Suffering in silence: More than half of 101 calls go unanswered

The number of crimes reported to Kent Police dropped by 14,000 in the last year. But is it a sign of less offending, improved policing or the ineffectiveness of the force’s non-emergency number? Alan Smith reports...

NEWS


Don’t call us on this number. That is the gist of the message that the public currently receives when they try to contact Kent Police on the national 101 number. The force says the service, which was brought in across the country in 2012 for the...

Read latest Medway Messenger Friday Edition online.

Online newspapers at PressDisplay.