• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Skip calling the cops, if it’s hot break the window THEN call the cops, same for pets. In many places this is now the fully legal thing to do. If you wait even a little bit that can be the difference, you never know how close to death they are even if moving

    You can buy keychain tools for breaking windows easily, the trick is something hard and POINTY, really concentrated the force applied

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The reason to call the cops right off is so they get there faster.

      If the kid is going to die in the seconds it takes to make get them rolling, they’re probably going to die outside the car, too. On the other hand, the sooner they get there, the faster they get advanced care.

      Additionally, it provides a bit of legal protection, having dispatch on the phone.

      Also, not even animal control will break into a car- they let the cops do that. The last time I dealt with it the cops waited for them to make the call that it was necessary.

      There was a puppy in the back of an suv. The window was cracked but the puppy was in a dog crate covered in blankets. The car interior was just under the threshold at like 90 or something, but the crate when they did open it was at like 105. It was a little cocker spaniel that was the sweetest little cuddle-bug.

      The assholes left the dog in the back in 90-degree weather to go to a baseball game. The worst part is that they could go pick up the dog after paying a fine. That dog deserved better humans.