When seconds count, the police are only minutes away
Back in the '90s, a friend of mine was driving through the Cleveland Metroparks and heard a woman screaming.
He called the Berea, Ohio Police Department from an elderly woman's apartment in my building. Each time they said they'd send somebody. Nobody came.
He called several times from my apartment, again with no on scene response.
We finally drove to the police station to find out what was going on.
It turns out that, even in Berea, the park was the Metroparks Rangers' responsibility and they were forwarding the calls to them.
A couple of Berea cops coming off shift volunteered to walk the river bank with us. We found nothing, not surprising given that with all of the useless delay, a kidnapper could have been well on his way to Detroit or Pittsburgh.
"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" - Given that I don't think the Rangers EVER showed up, it could literally be DECADES. Of course they have no liability in any case, regardless of WHAT happens to the victim.
Protect YOURSELF or just don't get protected AT ALL.