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Calm boy calls Salt Lake police on burglars

Sounds like the SLCPD Academy neglected to teach their folks on how to handle a felony crime in progress. Guess they adopted the all too common attitude "we'll just gettum another day".

Congrats to Michael. He at least possesses some common sense. Too bad his effort was squandered.

So.... the guys are still on the run and you tell them the kid was under the bed? Not smart.

...and they couldn't even catch one of them?? hmm..

Scary situation for this young man.

Why didn't the police catch even one of the guys or get a license plate number? Now we have two, or more, criminals on the lose that WILL invade another home. Only this time they will cut the phone lines and look under beds. The family might as well have had a dog.

What a brave child! Way to go.

WOW...so the Police arrived while the guys were still inside, and they still got away?! How about maybe surrounding the house? I'm sure the police weren't over busy on a weekday afternoon and could have pulled a couple guys out of dennys to cover one of the other doors. Quality police work right there.

The police new there were burglars in the house, got there to say, "We know you're in there - give up!", and yet the burglars got away?

You are withholding his last name????
You have given his first name, his age, and his picture!!! You have also told the at large burglars and everyone else that when Michael is not sick and back in school the house will be empty. Good Job.

There are a lot of adults who are a brave as you.
Good job!

And the burglars know the cops are too incompetent to catch them if they try again...

How the heck do you not drive after the burglar in the truck!?! Terrible job by the police

So we have a courageous kid and incredibly stupid cops. The bad guys got away!!

Brave boy, useless cops! This is why many people arm themselves for protection from burglars--cops can't protect them!

These burglars now know the identity and address of the principal witness against them.

What good are cops who can't catch burglars exiting a house? No guns? No stun guns?

I just knew every comment would be asking why the bad guys got away. Brave kid!

The Police got there, and it sounds to me like they let the thieves get away? Vey poor police work; That tells me that they do not diserve any raises in their saleries. If that's the way things work; that's worse than the police asking someone, after they are called: "What would you like us to do about it?" (Their favorite question." I will address the City Council about this one.

We haven't heard the cops side of the story. Is it possible that the newspaper report is missing something? Even cops are innocent until proven stuiped.

Are you kidding me? Precisely how incompetent are these keystone cops that they couldn't apprehend even one of these burglars?? Holy crap! No one thought of surrounding the house or getting officers in place on nearby streets? Wow, I'm stunned.

"How the heck do you not drive after the burglar in the truck!?! Terrible job by the police"
So, the one cop who was there should have left the kid hiding under the bed to chase the burglar in the truck and not even checked the house to make sure no other bad guy was hiding there? THAT would be a good job in your estimation? Good thing you're not in charge!

Good for you Michael. The police can learn many things from you.

We are assuming this reporter gave all the details...Probably not. So, it's hard to judge the action of the police here, other than at face value of the story. Having said that, I read an article here telling of how the police responded to lights on in an "abandoned" house. When they investigated, they found it was a marijuana grow house where the flourescent lights were what was seen...So of course they did a stake out to catch the druggies when they came back, right??? WRONG, they pulled up all the marijuana so that when the perps returned, they would realize their operation had been busted. I couldn't believe it. Anyone with a degree in TV police drama would know how to handle this one, but in this case the cops got it wrong. Kinda funny, but not.