CHICAGO, IL — Officers have been responding to 911 calls more quickly this year, according to new figures released Thursday by the Chicago Police Department.

SALTILLO, MS — Lee County Communications says calls to 911 usually increases during severe weather. 

FORT WORTH, TX — When you call 911 in Fort Worth expecting to get an ambulance, that might not be what happens.

JONESBORO, AR — The City of Jonesboro changed up the way calls are answered through its Emergency 911 police dispatch. Two new operators will soon handle most of the calls, cutting down the time radio dispatchers spend on the line. The changes are making other police departments take notice.

LYNCHBURG, VA — Over the past two weeks, Lynchburg 911 dispatchers have begun handling emergency calls in a much different way.

NEW YORK, NY — The city’s 911 operators are now able to give callers details about emergency events, reversing what the Sept. 11 Commission determined were flaws in a system that a decade ago denied people inside the burning World Trade Center potentially lifesaving information, officials said Thursday.

MARIETTA, OK — By the end of this year state law requires all Oklahoma counties to have enhanced 911 services in place to better protect residents, but some local law enforcement say this new system will do more harm than good.