Thousands of crime victims may be being left waiting for a response to emergency999 calls as police lack resources to send an immediate response.

No police car was available to answer emergency calls in Surrey on more than 1,200 occasions last year.

Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show there were 1,209 emergency incidents last year where the 999 call was flagged as no unit available.

Reported by the Daily Mirror. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.