(Sacramento, CA) The Sacramento Police Chief says he will cut $1.8 million from his budget. The chief claims the cutbacks will mean a reduction of officers on the street, longer wait times for 911 calls, and officers will respond to fewer robbery calls overnight.

The United States is dealing with a new type of cybercrime that fools 911 dispatchers into sending SWAT teams to homes where there is no emergency.Called swatting, the practice involves using computers to make it appear that life-and-death emergency calls ...

(San Francisco) A 45-year-old Hayward man admitted to police Wednesday he bombarded 911 with more than 30,000 prank calls over the last eight months. Don Knapp reports.

(Chicago) A woman's best friend called 911 after a man reportedly shot Kwana Shaw in a carjacking and later shot and killed her 13-month-old son. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports.

Police have released the 911 calls from neighbors who heard a man screaming for help after he was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by his girlfriend, Kumari Fulbright, a former beauty queen who has been indicted for the crime. (Jan. 25)

When a tiger escaped at the San Francisco zoo and started attacking people there was confusion and disbelief among emergency personnel responding to 911 calls. John Blackstone reports.

(San Francisco) Newly released 911 calls in the San Francisco Zoo tiger attack reveal one of the mauling victims complaining about the delay in getting medical help. Lisa Chan reports.

Witnesses watched in horror as a flames ripped through a North Carolina beach house. Seven college students died in the Sunday morning blaze. Six others escaped. (Oct. 30)

(New York) CBS 2 HD has obtained video surveillance and the 911 calls of homeless man Rene Perez on the night he was found dead in Bedford. Tony Aiello has the story.