Reading this article, all I could think of was the Public Enemy song, “911 Is A Joke”

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – A Montgomery County woman is demanding answers about a delayed response to a 911 call she placed from her home. She told FOX 5 she woke up at 5:49 a.m. to find her home trashed and burglarized, and she called 911—but help didn’t arrive until 7:09 a.m.

80 minutes from call to arrival.

[Captain Paul] Starks says an officer was finally dispatched at 6:54 a.m.– more than hour after the initial call.

65 minutes before an officer was even dispatched. 15 minutes from dispatch to arrival on scene.

Granted, this is likely a rare occurrence — but rare means it still happens. When it’s your life on the line, do you want to be that statistical anomaly?

I’m not saying to not call 911 when you need them; you still should. What I am saying is you should not rely on them to save and protect you. They just can’t.