I'll be watching you

I had a post all ready about how the worst thing about a woman living by herself is having to carry in all the groceries without any help (and have 2 of the bags break on you, their contents spilling all over the stairs-which may or may not have happened to me tonight). However, I just watched "Primetime", and they ran a story about a 27 year old woman from Indianapolis. She lives in a house all by herself. One day she was in her bedroom reaching to grab a sweatshirt, and she saw a man outside. He busted through her front gate and started running at her window. He was holding a video camera and slammed it up against the window.

The girl called 911, but the guy was gone by the time the cops got there. This went on for 6 months. She would catch him at her windows 3 or 4 times a week-sometimes in the middle of the night-then call the cops, but the guy would always get away. For SIX MONTHS!!!! The girl didn't leave or go stay somewhere else or anything. Instead she got pissed.

One night she went outside and they met face to face. He looked at her, put his hands in his pockets and walked away. She went after him. She chased him down the street. He finally stopped, and she was like, "Why do you look in my windows and take pictures of me? What do you want?" The guy said, "I don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know you, lady." She was like, "Cut the bullshit. I've seen you." The guy freaked and ran to his pickup truck. The girl called 911. The guy jumped into the cab of the truck and started driving away, and do you want to know what this girl did? Do you?

SHE JUMPED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

Um. Are you fucking kidding me? The guy just kept driving. The whole time she was on the phone with 911 trying to tell them where the guy was taking her. Eventually the guy stopped, got out and went to the back of the truck and started trying to grab her and pull her out, but she just kept kicking him over and over--still on the phone with 911.

The cops ended up finding them and arresting the guy. It turns out this man had been out of prison for 2 years after being in there for 18 years for aggravated rape. They found duct tape, a leather mask and lubricant (mah!) in his truck. When they searched his house they found hundreds upon hundreds of photos of this girl. He had been stalking her for 11 months--5 months before she even noticed him.

Holy fucking shit.

This story raises some questions:

1. Can someone with knowledge of the law or police policy please explain to me why the hell this girl did not have a cop outside her home every single night waiting to catch this guy?

2. Why does this girl rule everything? She is a real life badass and my new hero. The first time I see some guy at my window, I'm fainting. Then immediately moving out and buying a gun. Or at least sleeping with my kitchen knives.

3. Can someone please come stay with me at night? Girl or guy-I don't care. Just someone come over and protect me, or I am never going to be able to sleep again. Pretty please?

By the way, in case you are wondering, experts "do not recommend" taking things into your own hands the way this girl did because you never know how your assailant will react.

Um...duh?

First of all, I am the slowest runner on Earth so if I tried to run after him on the street, he could stop for a bite to eat, take a 20 minute nap and do his taxes before I even got 10 yards. Second of all, I would have no idea what to say to him if I did catch up to him. It would start out like, "'Sup?" and end in me laying on the ground in the fetal position crying my eyes out. And lastly, I can't even hop into the bed of a pickup truck when it's parked, let alone moving. Vigilante Sarah is the wussiest superhero ever.