In my part of kansas city you cannot depend on cops for anything except traffic tickets.
examples:
--One time i was at my friends house and his neighbor's burgurlar alarm went off so we called 911 while his dad ran over there with a loaded pistol. We told them the alarm went off and we thought somebody broke into his house. It took the cops 2.5 hours to get to the house and they do not live in far away a rural area. Somebody could have easily been shot and killed within 30 minutes. Thank God there was nobody who broke in though.

--Another time this kid was having a party and a partygoer drank to much and got alchohol poisoning. He passed out and nobody could wake him up. We called 911. and even told them to send an ambulance cause he wouldn't wake up. It took the cops a half hour to get to the house which is less than 5 miles from the police station. The kids parents were able to get home and take him up to the hospital before the cops arrived.