I imagine the police in Springfield are pretty busy; however I guarantee the cops in STL and KC can't even keep up with call load. I think some things get blown out of proportion with news traveling so fast nowadays. Crime rates in most cities have gone down over the last 20 years. I know some fairly recently retired cops that policed in the 90's and say they ran more hot calls back then, but there is probably more reporting now with cell phones and dang near everything has to be documented. I'm sure there are some police reports taken now that would have gone in one ear and out the other back in the day (and I don't mean that necessarily in bad way.) Hey in 2017 Chicago saw a decline in murders at 650!..so there you go....