For the vast majority of people who live in reasonable cities, calling the police for something like that will get a timely response.
Many larger cities don't have the budget to provide adequate police coverage. So you get this sort of "best effort" response.
This is made worse with recent years of "defund the police" policies creeping into some of our larger cities.
It just reinforces the Pro 2A community's saying - when seconds matter, help is just minutes away.
For the vast majority of people who live in reasonable cities, calling the police for something like that will get a timely response.