Only 1 UK Police Force Meeting Targets Of Answering 999 Calls

Police officers secure the cordon around Edmonton Green police station, following an incident involving a car colliding with the front doors of the building in the Edmonton area of London, on Nov. 11, 2020. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Only one British police force out of 44 has been meeting its target of answering 90 percent of 999 calls—the equivalent of 911 calls in the United States—within 10 seconds.

Statistics released for the first time by the Home Office show Avon and Somerset Police was the only force that met its target between November 2021 and April this year.