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Every time I've seen a situation in which I considered dialing 911, I went through the typical "someone else probably will," and "it'll probably turn out fine." Each time, I followed with, "That's how Kitty Genovese got killed," and dialed That one lesson in my HS senior psych class has stayed with me for years. Sadly, reporting drunk drivers to the State Police is not important enough to get a cruiser staked out for a speed trap (every few days, same spot,) to be called away from waiting to give out tickets and pursue a drunk driver. I can honestly say that I, in my Buick, pulled over more drunk drivers (hazards, flashing high beams, and manually alternating left/right fog lights will get people into rest stops pretty reliably,) have pulled over more drunk drivers than the State Police have responded to from my calls.
I wish my local police had been able to take the call from a state highway, they would have been on the scene in less than a minute. The local police force are a part of my town that I'm proud of, and I wish I could say the same for CT troopers and the state.
In the OP's situation, I would've grabbed four birdshot shells and a couple of beanbags (I would rather use less-than-lethal force first, even if the law sees them as identical,) and racked my shotgun loudly while shouting that the police were on the way. Again, an assault by multiple suspects would have half of the local force here in seconds.
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