[longtom4570]

I got to thinking the other day about all the threads on why we have HD guns, and i wanted to find out how long it would take for police to respond. The DOJ web site has tables of response times broken down into different catagorys,they have times from 1996-2000.
I will only list for crimes of violence/assaults,robbery and aggravated assault. Also the crimes of violence include rapes and sexual assault.

Types of crime 1998
crimes of violence within 5 min 6-10min 11min-1hr
25.8% 28.5% 31.8%
Robbery 30.8 26.8 33.4
Aggravated assault 26.1 29.7 28.7
1999
COV 28.8 26.1 33.6
Robbery 24.9 23.8 38.9
Aggravated assault 31.4 26.6 29.3
2000
COV 28.3 25.7 31.1
Robbery 29.9 33.6 27.3
Aggravated assault 31.5 26.1 24.4

[longtom4570]

By no means is this complete, but it only highlites why we have to protect our selves and our loved ones. This info can also be used to point out to fence sitters and anti's how long it takes for police to show up,also these times are the average for the country.
If any one knows where you can get times for local police let me know, because i think that also could be of use. Thanks

[Hkmp5sd]

The response time where I live can vary greatly. On occasion, I will get distracted and forget to turn off my alarm system when arriving at the house. The response time of the local sheriff department depends on what else is going on at the time. I've had a deputy looking in the windows and knocking on the door in under 5 minutes and sometimes an hour later. Sometimes it's a single deputy and sometimes the front yard is full of flashing blue lights.

[Standing Wolf]

The last time I dialed 911 in San Jose, the People's Republic of California to report a burglary in progress, the police showed up—lights flashing and sirens blaring—half an hour later. Twenty-nine minutes earlier, I'd frightened off the attempted burglar by showing him a .38 special revolver over the fence.

[QuickDraw]

I know in Ross,California,home of Sean Penn,Dana Carvey and
other wealthy celebrities and CEO's the response time is under 2
minutes!!
I set the alarm off at a customers house once, response time......
under 1 minute!
But then again the prices of houses start in the millions.

QuickDraw

[Ala Dan]

Police Response Time?

If they are called on YOU - PDQ

If you are the complainant - FOREVER

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[ojibweindian]

Takes a good 45 minutes for a Sheriff's Deputy to get to my place. Not many deputies, a lot of county to cover.

[LawDog]

Depends on how many cattle-guards and/or gates we have to go through.

LawDog

[TheeBadOne]

Got a history of false burglar alarms or sloppy use? Expect to wait when the alarm goes off (again) as other calls get priority.

[Hkmp5sd]

Expect to wait when the alarm goes off (again) as other calls get priority.

Unless the CLEO (ie Sheriff) has signed several Form 4s for your machineguns and other NFA goodies. Then you get head of the line privileges. :D

Around here, they give you one free false alarm per year. After that, you get to pay something like $50 for each call or they don't respond to the next one.

[P95Carry]

Police response times? .......... about fast enough to measure up - and mark out .... and console.

No offence meant to any cops here but ... that's about a fact of life (?death?). Serve? .. maybe ...... protect? .... difficult to do that.

The biggest reason why every adult person has to take responsibility for their own preservation.

[Watchman]

Response time varies.

Average time for a deputy to respond throught the county...28 minutes.

I got a call once for a domestic dispute at the other end of the county that took me an hour and 10 minutes...and that was with me skedaddling along at a rather brisk pace.

On the other hand, I got dispatched to a residence that I had just drove by. I turned around and parked in the driveway. Total response time...about 45 seconds, even the homeowner was impressed.

Never more than 4 deputys with a whole mountain range to cover...and that includes LOTS of turf.

[Steve in PA]

Depends on the call......what else is going on, etc. Trying getting an officer to show up on a typical Friday or Saturday night.......you bet there are going to be slow response times.

Alot has to do with response times from police.

And your right....people have a right to protect themselves......we can't be everywhere. This doesn't mean vigalante justice..........just common sense......which I'm sad to report........the majority of the people don't have.

[Sergeant Bob]

It takes less time to shoot the perp than it takes to dial 911.

[Hkmp5sd]

It takes less time to shoot the perp than it takes to dial 911.
It takes less time to let the LEOs do the paperwork after they shoot the perp than you doing the paperwork after you shoot the perp. :) I'd rather get it over and go back to bed.

[garrettwc]

It would make for interesting debate with the anti self defense crowd if you had a chart showing how long it took for these crimes to be commited.

For example, if someone said "I don't need a gun, the cops can be here in 5 minutes." You could point out to them how many times they could be beaten, raped, robbed, killed, etc in that time frame.

[Keith]

Well, obviously the solution is faster cop cars!

Keith

[Fed168]

It depends on where the officer is in relation to the call, excluding factors as laziness, running call to call, potty breaks, etc.

I knew if I got a call in the southern end of my district and I was at the northern end, it would take about 15 to 20 minutes without traffic.

[mountainclmbr]

The mountains prevent direct roads in my area. The sherrifs dept would have to leave their county and drive for 30 minutes to reach the corner of the county where I live. It takes me about one hour to drive from my home to the sherrifs office. I have no chance of the sherrifs office responding in a timely manner. I retain the services of a Mossberg 500 for the unlikely event that I would need to conduct social work at home.