Over 1,000 South Side 911 Calls Go Unanswered

Over 1,000 South Side 911 Calls Go Unanswered
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More than 1,200 times last year, residents of the South Chicago and Gresham police districts called 911, and there was no car available to respond.

In the Foster Avenue and Belmont districts on the North Side, the same thing happened only ten times.

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