[BunnySlippers]

How long did it take for the police to arrive?

[Yaelle]

I don't know. Their station is about 2 miles away and they HAVE arrived in this neighborhood in less than a minute, but you have to actually dial THEIR police station number. We are close to the 405 freeway, and I believe dialing "911" gets you the Highway Patrol.

Isn't it sickening that the poor girls were getting busy signals?

[norton]

typically it's about three minutes here and Bixby has it's own substation.

[liberty or death]

Police and 911 have no legal requirement to protect us. Its just a "service' like collecting garbage.

I had an assault going on in my neighborhood and when I called the troopers (only ones with jurisdiction) I was told it would be 30 to 45 minutes. I told them the assailant would be shot dead in 3 minutes or less as he was a threat to my family and others. Trooper was at the door in 5 minutes to cuff and drag the already subdued assailant to jail.

He was out the next day.