Sorry to hear that my friend.
When I was with them, we used repeat that ridiculous comment every time we went out on a rescue on a schitty day. Just as we did as cops, we all had our little "tag phrases", things that were meant to either pump you up or somehow motivate you when the SHTF. With the CG, we did it mainly because it always rattled the 1st Class's cage. The stark reality of it all was, well, "
the reality." You knew that anything could happen. It was our job to make sure it didn't.
As was mentioned earlier, there have been numerous court rulings that have said local law enforcement is responsible for the "public" safety, not an individual. At the same time, it won't save them from a law suit stemming from piss poor police work and negligence. A good attorney just has to be able to connect the dots. I would assume just as the other poster did, that the CG would fall under similar rulings. I'm not sure how I feel about this one, but if they were busy, they were busy. You only have so many bodies, birds and boats (BTDT).
We (they now) really don't belong in the non-emergency towing business, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. With all the budget issues going on, if the CG were to begin simply ignoring, or refusing to launch on legitimate,
responsible calls for assistance when not booked to capacity, then I think they'd have bigger problems when their budgets were proposed.