But rank-and-file members still on the job tell this publication that the mass exodus is also causing slow response times, according to reports, while battling an overwhelming workload. But over the last half-decade, according to the same report, response times have steadily grown longer by a large margin. Between FY2021 and FY2025, police response times lengthened by three minutes and 13 seconds — roughly 27.6% higher than the 11-minute, 40-second response time reported four fiscal years ago. The document also shows that response times to non-critical crimes in progress have jumped by an extra nine minutes since 2021, making the average response time a whopping 28 minutes and 28 seconds. Response times won’t meaningfully improve without improvements to police officers’ quality of life and compensation to help keep them on the job,” Hendry said.