911 call wait times in Peel Region are down nearly 80 per cent this year, with callers waiting an average of 14 seconds before connecting with a dispatcher, officials say.
Peel Regional Police work the scene around a home in Brampton, Ont., on November 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown was in attendance at Tuesday’s news conference and said the challenge of reducing 911 call times in Peel Region was “heartbreaking.” The program, introduced as part of a directive by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, is particularly good at addressing 911 misuse, and uses automation to manage pocket dials and misdials, freeing up dispatchers to address real emergencies faster, police said.
At one point, over 40 per cent of the 911 calls received in Peel Region were determined to be inappropriate, Duraiappah said in 2023. Over the years, police have sharedEarlier this year, a motion was passed in Brampton that could lead to fines for using the emergency line inappropriately. Brown said a staff report on the matter is forthcoming.
Quebec cannot afford to welcome a new wave of migrants like the one that arrived via Roxham Road a few years ago, Premier Francois Legault said on Tuesday.Motion calls on MNA to withdraw accusations of racism in the National Assembly Traffic along Highway 400 through Innisfil was slow-going during rush hour Tuesday morning following a multi-vehicle collision in the southbound lanes.The Winnipeg Police Service said an incident involving a man armed with a knife at the University of Manitoba on Tuesday morning has been resolved.
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