Police emergency call statistics reveal increase in disaster-related cases
TOKYO —
Police forces across Japan have collated data on emergency calls made in 2011 and have made the information available to the public to coincide with “110 Emergency Call Day,” which took place on Tuesday (Jan 10).
Between January and November of last year, the number of emergency calls made nationally was 8,558,988, which was an increase of 67,703 on the previous year, the National Police Agency said in a report.
Police said that most of the calls were related to traffic accidents, accounting for 29.9% of the total. There was also a sharp increase in the number of calls concerning natural disasters to 12,831, which accounted for 23.3% of the total.
Police also added that the number of calls which were not emergency-related, but instead involved questions such as, “How do I update my driver’s license?” stayed largely unchanged at 26.3%.
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gyouza
Complete lunacy, but not restricted to Japan. UK emergency services field calls from people who say there is a cat in the kitchen http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-11419815. What are these people thinking?
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LH10
@ gyouza lol! cat in the kitchen!! xD how about "i can't open my pickle jar" lol true story hahahaha people -_-'lol
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Ranger_Miffy2
Don't suppose there is any English speaking staff at "110"???
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