911 Emergency Number
The case of 911 Emergency Number in New York is about the delayed responses of the New York Police Department when it comes to accessibility and efficiency of the residents in dialing 911. Residents of New York can’t access the 911 line immediately when they need help or aid from the New York Police Department. Most of the time, the department answer their call after how many minutes or after several attempts. Moreover, at times they can’t access the 911 line and if they can, if would be in a great delay. Hence, these lead to an increase number of unresponded real emergency cases for the police department such as criminal cases. With these, the Mayor of New York made an appeal to the residents of New York not to dial 911 except in true emergency.
However, the delay in the accessibility and inefficiency of the 911 and the police are neither due to the inefficiency of the line nor the ineffectiveness of the New York Police Department. These incidents are actually caused by the residents of New York themselves. They are the ones who incur these line delays. Some of the residents of New York use the number 911 for non emergency calls. They call the police department for unimportant concerns. Moreover, these concerns don’t need immediate response. Some of the residents too call the 911 to make prank calls. By making prank calls, other residents who are in real emergency situations are not able to access the line immediately.
But, it is not actually the residents who are the root cause of the delayed in the responses of the New York Police Department. It is actually the fault of the Mayor and his staffs such as the New York Police Department, New York Telephone Company in the establishment of the 911 in New York. It is because of their poor m ...