NON-URGENT 911 CALLS DELAY URGENT RESPONSES

• NCJ Number: 29417
• Journal: Criminal Justice Digest Volume: 3 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1975) Pages: 12-15
• Author(s): P GUPTE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington Crime News Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CALLS COMING IN ON NEW YORK CITY'S EMERGENCY 911 TELEPHONE SYSTEM ARE OF A NONEMERGENCY NATURE.

Abstract

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS FURNISHED. NUMEROUS STATISTICS ILLUSTRATE THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM.