Busy week of calls for Dorset Police
The force had around 8,000 contacts in just seven days
Dorset Police have revealed they had nearly 8,000 contacts to their emergency and non-urgent services in just a week.
They're released figures for the first week of August, showing a huge number of calls.
During that week, the Force Control Room also gave us an insight into their work, by doing a 12 hour 'tweetathon' listing all the calls and contacts they had in during a busy Friday night (5th August).
Our police force is trying to highlight the types of calls they have to deal with, as part of a summer campaign, coinciding with a traditionally higher number of calls.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Lyne, of Dorset Police, said:
“During the summer months, emergency 999 calls increase by 23 per cent, calls to 101 increase by 12 per cent and we’re recording 17 per cent more incidents in a typical day. Meanwhile officers on the front line are responding to 20 per cent more incidents classed as ‘grade 1’ – our highest priority, coming to the urgent assistance of residents and visitors to the county.
“It has been an exceptionally busy time for Dorset Police – July was our busiest month on record for 999 calls with our contact officers processing 13,449 emergency calls for assistance – up by 1,000 calls on our previous record.
“I remain very proud of our officers, staff and volunteers for the dedication and professionalism they show every day – whether it be handling calls for service, attending incidents, investigating offences or working in a support role. They are all helping us to keep people safe, prevent crime and bring offenders to justice."