# Have you ever called the cops?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927 "2014-07-24T12:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-the-cops/693927/57 "2014-07-25T03:00:32Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Well. Aren’t you the Citizen of the Year? :dubious: If everybody had your attitude, this world would go right to hell. :mad:

I don’t consider it the obligation of a citizen to blindly reinforce and perpetuate a broken system. Nor to tattlle on every scofflaw, nor act as a vigilante.

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