They also had some of the problems with slow or non-existent emergency services, even much later than the '70s. As one cultural outgrowth of that, Public Enemy'

They also had some of the problems with slow or non-existent emergency services, even much later than the '70s. As one cultural outgrowth of that, Public Enemy's "911 Is A Joke" was written in 1990 about poor emergency response.