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It is possible to dial 112 and get direct connection with the emergency services by pressing 1 for police, 2 for ambulance and 3 for fire on Vip operator mobile phones. [82] Slovakia: 158: 155: 150: Municipal police – 159. Slovenia: 112: Police – 113; Road help – 1987; Emergency at sea – 080 18 00. Spain: 112
An emergency phone on the Welsh coast at Trefor featuring 999. (Note the keypad missing digits 4 - 0, with no instruction on how to dial 999 from this phone.) 999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112.
[14] [15] New Zealand telephones had their rotary dials numbered in reverse to the UK and most of the world, with the number 1 on New Zealand rotary phones in the same position as the number 9 on British rotary phones. Dialling 111 would be recognised by the British-built step-by-step exchanges then used as a 999 emergency call, which would ...
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The third legal jurisdiction, made up of the nations of England and Wales is split up into a number of police forces. The breakdown of all territorial police forces across the United Kingdom by jurisdiction is as follows: 43 territorial police forces in England & Wales; 1 territorial police force in Scotland
101 is the police single non-emergency number (SNEN) in the United Kingdom (UK), which automatically connects the caller to their local police force, in a similar manner to the pre-existing 999 emergency number. [1] [2] The 101 service was created to ease pressure, and abuse of the existing 999 system.
3,202 [1] £326.6 [2] 4,777: 1974 South West England: England and Wales: Territorial police force Bedfordshire Police: Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton: 1,396 [1] £122.5 [2] 1,024 km 2 (395 sq mi) 1966 East of England: England and Wales: Territorial police force British Transport Police
Leicestershire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby, Leicestershire . History