If you’ve been shot, stabbed or are racing down Interstate 75, fleeing the scene of a crime, you can expect a large number of Dallas’ boys in blue to be on the scene in the blink of an eye, even if it’s a very slow 10.67-minute blink. If you have any other kind of emergency other than what the Dallas Police Department classifies as the most emergent, or Priority 1 (P1), don’t hold your breath waiting for the distant sounds of sirens. Response times for Priority 2-4 emergencies are sitting at an hour and a half on the low side, and four and a half hours on the high side.
According to a study from Vivint, a home security company, Dallasites are increasingly anxious about crime and curious about home security. It seems like city dwellers are looking for more reinforcement than a department whose non-emergent response times are equal in length to a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. Crimes like burglaries are classified as P3, and according to the latest data from DPD, officers will arrive at the scene in 238.42 minutes, or just under four hours. So realistically, you could actually watch a Hallmark movie marathon while you wait. Pop the corn.
The home security company assessed the Google search patterns of the 200 most populous cities in the country. Dallas ranked 43rd for general interest in home security, with first being high-interest, but 183rd in crime anxiety, with first being highly anxious. But despite ranking low in anxiety compared to other cities, Big D’s crime anxiety is up 14% year-over-year, and home security searches are up 25% from last year…