So 911 was used by a citizen who gave permission to 4 people to enter property, who then stole stuff, maybe a little common sense would have saved taxpayers money?

At least one of the alleged suspects Don Colegrove,has been in the press for crime related activity, at least once.

http://humboldtsentinel.com/2013/01/29/mutliple-drug-arrests-made-by-hoopa-valley-tribal-police/

HCSO Press-Release:

On the above date at about 3:00 AM Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Lake Prairie Road in the Weitchpec area.  A 911 call alerted the Sheriff’s Office that a citizen had at least two burglary suspects at gunpoint and was awaiting law enforcements arrival.  While deputies were responding the reporting party called back and reported two additional suspects were now on scene and all four were being cooperative and the citizen no longer had them at gunpoint.

When deputies arrived they learned from a caretaker that on 12-3-14 in the afternoon hours, all four suspects had permission from the property owner to collect a vehicle on the property.  However, when the caretaker arrived back at the residence at around 8:30 PM they discovered property from the residence inside two vehicles belonging to the suspects.  The suspects did not have permission to enter the residence.

A relative of the property owner was contacted and later arrived at the property around 1:30 AM (on 12-4-15) and confronted the suspects who were trying to leave the area. The relative disabled the suspect’s vehicles by shooting out their tires with a firearm and then holding them at gunpoint.

No one was injured during this incident and all the property was returned to the victim.

The suspects were identified as: Daniel Pack (age 29), Katrina Inong (age 31), Sally Ferris (age 34) and Donsuagi Colegrove (age 29).  All four suspects were from the Hoopa area. Pack, Inong, Ferris and Colegrove were all arrested and booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for burglary and are currently being held on a $75,000 bail.