This is how many calls West Yorkshire Police Contact Centre received on New Year's Eve

West Yorkshire Police's Customer Contact Centre handled over 2,000 emergency call son New Year's Eve, almost a 25 percent rise from the previous year.
A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.
A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.

And the force have been quick to praise the 'unsung heroes' who work in the Contact Centre for their handling of the increase of calls at the busiest time of year.

A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.

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This was a rise of 23 percent compared with the same day a year before - an extra 380 emergency calls.

A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.
A total of 2,030 calls were made to 999 between the 24 hour period of 7am on December 31 and 7am on January 1.

In the first five hours of New Year’s Day 855 calls were made to the 999 number.

In total the Customer Contact Centre dealt with 4336 contacts.

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Tom Donohoe, Senior Contact Manager for West Yorkshire Police: “New Year’s Eve is always a very busy night for the Customer Contact Centre and it was especially busy this time.

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“We have to treat each 999 call as a genuine emergency – so we have to presume that the caller is someone facing a serious situation in their life and needing our help, quickly.

“Our call handlers have to investigate every call – and that includes ‘pocket dials’ and people calling in for a lift home - yes, we really had calls to taxi people home.

“Despite this demand for service our call handlers coped extremely well – they are some of the ‘unsung heroes’ of the Force – they are usually the first person someone speaks to when they are facing a terrible time in their life.

During New Year’s Eve the Force handled:

109 domestic violence based calls

116 violence against the person calls

127 concern for safety calls

The force priorities the 999 number but centre staff have been working hard to improve the service offered and we are seeing some real, consistent, improvements.

Despite the massive demand on the centre the average queue time for non emergency 101 calls was just over a minute (68 seconds).