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Save our call centres: Keep 999 local

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S Crosbie
10 years ago

We are meant to keep people in employment. Needed for the vital aervices.

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Rhoda Barbour
10 years ago

Can't believe intelligent people think this is safe. Look out for the first casualty!

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Christine Finlayson
10 years ago

We must not loose this service

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Anonymous
10 years ago

It's essential to have call handlers who have local knowledge. It comes down to money or people's lives. Money usually wins - let's make sure the people win this time. Sir S House left Police Scotland with a huge debt but I bet he had a very hefty final paycheck - a knighthood too - for ruining our police force!?

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Samantha MacInnes
10 years ago

It's crazy trying to centralise a vital services. The staff are knowledgeable of the areas they serve. CRAZY idea to think of this!!

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Alistair warren
10 years ago

101 local call centres are our life line in an emergency. If it's not broken leave it alone !!

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Graham Newlands
10 years ago

People will die unnecessarily when the north control rooms close. Taking police officers off the street to replace civilian staff will cost more and mean less police officers to attend calls. The people of the north of Scotland deserve the same level of policing as those in the central belt.

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Mandy McDermid
10 years ago

Shocking! Local knowledge is needed to save lives!

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Dale Finlayson
10 years ago

Unbelievable stupidity!!

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sarina kosewsky
10 years ago

it is totally out of order to centralise this sort of local service - how many more people have to die for this to be recognised???

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Eilidh Mackay
10 years ago

This would just be ludicrous to close Inverness. The persons making these decisions have not thought this through and are placing the publics safety at risk.

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Pam
10 years ago

Shocking decision. We need local knowledge in the area,

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Mark Armstrong
10 years ago

Absolutely ridiculous decision!! How can a call centre in Glasgow deal with issues in Caithness for example??

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Fiona Sutherland
10 years ago

Keep Inverness call centre open .

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David macdonald
10 years ago

Don't close control centre and lose local knowledge!

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A Auld
10 years ago

It is important to keep both call centres open. To close them with calls then having to to through to central belt then dundee is a disgrace. Local knowledge of the excellent call takers will be lost which will cost lives. Aberdeen, the Shire, Moray and the North are vast rural areas dependent on local knowledge. Please keep these call centres open

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Adam Palmer
10 years ago

Inverness resident

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tracy corbett
10 years ago

Local knowledge will save lives simple!!

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Harold Leil
10 years ago

There is no way the Aberdeen & Inverness call centres should be closed, to mutch local knowledge lost.

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Alan Cowan
10 years ago

Changes to services purely based on cost put lives at risk. Local information is paramount in getting to locations in the shortest times. Using googlemap does not cut it.