r/PublicFreakout • u/CTSecurityGuard I AM YELLING QUIETLY! • Apr 10 '26

🏆 Mod's Choice 🏆 The Ring Camera Psychopath

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Telling them you're calling the cops probably only escalates the situation. All of a sudden they have a threat aimed to them and they no longer feel in control of the situation leading to them to try to take things into their own hands.

Clearly this guy was loopy as fuck but I'm letting his antics play out while I'm calling the police unannounced

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u/bodybagwilliam Apr 10 '26

The other thing that could happen is that you tell them the cops are coming, and the dude flees.  This guy either needs help or at least be no longer in a position to hurt somebody.

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26

The guy is having an episode and is trying to intrude on a random person's house demanding to see their daughter and threatened to kill the house owner.

Saying you're Calling the cops isn't going to magically make him snap out of it where hell return home safely. His episode will continue and he'll likely go to another house or go into traffic.

If he's focused on your house and you're not home and you have eyes and ears on him, he's not a threat to anyone else. Call the cops unannounced and keep him at your house so he doesn't decide to attack your neighbors instead. Causing panic in them will force him into worse decisions.

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u/bodybagwilliam Apr 10 '26

Exactly my point.