The National Police Agency (NPA) is asking the general public not to make use of the emergency situation 110 telephone number to make non-urgent telephone calls.
The NPA stated in a record launched on Sunday, which is marked as 110番の日 (# 110 Day), that from Jan 1 to Nov 30 in 2015, an overall of 7,654,794 telephone calls were made to 110 across the country. The number was 7.8% much less than in 2019.
The NPA associated the reduction to less website traffic mishaps as well as much less road criminal offense since even more individuals stayed at home as well as reduced their traveling throughout the state of emergency situation proclaimed over the coronavirus in April as well as May in 2015.
However, the NPA stated 19.3% of telephone calls had absolutely nothing to do with criminal offenses or mishaps. Examples provided were individuals calling 110 to whine that buyers weren’t maintaining their range at grocery store check outs; problems concerning automobiles with permit plates from particular prefectures concerning prefectures where coronavirus situations were reduced at the time; some asking where they might obtain a PCR examination for the coronavirus; others requesting a flight residence in patrol car since there were no taxis; as well as questions concerning what to do for dishes for youngsters that needed to stay at home while colleges were shut.
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