Sri Lanka police emergency call centers to be decentralized

 Inspector General of Sri Lanka police N.K. Illangakoon says that the police emergency call centers will be decentralized.

Accordingly, police emergency call centers will be established at provincial level, the police chief says.

Two new rooms of the police emergency call service were opened today at Mirihana police station by the Inspector General of Police.

Police emergency call center received 5491 emergency calls in 2004, the year it was opened. However, the number of calls increased to 437,253 by 2011. Police say that the emergency call center recievs around 3450 calls per day .

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