[xeromal]

It's also this way in smaller towns. I live in a small north GA town and you can ask the cops to come by your house during the holidays to see if anyone has broke in. Cops here are much more useful than when I'm in SoCal where I could even get cops to show up within an hour when a hit and run caused me to crash into someones back yard and total my car.

[Fatnino]

When I was in SoCal some vandals broke into the construction site next door. We saw them. Breaking things and spraying graffiti etc.

Called the cops. They responded by sending a helicopter over 15 minutes later. It shined it's spotlight around for a moment and then flew away.

"job well done" - LAPD probably.

[alsetmusic]

Oakland has non-emergency 911 calls redirect to file online. It’s certainly a problem when crime outstrips resources.