According to the latest FBI reports, there were 1,283,220 violent crimes and 7,694,086 property crimes in the U.S. in 2017. That comes out to 8,977,306 total crimes or, doing the math, roughly one crime committed every 3.5 seconds.
Compare that to the average police response times offered by several jurisdictions: 6.1 minutes for the LAPD, 6.69 minutes for the NYPD, 8.39 minutes for the Dallas Police Department and 9 minutes for the Seattle Police Department. The average for all four of those cities comes out to 7.5 minutes, which means 128 crimes could potentially be committed before the police can even respond. In other words, while crime happens in seconds, help can be minutes away. So it’s no wonder many people have taken their safety into their own hands.
Which…