A few years back in my area, the 911 Operator got a frantic call around 6am from a woman who was driving her car. She was being followed at a high rate of speed by her husband who was armed with a shotgun and trying to kill her.
The 911 operator got her location and alerted police officers. The nearest police officer was a couple of miles away and told the operator to have the woman pull into the quick-stop store at an intersection up ahead where he was waiting and he'd intercept the husband.
The woman finally arrived at the parking lot and pulled in screeching to a halt next to the cop. The husband, seeing the cop, kept going. The cop took a second to make sure she was okay and headed off in pursuit of the husband. With his view of the intersection blocked by the store, little did the cop realize that the husband had made a quick right turn at the intersection after the quick-stop store and pulled around into the parking lot from the side road just as the cop pulled onto the main road and sped off, disappearing into the dark.
The husband pulled up alongside the wife, leveled the shotgun at her and pulled th trigger, killing her instantly. He then sped off back to the house where he held up for another three or four more hours until he finally gave himself up.
The husband's execution is currently being held up in NC due to the AMA's issues with having physician assistance in administering death sentences.
A few years ago, my parents went to NH to their summer home. They always call when they arrive, so we know everything is okay. They had not called about 4 hours after they should have been there. We called the town police and got an answering service, that the State Police cover the town on weekends. We asked they go by the house to check on them. It took about an hour, but luckily they did get there, and had them call us right away. Apparently these very small towns have quite a problem with a very small staff.
I don't get that. Don't "doctors" do abortions??? What's the diff?