What Do Your Residents Want from Their Police Force?

The SacBee has published results of a survey of Sacramentans on their expectations from the city's police force.  Among these:

• 911 calls should be picked up in less than 10 seconds (current average is 11)
• Police officers should respond to an emergency in less than five minutes (current average is 8)

The full Bee story is here.  According to that story, "Department officials say narrowing the gap of response times is not an unrealistic goal – if $50 million more is pumped into the department to provide the level of service the public wants."  This funding would equate to over 30 dispatchers and over 150 police officers.