Live updates as Suffolk Police reveal details of 999 calls
Readers can expect real-time updates on numerous incidents as Suffolk Police hold a live tweetathon today.
From 11am, a team of officers will give basic details of 999 calls from the force’s Twitter account, which will last for 10 hours.
This will be done to show the demand on control room operators, who are based at the police headquarters in Martlesham, near Woodbridge, and to remind residents of the other ways they can report incidents, such as Suffolk Police’s live chat.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MORE EYE-CATCHING INCIDENTS POLICE WERE CALLED TO
Update on the naked man in Ipswich:
The full story can be found here.
Dispute over package on the Ipswich Waterfront:
Escaped piglets in Southwold:
Report of sheep in the road in Brandon:
Burglary in Lowestoft:
Reports a pet cat was killed by a neighbour’s dog:
Officers have been dispatched after a man was seen acting suspiciously in Sudbury:
A vehicle was seized in Mildenhall for having no tax and no insurance:
Naked man in Ipswich:
Royal Mail report:
Escaped dog:
Reports of gunshots from a machine gun (for the full report, click here):
Drug fears while restocking shelves:
5ft metal aerial in the middle of the A14:
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Only basic details of incidents will be given by officers, which means no identifying details will be revealed.
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore said the event was a good opportunity for the public to see what officers deal with on a day-to-day basis and thed sheer volume of calls they receive.
He said: “There has been a significant investment in the control room over the past two years – funded by the policing precept – and this has included improving online reporting and the introduction of live chat to alleviate the strain on the 101 service.”
SuffolkNews went behind-the-scenes at the force’s control room last week.
This story will be updated throughout the day as new incidents come in.
