San Francisco 911 buckles under the strain of rampant crime as speed of response to emergency calls falls to lowest rate in six years
Crime-ridden San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers answered just 72 percent of calls within 15 seconds in October, alarming new statistics show. The number, released by the Department of Emergency Management, is the lowest of any month in the past six years, and short of the department’s goal of 95 percent. Emergency workers Tuesday blamed the dip … Read more