>

Oh yeah I remember that. I was a regular Cracked user back when that came out.  Amazing how it's still infuriating all these years later.
Almost seems like your best course of action when seeking police assistance is to Lie to dispatchers and tell them you killed the bad guys.
Wouldn't have helped Lozito in this situation, but it might help other people and maybe cause some deserved stress for police departments.
Happened at my school. Kid threatened to shoot up the school. Cops arrested him. Found a kill list. Made the evening news. Superintendent said in the paper he would not be allowed back under any circumstances.
Ten days later the kid strolls right back in my classroom. Lawyer argued he was on the spectrum and acting out. >

sounds like it was a shit manifestation determination meeting and the district didn't even want to bring in their lawyers >

What happens if one of the students on the list gets a restraining order filed against the kid threatening to shoot up the school?  I mean my understanding is this would suffice since he created fear of imminent serious physical harm. >

The courts have ruled that cops have zero duty to protect any person from harm.
An NYC cop hid from a violent knife wielder who had been stabbing people for a day already. Then watched as a man stopped him and got injured in the process.
The man sued the cops for not helping, and the courts sided with the cop saying they had no special duty to protect. >

Joe Lozito, who fought and stopped the knife guy, made a video about it.