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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
He's left the immediate scene (she's said as much), and those sorts don't usually come back when caught. However, this is also part of every call: "Please call back immediately if the offender returns, anything changes or you have any further info."
He comes back (or she sees him lurking around a corner, etc), she calls 911 again, call priority bumps up to "next unit".
Edit: To be clear, the wait time SUCKS. I am not and will not deny that. But the problem is that this is a busy city (We still average 1 dispatched call per minute) and so some situations are just going to have to wait until police can get to them.
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For this particular story if what the ladies say about the police response is true, it looks more like they didn't want to be bothered to arrive, more than there wasn't a need.
Maybe it's a failure of communication by the police to the public about the state of modern policing.
if there is an expectation of the public that the cops will show up when 911 is called, it's on the police service to educate us.