No, the police cannot be held responsible for not protecting you. As you have found out, when seconds count, the police may be many minutes away.
That was quite an eye opener for me!
Also the police don’t want to respond to fast to an in-progress gunfight because they might get in the way of the bullets. It is better to wait until it is over then they can do their duty to get the bodies removed and all properly reported.
Thanks, I haven't read anything but saw that and thought I'd add my 14 pounds of lead here. I keep 6 rounds of 00 buck in one 870 and 6 rounds of deer slugs in another duck configured 870. 75 rounds of 9 mm by my side on a quiet sunday watching June Lockhart Lassie on my favorite TV. Grandpa was a heluva nice man. Love that phone with the foot stool.