Chicago cops not responding (apartment, school, cost)

[doublenickels]

So if the cops are cutting back on responding to "certain type of calls" for service, what happens to the "911 fee" the city is extracting from your phone bill? Will it get reduced? Minimum $2.50 from every phone in service in Chicago, is a ton of money. The $2.50 is minimum. Some types of service pay more and are NEVER used for 911 calls.

[rparz]

The city, giving money back?

That's rich. If anything you'll get the same service at double the cost.

[jwaiter]

WHat types of calls are they no longer responding to?

[long101]

Originally Posted by jwaiter

WHat types of calls are they no longer responding to?

My cat is stuck in the tree, my child wont go to school, my kids are fighting over the remote. It was truly crazy what cops would respond to.

[Warsie]

Originally Posted by long101

My cat is stuck in the tree

I thought firefighters responded to that more often...due to having ladders and whatnot.

[rparz]

Originally Posted by long101

My cat is stuck in the tree, my child wont go to school, my kids are fighting over the remote. It was truly crazy what cops would respond to.

I called them for 'suspicious activity' last year and within eight minutes four squads rolled up.

[SpikeDurden]

I called them when I heard an intense fight happening in an apartment near me. A woman was screaming at the top of her lungs, "Stop it! Please stop!" And there were things breaking, glass shattering and a man yelling in an enraged way.

The cops showed up about an hour later.

[emathias]

The money you're referring to isn't to pay for responses, it's to pay for the telecommunications system they created. That cost is mostly fixed and only varies slightly based on call volume.

[Chicago3rd]

They'll still be getting the SAME amount of calls...thus the service fee remains the same. What they will stop doing is buttwipping for some of the Chicago folks who cannot remember not to dial 911 for non-emergency calls. Also not sending police on noise calls...that keep them busy when people are getting shot...the latter are the ones they need to spend time on AND make sure they aren't being sent on wild goose chases by folks who plan on doing worse things while they send the police on non-neccesary calls.

O.P. try including links to your topic rather than just a reaction. Thanks!

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhal...ch-policy.html

[ofcjim40]

Bingo. Even me as a suburban cop in a decently busy burb, the inappropriate use of 911 is mind numbing. You don't call 911 cause your child won't do their homework or go to bed, or because the next door neighbor is having loud sex, or because your neighbor put out his trash cans two days before garbage days. We have all had to respond to these ridiculous calls. Now in real busy Chicago Districts it can be even worse. If anything this will free up cops to have a chance to do actual patrolling. The famous line of "I never see a cop drive down my street". Well that's because a lot of times we are tied up on BS. Well now we will have a better chance. What slows response times to in progress calls is being tied up on BS "Johnny ain't got no respect" calls. The problem is, the ones that still want us to respond will throw in a weapon is involved now and endanger everyone. Suddenly what would have just been a loud noise call now becomes "I hear loud music and I heard someone yell something about a gun" to get us out there. I wish I was joking.