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Have you ever tried to call the police for an emergency? In my experience they've never been very responsive, no reductions needed. A friend of mine had litera

Have you ever tried to call the police for an emergency? In my experience they've never been very responsive, no reductions needed. A friend of mine had literally held someone down who assaulted a woman on a train and the police took 20 minutes to arrive. I was in a hit and run that rendered my car unusable and the police told me to walk to the station and file a report. I've got a lifetime of stories like this. I don't even bother calling anymore. This is a major city with a police force that has enough funding to have multiple helicopters.

kelnos 5y ago
Eight years ago I was mugged on the street, phone and laptop stolen after getting slammed into a concrete wall for not forking my stuff over as quickly as they would have liked. I walked a few blocks to the closest police station, and the cop at the desk exuded a complete lack of interest. I asked if I could have help getting home, and he said "we don't do that". I ended up walking six blocks to a bus stop (right back through where I was mugged) and took the bus home. Actually, my memory is fuzzy, but I think I didn't walk initially; a friendly bystander drove me to the police station. Surprise, random stranger took better care of me than the police.