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You must not have had any dealings with the police in any US city if you think that they will come running in minutes if someone is stealing your car.

There is an escalation path for security tickets at most large companies, and a community forum post is not it.

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You sure about that?

Chicago: 3.46 minutes

Los Angeles: 5.7 minutes

Seattle: 7 minutes

Dallas: 8 minutes

Miami: 8 minutes

New York City: 9.1 minutes

Atlanta: 9.5 minutes

Houston: 10 minutes

Detroit: 12 minutes

Denver: 13 minutes

Go on any of those city subreddits and read the stories of 911 not picking up or refusing to come out because "you can file a report online".

That's called anecdotal evidence. I've had police come slow and come fast. 911 also prioritizes calls, so it's possible you're being rate limited by them and not the actual police. The data from their apps tells a different story, maybe they're fudging it, I just don't think making blanket statements about timing based on someone else's story gives me an accurate picture.

The problem is calls that are never picked up, and calls that are "resolved" by telling the caller that a stolen car is no biggie, ruin these "stats".

Yep, the stats are bogus because the party that they are measuring are also creating the stats.

Even crime stats are bogus in NYC, I speak from experience as cops literally tell you to fuck off if you want to file a police report. You can be stabbed, bleeding out and walk into a police precient, and they'll drag you outside so they don't have to write a report

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