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Save our call centres: Keep 999 local

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Elisabeth Mead
10 years ago

Local knowledge is essential for a fast & reliable service

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Lauren Robertson
10 years ago

I think it would be a tragedy of we lost our service centre!!!

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John Williamson
10 years ago

Apart from the safety aspect,why are our jobs going south to the central belt again?

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Concerns about fire control rooms closing too

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Centralise policy making but localise implementation is the only way to give good service.

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Kathleen Cameron
10 years ago

Keep call centres local

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Please keep our 999calls Local.

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Alastair Leitch
10 years ago

I can't believe they are going ahead with this centralisation of another service in Scotland. By introducing this they are going put in another level of contact within the system which will surely lead to errors eventually and more importantly it will cost lives!

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Brenda Gordon
10 years ago

Please let common sense, not money, dictate policing policy. Foolish. short-sighted decisions are more costly in the end.

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Cllr Patricia Oddie
10 years ago

Our essential services in Rural Areas need local knowledge, Many towns and villages have names which sound nothing like their spellings and postcodes can often only get you within 1/2 a mile or so.

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Donald Grant
10 years ago

We want people who are dealing with our calls to know the area where help may be required.

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Fiona Duncan
10 years ago

Local knowledge saves lives, the service should not be put into one cental point. Creating police scotland has already shown that it's not effective to take things away from local areas who are doing a wonderful job .

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C&R Watson
10 years ago

too many delays have been caused because people in Glasgow or Dundee do not have local knowledge

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Kate Macleman
10 years ago

It is imperative to keep call centres llical

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BobBlair
10 years ago

This is just another example of Scottish Government wanting to centralise and control us like dictators. It does not make any sense . How many more lives will be lost because of this

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I believe it is very important to have local call centres as they have local knowledge, and can act quicker and accurately

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Beryl Black
10 years ago

Saving them will save lives

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Will be very surprised if all call handlers have a knowledge of "Doric" and "Gaelic".

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Lives will be put at risk - local call centres are vital - keep them open

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Andrew Fraser
10 years ago

Local knowledge is absolutely necessary and emergancy calls in north should be handled locally