Police emergency calls rise by thousands

12:52pm Thursday 30th August 2012 in News


THE number of 999 calls to police in Essex are spiralling out of control.
 

Thousands of extra calls are being taken this year compared to 2011.
 

As a result officers in Essex are failing to get to emergencies in time.
 

They were called out to emergencies 5,279 times between April and May in 2011.


During April to May this year it rose to 7,266 calls - a 37 per cent increase.
 

See the full story in Friday's Gazette.

Comments(4)

wellnow says...
1:22pm Thu 30 Aug 12

it's the result of a condemnation.

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Farmhouse France says...
2:12pm Thu 30 Aug 12

This report actually answers the rising complaints about failure of duties. I reiterate how much can one officer do in a day? Cut their paperwork and let them get on with their job which is protecting the public not writing books.

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Bhudeeka says...
8:18am Fri 31 Aug 12

its called urban sprawl

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jim_bo says...
8:32am Fri 31 Aug 12

Funny how their budget gets cut then all these negative stories are leaked to the press.

Coincidence?

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