PRAISE - Met Police launches 101 number for non-urgent calls

paulofessex

About time if you ask me. If someone ask me for the number for my local station l wouldn't know it or where to find it quickly if no access to the internet

See full details here (BBC NEWS)

fluffnutter

Faintly confused. We've had 101 for years...? Perhaps they trialled it in my area.

Blackpool_Saver

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Reportingcrimeandantisocialbehaviour/DG_185338

paulofessex

fluffnutter wrote: »

Faintly confused. We've had 101 for years...? Perhaps they trialled it in my area.

Its the first time l have heard of 101 l know they created the 0300 numbers.

I wonder what areas already have the 101 number then.

Azari

paulofessex wrote: »

About time if you ask me. If someone ask me for the number for my local station l wouldn't know it or where to find it quickly if no access to the internet

See full details here (BBC NEWS)

The question is, though, will that number be answered in anything other than geological time.

Trying to through to the police on a non 999 number usually results in a message saying "we are experiencing an unusually (yeah, right) high number of calls at the moment", and then the phone rings until it times out.

Other than that it's a very good idea.

paulofessex

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Reportingcrimeandantisocialbehaviour/DG_185338

Thanks for that. I am a person who reads newspapers and online news sites on a daily basis but l haven't heard of this number, how did l miss it....lol

vyle

Pfft, I much preferred the new emergency number, 0118 999 881 999 119 725.......3

MamaMoo_2

vyle wrote: »

Pfft, I much preferred the new emergency number, 0118 999 881 999 119 725.......3

I usually just e-mail...

Dear sir/madam.
Fire! Fire! Help me!
Look forward to hearing from you, all the best.

fluffnutter

It always worked OK round our way. They'd get the police to take a look but it could take some hours for them to turn up (rightly so, that's the point). I once asked the operator I spoke to what the most common call was about and he said 'mopeds'. Those noisy little chicken chasers sure do piss people off it seems.

Azari

MamaMoo wrote: »

I usually just e-mail...

Dear sir/madam.
Fire! Fire! Help me!
Look forward to hearing from you, all the best.

It's usually better if you email the fire brigade in the event of a fire.

If you email the police, they will just have to email the fire brigade when they turn up and that slows things down unnecessarily.

fluffnutter

Azari wrote: »

It's usually better if you email the fire brigade in the event of a fire.

If you email the police, they will just have to email the fire brigade when they turn up and that slows things down unnecessarily.

I think there's an online form now. It asks a series of questions and directs you accordingly...

1. Is something on fire? If yes, go to question 2. If no, go to 3.
2. Is it your arse? If yes, you need AMBULANCE. If no, you need FIRE BRIGADE.
3. We're not that interested frankly. Goodbye.