Sluggish Responses to City 911 Calls

According to a new study, sluggish emergency workers are taking longer to get to some NY areas. Of course it’s all relative: the worst delays are in Carroll Gardens where distressed New Yorkers waited an average of 33 seconds longer in 2009 and in the Bronx’s Highbridge neighborhood (near Yankee Stadium) where wait times increased by 27 seconds. Thirty four other police precincts also saw longer reaction times, reports the Post, though many stayed steady and 42 precincts cut their delays. Though the increases may seem tiny, Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice stressed their significance. "This is a huge issue," he said. "For people who have a critical need for the police, any increase is alarming."

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By Sabrina Jaszi in News on March 14, 2010 11:40 AM

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ProudLiberal1947

Hey! New York WAKE UP the republiCANTS are there compliments of your Mayor. Yes the 911 is slowing down next step is the mixup in calls then complete area shut downs.

Here is your scenario, first we the system is antiquated, next the only thing that will help is to PRIVATIZE it guess who is mysteriously in the WING WAITING and ready to go at a minutes notice, also look for NO ACCOUNTABILITY or REGULATION for this to happen it is about and only abot the BOTTOM Line I refer you to San Antonio TX, San Diego CA and the list goes on.

I ask that you further note that all have had republiCANTS in charge that have made sure the systems are kept in constant disarray and rediversion of funds to other projects. This is a typical republiCANT Anti American response across the board. Remeber New York it is NOT about you it is about the Corporatization of everything, profit is the new god.

Professor_X

OMG! I heard a rumor that the entire island of Manhattan is going to be designated an Ultra High Security Federal Prison, and that they are going to imprison the arch criminal Snake Pliskin there. Can you confirm?

PS. I love what you've done with your CAPS-LOCK KEY. Really brings the point home. Keep fighting the good fight!

tnuc

these numbers are fudged as well as the crime stats. poll the average response time for a car accident with no injuries. they only take into account for crimes that occurred with in 10 minutes of the 911 call. they leave out lesser priorities like vehicle accidents and missing children, which take hours for the NYPD to respond.

ocm123

You're right if you call 911 with a low priority on a Friday or Saturday night expect to wait a long time. In contrast, on real priorities (i.e. shootings, assaults, person with a firearm) the NYPD usually response within three minutes to four minutes.