Only one police force in UK is meeting 999 answer targets

Just one police force is meeting a target to answer 90 per cent of 999 calls in under 10 seconds, new data has shown

Police Scotland aim to have a mean answering time of under ten seconds, and recorded 10.1 over the period.said “the public deserve to know that their local police force will be at the end of the phone, ready to leap into action at seconds’ notice to protect them from harm”.

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