Welcome To The Third World, Part 2: When The Cops Don't Come

Things we used to take for granted are disappearing

Most Americans call or otherwise interact with the police very infrequently. So our sense of how that public service works may not be up to date. For instance, it’s generally believed that if you call the cops, they’ll respond.

But that’s not always how it works these days. One 2023 study found big increases in police response times. Here’s an excerpted…