Born in the US and lived in many different states over many decades and I’ve never heard any reporter or crime documentary use “call” as a synonym for “email”,

Born in the US and lived in many different states over many decades and I’ve never heard any reporter or crime documentary use “call” as a synonym for “email”, or “send a letter”, or “file a complaint”. To “call on” someone, maybe. But this says “call the cops”. Maybe I’m just getting old, but anytime I’ve heard anyone say they “called the cops”, they dialed them via phone.