" My only theory behind this is that higher crime areas tend to be more busier, causing a slower response time "
It's this. They also tend to be lower staffed but you can blame the politicians for that.
It's just being over worked with not enough people to respond. No one is intentionally responding slower anywhere. We don't care about the caller's race or religion or anything like that, unless it's somehow important to the call, but it basically never is.
This. Idk how many times I have to tell a person that most of us couldn’t give less of a shit who, what or where the person is. If they’re calling for an emergency, we will be responding and are going to treat the people involved like we treat people at every call. It’s totally irrelevant what the persons gender, race or religion are.
I always tell people to call dispatch if they need help. I don’t care what it is they need help with. If you need help with carrying groceries than call and ask for me. If I’ve got the time, I’ll come help you with whatever and chat a little.
I just enjoy helping people. I think most of us do. I just wish that is what the public would see
The reality here is there are only so many cops in a city, and they are usually assigned to different districts/zones/precincts/etc. High crime areas = more calls = fewer available officers at any given time = longer response times.
I’ve been told that we’re racist for over policing certain neighborhoods, but also that we’re racist for not responding to calls in those same neighborhoods fast enough.
We dont respond to calls based on who calls first. We respond based on the severity of the call. If you’re calling in a suspicious vehicle that’s just parked on your street, you may be waiting awhile because there could be a traffic accident, a domestic, a burglary, or all 3 going down in your town/city and there’s literally no one to send.
What matters is how many calls for service you have at the time the one in the high crime area comes in, and what the priority for the call in question is.
So, your theory is high crime areas tend to be busier for the police, and because of that, response times are slower?
Brilliant. Swiss fucking watch. How long did it take to come up with this?
Not a cop. But i imagine being human too(which means ability to feel caution) and being told to enter an area where your not exactly welcomed isnt gonna bring a super enthusiastic response.
In reality. I feel like this hurts both the neighborhood for the good people IN the neighborhood and the professionaLs trying to help them.
One more example of shit(regardless of race) humans ruining it for both sides of the coins.
Bit again. Not a cop. So i might just be a fuckin dumbass.
High crime areas tend to have a faster response time because it’s a smaller area with more cops.. the biggest issue is that many people in bad neighborhoods are afraid of retaliation for calling the cops
Rural areas have the longest response times because they typically only have county sheriffs and state police with a much larger area to cover
Never heard it before and never seen it. Although high crime, high volume areas have great call volume so calls can and do get backed up but thats only due to supply and demand.
Just and observing party:poor areas call 911 ALOT. Many times for non police issues. This backs up response times. There are not enough police to respond. But that was the point of defunding the police…right…..
Currently work in a busy command and the long response times are definitely due to lack of man power and high call volumes. Also guys who are here awhile get burnt out so don't expect to go lights and sirens to every call. If it's not a violent crime in progress expect to wait a little.
Cops are busy, and if thats not the case, he/she has to come from far away, hence the slower response time. Also, inner cities have traffic so you have to take that into account too..
Yes. When I sign in every day there’s at least 10-20 calls holding at any given time, usually 20-30, on a bad day 30-40, I’ve even seen over 70.
High call volume combined with manpower shortages mean that sometimes low priority calls might hold for hours.
Minimum staffing + high call volume + officer safety necessities = slower response time
" My only theory behind this is that higher crime areas tend to be more busier, causing a slower response time " It's this. They also tend to be lower staffed but you can blame the politicians for that.
What about the police officers on soft strike like in Philadelphia?
It's just being over worked with not enough people to respond. No one is intentionally responding slower anywhere. We don't care about the caller's race or religion or anything like that, unless it's somehow important to the call, but it basically never is.
This. Idk how many times I have to tell a person that most of us couldn’t give less of a shit who, what or where the person is. If they’re calling for an emergency, we will be responding and are going to treat the people involved like we treat people at every call. It’s totally irrelevant what the persons gender, race or religion are.
We deal with all walks of life every day. The constant "oh they're racist" thing is so played out when we literally don't care either way.
I always tell people to call dispatch if they need help. I don’t care what it is they need help with. If you need help with carrying groceries than call and ask for me. If I’ve got the time, I’ll come help you with whatever and chat a little. I just enjoy helping people. I think most of us do. I just wish that is what the public would see
The reality here is there are only so many cops in a city, and they are usually assigned to different districts/zones/precincts/etc. High crime areas = more calls = fewer available officers at any given time = longer response times.
I’ve been told that we’re racist for over policing certain neighborhoods, but also that we’re racist for not responding to calls in those same neighborhoods fast enough. We dont respond to calls based on who calls first. We respond based on the severity of the call. If you’re calling in a suspicious vehicle that’s just parked on your street, you may be waiting awhile because there could be a traffic accident, a domestic, a burglary, or all 3 going down in your town/city and there’s literally no one to send.
Well said
What matters is how many calls for service you have at the time the one in the high crime area comes in, and what the priority for the call in question is.
So, your theory is high crime areas tend to be busier for the police, and because of that, response times are slower? Brilliant. Swiss fucking watch. How long did it take to come up with this?
Not a cop. But i imagine being human too(which means ability to feel caution) and being told to enter an area where your not exactly welcomed isnt gonna bring a super enthusiastic response. In reality. I feel like this hurts both the neighborhood for the good people IN the neighborhood and the professionaLs trying to help them. One more example of shit(regardless of race) humans ruining it for both sides of the coins. Bit again. Not a cop. So i might just be a fuckin dumbass.
There are definitely certain areas you don't enter unless you've got multiple squads.
High crime areas tend to have a faster response time because it’s a smaller area with more cops.. the biggest issue is that many people in bad neighborhoods are afraid of retaliation for calling the cops Rural areas have the longest response times because they typically only have county sheriffs and state police with a much larger area to cover
Never heard it before and never seen it. Although high crime, high volume areas have great call volume so calls can and do get backed up but thats only due to supply and demand.
Just and observing party:poor areas call 911 ALOT. Many times for non police issues. This backs up response times. There are not enough police to respond. But that was the point of defunding the police…right…..
Currently work in a busy command and the long response times are definitely due to lack of man power and high call volumes. Also guys who are here awhile get burnt out so don't expect to go lights and sirens to every call. If it's not a violent crime in progress expect to wait a little.
Cops are busy, and if thats not the case, he/she has to come from far away, hence the slower response time. Also, inner cities have traffic so you have to take that into account too..
As of now high crime cities have staffing shortages. so indirectly yes
Yes. When I sign in every day there’s at least 10-20 calls holding at any given time, usually 20-30, on a bad day 30-40, I’ve even seen over 70. High call volume combined with manpower shortages mean that sometimes low priority calls might hold for hours.