Warriors in waiting? from (DUF)

[2HOW]

I thought this was interesting to us citizens.

Warriors in Waiting?: One survival tactic overlooked by officers who find themselves alone and in a bitter, undecided street struggle is to call for the back-up that is often standing all around them. Who could that be? Let’s look at the words of Sir Robert Peel, “The Father of Modern Policing.” Peel proclaimed, “...the police are the public and the public are the police: the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties, which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interest of community welfare and existence.” Quite often, when officers are in these lone street battles they are surrounded by members of the community, yet few officers have been trained to consider asking a bystander for help. They are not aware that many states authorize officers to request and even demand assistance from citizens who are then bound by law to assist. Some of these statutes allow for officers to arrest citizens who refuse or fail to come to their aid when so ordered… (If you are not in uniform, don’t assist without a request or assent from the officer and remain cognizant of the fact that additional officers responding may not realize that that you were part of the solution, not the problem.)

http://www.policeone.com/off-duty/articles/2143085-Would-be-warriors-in-waiting-Getting-help-when-you-need-it/
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[twyacht]

I think there is minority of folks who would and have assisted officers in need.

The 3%, the non-sheeple, the ones who don't stand there like deer in the headlights, do jump in. Just the other night, an episode rerun of COPS was on, young officer outnumbered in a neighborhood domestic violence call, was "backed up" by two citizens that were not going to let the "moment" escalate at the officer's expense.

The sheer fact that a "lone" LEO, was now being backed up by two upstanding citizens worked, and the growing mob backed down.
Those precious minutes meant a lot, until more officers arrived, and the young officer thanked them for their help.

After all, "Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? (Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.)

Sadly, it is usually only the 3%.

[tombogan03884]

Sir Robert was the origin of 2 names for London Cops, "Peelers"  and "Bobbies".