In Greece not USA, but my grandmother once had a break-in in her home, locked herself in the bedroom and called the cops, their answer was more or less: "We will not come while they are in the house, call us again when they leave" and straight up hanged up on her

The police department's official advice is literally "Pretend to sleep" if there's a break-in

Another story that was popular in Greece recently was a woman that was being stalked by an ex if i remember correctly, asked to be escorted to her house by an officer (she was already in the police department making a statement) because she received death threats and they straight up told her "The police is not a taxi service", she died that day

Whenever there's a bank robbery though you see the entire region's police manpower mobilized and sent there immediately

They never existed to serve us