Who The Hell's Mindin The Store?

Each day after school when I pick my little men up we discuss the day, how things went, and if theres anything to share. The teen promptly said while talking over the 11 yr old, that in his Civics class they where discussing current events... Apparrently a 6 yr old boy in Detroit had called 911 for his mom who had passed out on the floor. He was told to hang up and stop making prank phone calls. They did not check to see if it was an emergency. He called back some time later to tell them about his mother a second time and again was told to stop making prank phone calls or they would send someone out to arrest him. A third time the boy called back, and this time they finally sent someone to his house, but not for help, they thought he was just playing. By this time several hours had passed and by the time help had finally arrived it was to late the mother was dead.... And in another case a woman had been shot in the head by her husband and called 911 for help. She was having trouble speaking and telling them what had happened to her. They thought she was mentally ill and they asked if they could speak to her husband or someone they could understand. They did not take the call seriously at first. She tried several times before finally getting help.........These are not rare cases people things like this happen everyday, and in some black neighborhoods in the bigger cities help does not come at all... This just pisses me off to no end, I mean come on were do are tax dollars go, and for that matter shouldn't every call be treated as though it were the real deal. What is going on, would someone please tell me? I realise they do get prank calls and that a few bad apples spoil it for the rest, but who judges weither it is or it isn't, how would you really be able to tell. And how would you sleep at night knowing that you choosing not to send help ment that someone would die. I just don't understand how they did not respond after the second call, I mean really if you were a prankster would you call back a second time and risk getting caught, (hello caller Id) I really don't think so. And in thinking about this should you really have to make a second call to get help? Isn't the motto for the police "to serve and protect" well I ask you who do they serve and protect? Apparrently who they good and well please to.... I respect the police just as much as the next guy, but this is just plain wrong in my book. Get off your Dunkin Donut eatin ass and check the 911 calls you get. Check it out, if ya get to the address and find it was a prank, spank them, fine them, drag their ass off to jail, send them a ticket, what ever at least check it out, after all isn't that your job.....Incidentally the family of the woman who died is going to sue the Detroit police. I hope they get every penny, but sadly it won't change a thing, a little boy is still motherless, and he did just what he was taught to do in case of an emergency.....call 911, but apparrently knowones mindin the store....