person crew (EMS, Fire, or systems where there are two cops per car).
Caller information is also really hazy sometimes. You would not believe some of the messed up calls I had to deal with back when I was a 911 call-taker for an EMS department. What the caller says and reality may may or may not have anything in common. Get the callers phone number, the address where they need help at, and a basic description of the event (hopefully with suspect/patient/victim descriptions), and that is about all you can hope for.
Now, the cop went to go talk to the complaintant (the person who called 911 first) so he may have figured that the person did indeed belong there. But since there is an official report (i.e. the 911 call), the officer
must investigate with due dilligance. In this case, all he needed to do is see the guy's driver's lisense and he could be on his way to his next call. I am sure the response he got suprised the hell out of him.