Replying to a message of Joe Delahaye to Bj”rn Felten:

 >>    Sounds reasonable. So I guess one might expect that with more
 >> centralized emergency stations, like we have in Sweden, one could save
 >> quite a lot?

 JD> Unfortunately there are down sides to that.  When they changed to a
 JD> central dispatch here (after switching from a local to a provincial
 JD> police force) wait time for action increased from a few minutes to a
 JD> few hours.  Want a cop at night, you better hope you are not being
 JD> threatened with violence then.  If being robbed, they might show up
 JD> some time after the fact even if you call while it is in progress.

In the city of Omaha, police response time to emergency calls at night is best
measured with a calendar.

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