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If he thinks “there’s a reasonable possibility of immediate danger” should he ask his Rav?
Of course not (unless the rav happens to be the best person to deal with the immediate situation).
Those saying he should call for help are obviously talking about before he asked his rov.
Which, at the time, he didn’t seem to think was necessary, and presumably his rav agreed (unless he told him to call the police or Shomrim or whomever the next time it happens, which the OP should have mentioned had that been the case).
So it seems that people are in fact telling him to disregard his rav.
Of course the general exhortation “If you think there’s a reasonable possibility of immediate danger, call someone who can intervene” is correct.
I’m just not sure why people are jumping to the conclusion that the case was such here (reasonable chance of sakana), when the Rav (and apparently, originally the OP) didn’t think so.
Could the rav be wrong? Possibly, but it shouldn’t be presumed.