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Save our call centres: Keep 999 local

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Kathleen Davidson
10 years ago

Keeping call centres local could be the difference between life and death

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Gráinne Smith
10 years ago

999 calls mean an emergency situation - how long will it take to transfer a call from Edinburgh to Aberdeen then to local police service e.g. Stonehaven or Macduff or ?? who will then send police to the place and people desperately in need of emergency help? Keep 999 emergency services local.

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Dewi Morgan
10 years ago

Please keep the call centre in Aberdeen

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Anonymous
10 years ago

We need local call centres, where people in them know the areas better that in the central belt.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

This is a vital service requiring local knowledge. Therefore, keep it local.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Keep it local.

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alexander b sutherland
10 years ago

We should learn by the examples of the failure of the system of centralisation by recent events, which have certainly concentrated the mind

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Alexander Fyfe
10 years ago

Centralising call centres is a ridiculous idea, you lose all local knowledge. Would someone from Central Scotland know where Foggieloan was?

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Pauline Taylor
10 years ago

this needs to be kept local.

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Julie Burslem
10 years ago

please keep these centres local - they are needed!!

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Ruth Macleod
10 years ago

Keep them here!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

The call centres areas are big enough as they are

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Lorna McHattie
10 years ago

When someone in distress says that they stay in 'Geerie' and the person in Glasgow doesn't know it's spelt Garioch... Keep it local.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

save our call centres

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Bill Michie
10 years ago

Keeping Police call centres locally is the only way to ensure the safety of the public in emergency situations

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Allan McDonell
10 years ago

Going to lose all local knowledge will cost lives

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james noel
10 years ago

I think its shocking that police call centres should be closed in the North East of Scotland . Our Communities are very diverse and we need someone with local knowledge to action the call .

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M.G.Greenen
10 years ago

save our local call centres - why do away with such a valuable service particularly in view of the current spate of terrorist attacks, persons being assaulted in our streets and break-ins along with shops being invaded by thugs????

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Trish Macdonald
10 years ago

We need to keep a 999 call centre in the highlands. Local knowledge is essential!

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William Fraser
10 years ago

Experience of the new Force has shown that total centralisation is not working. Local knowledge must be better able to prioritise calls and retain the public confidence in the Service.