The 999 System Cannot Work Unless We Reinstate Police Foot Patrols

This article was published in the Daily Mail of Thursday 29th June

 

How much longer can we rely on the 999 system for emergency calls? Is it in fact so overloaded that it is nowadays very nearly fictional? Last Sunday much of the emergency phone service broke down, with uncounted 999 calls failing to connect and one local council actually advising people to go their nearest fire station if they wanted to alert the fire brigade. This suggestion met a chorus of jeers on social media. One reside...