I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda Communications Centre at the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Headquarters, Harcourt Square, Dublin 2 is the regional centre responsible for operational policing communications throughout the DMR. In addition to emergency 999 call taking and dispatch functions it is responsible for a number of national and international roles. The centre operates on a 24 hour basis. I am further informed that the following table sets out the number of emergency calls, bogus calls and false alarms recorded on the Computer Aided Dispatch system for the DMR for the years 2007 to 2011.
Number of Computer Aided Dispatch Incidents Recorded, Bogus Calls and False Alarms for the DMR for the years 2007 to 2011
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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Incidents Recorded
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430,852
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405,256
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407,020
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453,451
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469,093
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Bogus Calls
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1,758
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2,167
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2,752
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2,752
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2,594
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False Alarm*
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12,960
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13,345
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13,439
|
14,952
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17,102
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*False alarms refer to intruder alarm incidents.