Heroic Citizen saves little girl.

[rockouthippie]

If you had a cell phone. If you could convince the cops that you weren't one of the zillion kooks that called them that morning.....

How long?

I think you have been watching too much CSI. Yeah, like you're gonna call em, and they'll just hop right out there.

Hell, I lived in some places in Chicago in the 80's where they wouldn't show up at all.... at night.. maybe in the morning

[baafie]

Originally Posted by rockouthippie

If you had a cell phone. If you could convince the cops that you weren't one of the zillion kooks that called them that morning.....

Correct, the assumptions are a working cell phone and an efficient police response. But you could still call the police and continue to follow them. Then, you could still intervene if the police fail to show up in a reasonable time.