Police are overwhelmed by the surge in crime across the country and are no longer responding to calls if the crime is considered not to be an emergency or a low priority. Officers don’t show up to the scene when people need help for burglaries, robberies, car thefts, vandalism, property damage, shoplifting, or car accidents. The public is left alone to fend for themselves without any substantial effort from law enforcement to apprehend offenders and restore justice for the victims.
Austin, Texas
~ APD to stop police response to non-emergency calls FOX 7 Austin – YouTube
~ APD to stop responding to non-emergency calls Friday FOX 7 Austin – YouTube
~ Austin,Texas PD Will No Longer-Respond-To Non-Emergency Calls – YouTube
- ~ Austin police to stop responding to non-emergency calls in October – FOX 7 Austin
- ~ Sworn Austin police officers to stop responding to non-emergency calls in person amid ‘dire’ staffing crisis – Fox News
Asheville, North Carolina
~ Asheville Police no longer responding to some calls due to officer shortage – WSPA – VIDEO
~ Asheville police release list of calls officers will no longer respond to – YouTube
- ~ Asheville Police no longer responding to some calls due to officer shortage – WSPA
- ~ Asheville police suspend responses to 10 kinds of calls – CBS 17
- ~ North Carolina police force says it WON’T respond in-person to 911 calls about theft, fraud, or trespassing after 84 cops left the force since January 2020 – Daily Mail
- ~ North Carolina police department stops responding to certain non-emergency crimes amid ‘staffing crisis’ – Fox News
Atlanta, Georgia
Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Chicago, Illinois
~ Chicago police will no longer respond to all 911 calls – Fox News – Video
- ~ Chicago Police Changing Response Plan For Some 911 Calls – CBS Chicago
- ~ Chicago police stop immediate responses to burglaries and thefts — RT USA News
- ~ More 911 calls won’t get in-person response – Chicago Tribune
Detroit, Michigan
~ Detroit restaurant owner upset over lack of police response to emergency call – YouTube
L.A., California
- ~ Los Angeles Police Department Will Stop Responding To Traffic Collisions, Downsize Homicide Unit Amid Crime Surge – The Daily Caller
- ~ Los Angeles cops will no longer be answering certain calls – HotAir
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Portland, Oregon
San Francisco
~ San Francisco Mayor London Breed released her plan Thursday morning to reform the San Francisco Police Department. – ABC 7 – VIDEO
- ~ London Breed: San Francisco police will no longer respond to non-criminal calls – Washington Times
- ~ San Francisco police officers will no longer respond to non-criminal activities under mayor’s new reform plan – ABC7 Los Angeles
- ~ San Francisco mayor says police will stop responding to non-criminal calls – Fox News
- ~ Unarmed professionals will now respond to non- criminal police calls in San Francisco to reduce ‘police confrontations’ – Business Insider
St. Paul, Minnesota
~ St. Paul Police To Stop Responding ‘Low Priority Calls’, Prioritizing Violent Incidents – YouTube
Tazewell, Tennessee
~ Tazewell Police no longer responding to non-emergency calls amid COVID-19 case increase – YouTube
Tuscon, Arizona
- ~ Squeezed by staffing shortage, Tucson police will no longer answer lower-priority calls – tucson.com
- ~ Tucson Cops Will No Longer Respond to Low-Priority Calls – The Crime Report
- ~ Tucson Police Department to stop responding to some calls due to staffing shortage – KOLD